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ABOUT AMY HENDEL

Amy Hendel is a popular and recognizable medical and lifestyle reporter, nutritionist, Health Coach, health host, brand ambassador and health media consultant. She is author of The 4 Habits of Healthy Families and Fat Families Thin Families. She can be seen hosting What's for Lunch, Food Rescue, and Simple Smoothies online, and as a guest expert on shows that include Today, The Early Show, Marie, Access Hollywood Live, The 700 Club, and other news and talk shows nationwide. Amy has helped to frame a number of health campaigns, hosting for companies including Kraft, Nutrilite, Dial, 3M, Pfizer, NBC, Florida Orange Juice, and United Soybean Board......(read more)

LATEST NEWS

January 31, 2015 - Weekend News - More Americans making the jump from overweight to obese status...."Expensive placebos" more likely to induce "response" in patients than less expensive placebo......Tamiflu may only cut one day off of flu duration-study........Some parts of the US already seeing a decline in flu rates....Binge-watching TV may be a sign of loneliness, depression.....Research finds that 90% of "home chefs" contaminate food in some fashion....Freeland Foods Inc. of San Jose, CA, is voluntarily recalling Go Raw Organic Sunflower Seed - certain batches - for possible Salmonella contamination....Sugary drinks may instigate menstruation sooner in girls.....Vast majority of neurosurgeons practice defensive medicine.....Parkinson gene linked to lung cancer.....Men, post heart attack, often don't get enough statins....Yesterday's News - Experts warn that fructose is a key driver of type 2 diabetes....CDC says measles outbreak is a wake up call.....Low "vegetable protein intake" may increase risk of metabolic syndrome....Statins may have a "benefit" role in colorectal cancer.....Regular physical activity reduces depression in men and women, but especially women, with mild to moderate depression....Nutrition and mental health strongly associated, say experts....CDC urges "mass immunizations" in light of Disneyland measles outbreak....You do need "healthy fat" in your daily diet, IFT expert explains....Heavy drinking in middle age may drive up risk of stroke, more than other traditional risk factors....Are women with BRCA gene mutations getting up-to-date advice regarding therapies?.....Triglyceride levels found to be routinely elevated in women with gestational diabetes.....New mobile glucose monitoring app from Dexcom - 24hr - gets approval from FDA.....Read about New Year's Resolution: Limit Sugar, and New Year's Resolution: Pack a Better Lunch, and New Year's Resolution: Making Smarter Choices.....New Year's Resolution: I Will Finally Pick the Right Diet ........How's Your Snacking ...... Fill Up to Lose Weight with 10 Foods....Revisiting Diet Soda.....