The very notion that we expect our vegetables to conform to a visual ideal is ludicrous in the first place, as anyone who has ever raised a homegrown carrot, spud or bulb will attest.

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But Miller, now 65, a former hospital food-service director in West Virginia, discovered a lifesaver--not more drugs but a program of daily exercise, stress reduction, group support and a diet very low in fat and high in vegetables and whole grains.

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For example, if you eat when you are stressed, try to choose foods that are very low-calorie density like air popped popcorn or vegetables and hummus to keep calories under control.

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Among the new dishes are roast cod with garlic potato puree and leek and mushroom sauce, braised chicken thighs with lentils, cauliflower and very cheesy sauce and navarin of lamb with couscous and grilled vegetables.

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Hi Uma - There is a great deal of research suggesting that extra virgin olive oil, the principal source of fat in the Mediterranean diet (which is also rich in vegetables, cereals, fruit, fish and wine), is very healthy for your heart in several ways.

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Radiation, which turns our cells against themselves, which recodes our very DNA. Radiation, which lives in our cell phones and microwaves and vegetables, which collects in glowing puddles of nuclear waste as the world settles into a crater-filled desert in the aftermath of the coming apocalypse.

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It is pretty difficult to leave Do or Dine without feeling very full and very fat, and it would be nice if the chefs devoted any energy at all to vegetables.

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In Israel, a gleaning program where volunteers collect leftover or unwanted fruits and vegetables from farms was established in recognition of the fact that the country is a very small marketplace.

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He's very particular about what he puts in his mouth, refusing to stray from self-prepared lean meats, vegetables and fruits.

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