WHWK 98.1 FM » Diet http://981thehawk.com The Hawk 98.1 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:39:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 What Is Hummus and Is It Healthy? http://981thehawk.com/what-is-hummus-and-is-it-healthy/ http://981thehawk.com/what-is-hummus-and-is-it-healthy/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:08 +0000 Traci Taylor http://981thehawk.com/?p=75563 The first time I had hummus, I wasn't sure if I liked it.  But the more of it I tried, the more it grew on me.

]]> http://981thehawk.com/what-is-hummus-and-is-it-healthy/feed/ 0 Albertas Agejevas-Flickr Five Myths About Caffeine http://981thehawk.com/five-myths-about-caffeine/ http://981thehawk.com/five-myths-about-caffeine/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:17 +0000 Traci Taylor http://981thehawk.com/?p=74255 If you're like me, you have caffeine every single day, in one form or another. But you probably don't know much about it. There's a lot of misinformation about caffeine, so I'm going to dispel five myths for you right now.

]]> http://981thehawk.com/five-myths-about-caffeine/feed/ 0 Traci Taylor by Kayla Depalmer Seven "Healthy" Foods That Are Making You Fat http://981thehawk.com/seven-healthy-foods-that-are-making-you-fat/ http://981thehawk.com/seven-healthy-foods-that-are-making-you-fat/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 10:53:49 +0000 Traci Taylor http://981thehawk.com/?p=71747 I don’t know if you realize this or not, but most food companies have mastered the art of making things SEEM healthy even if they aren't. For example, packages of gummy bears usually say they contain "real fruit juice." And even though they do have SOME, they're mostly made of corn syrup.

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]]> http://981thehawk.com/five-cancer-fighting-spices/feed/ 0 Flickr- david.moodley1 When Will Twinkies Snack Cakes Really Return? http://981thehawk.com/when-will-twinkies-snack-cakes-really-return/ http://981thehawk.com/when-will-twinkies-snack-cakes-really-return/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:12:13 +0000 John Davison http://981thehawk.com/?p=64220 Twinkies, invented in 1930 by James Alexander Dewar in Illinois, were a staple of American snack foods and a symbol of mass industry for years. Twinkies are a cream-filled "pastry" more known for their mythos, like the ability to withstand a nuclear holocaust, than their ingredients--for the record, twinkies are made of mostly glycerides (egg replacement), polysorbate 60, hydrogenated shortening (butter replacement), and sorbic acid (preservative)

]]> http://981thehawk.com/when-will-twinkies-snack-cakes-really-return/feed/ 0 Binghamton is No. 2 on America's Top 10 Fattest Cities List http://981thehawk.com/binghamton-is-no-2-on-americas-top-10-fattest-cities-list/ http://981thehawk.com/binghamton-is-no-2-on-americas-top-10-fattest-cities-list/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:29:15 +0000 Rich Birdsall http://981thehawk.com/?p=63880 One of my friends from High School, the most awesome Angelique Zuccolo posted this on her Facebook earlier today.

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]]> http://981thehawk.com/top-foods-in-binghamton-that-help-improve-your-mood/feed/ 0 iStock Photo Simple Ways to Get in Shape This Spring http://981thehawk.com/simple-ways-to-get-in-shape-this-spring/ http://981thehawk.com/simple-ways-to-get-in-shape-this-spring/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:02:35 +0000 Traci Taylor http://981thehawk.com/?p=60398 With spring officially here and summer not far behind, it won’t be long before you’re pulling out your shorts, t-shirts and even…the dreaded bathing suit.  If you’d planned on getting in shape over the winter, but that didn’t happen- there’s still time to get in shape this spring before summer hits.

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Men's Health reports that a new study from the respected Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle says that deep fried fried foods (french fries, fried chicken, donuts, fried fish) boosts your risk of prostate cancer considerably.

The study of more than 3,000 men ages

]]> http://981thehawk.com/foods-that-may-cause-cancer/feed/ 0 Jupiterimages Lent Can Lead to a New Binghamton Beginning http://981thehawk.com/lent-can-lead-to-a-new-binghamton-beginning/ http://981thehawk.com/lent-can-lead-to-a-new-binghamton-beginning/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:29:34 +0000 John Davison http://981thehawk.com/?p=52556 Mardi Gras always arrives the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.  As a kid going to Broome Country Catholic Schools, I always thought it was cool to get ashes on my forehead.

To this day, I look forward to Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent

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