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

September 26, 2016 - Monday Health News - Blue Bell Ice Cream recalls 2000 cartons of ice cream due to possible Listeria (DairyReporter).....Child in California diagnosed with leprosy (CBS).....New York Times article asks - Why do obese patients get worse care? (MedpageToday)....Weekend Health News - ACSM says yoga may not contribute to helping meet daily "30 minutes of activity" recommended, however, it does have many other benefits (StoneHearthNews)....Compared with sedentary behavior, an active life and daily fitness activities lowers rates of bacterial infections (StoneHearthNews).....New recommendations to employers - Make your employees get up and move (StoneHearthNews).....Chronic sleep problems linked to adult disability later-in-life (StoneHearthNews).....Apples and lettuce may help "garlic breath" (ScienceDaily).....Friday Health News - Sucralose sweetener not linked to cancer (ScienceDaily)....Blue Bell issues ice cream recall (SpecialtyFoodNews).....New report says "lots" of antibiotics in your meats (CNN?MedPageToday).....CNN looks at "good and bad sugar" (MedPageToday)......Fracking does cause earthquakes (ScienceDaily).....One single biopsy not enough to guide decisions in prostate cancer (ScienceDaily).....New "critical" protein identified in chronic UTIs (ScienceDaily)......Fish oil may improve ood in Vets (ScienceDaily)......Read: Ten Healthy Foods That Are Making You Fat,  Is Lack of Sleep Pushing You to Feed on Fat?, Conquer the Chaos and Conquer the Weight.....

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