McDonald’s New Under 400 Calorie Menu

McDonald’s has a new online promotion to highlight both its sponsorship of the US Olympic team and its under-400 menu options. Win When USA Wins Gold Olympic promotion.

The new menu supports McDonald’s ongoing commitment to provide nutrition information in accessible ways that empower their customers and employees to make choices that are right for their nutritional needs.

“We’ve found that customers are surprised to learn about the calorie content of some of their favorite menu options at McDonald’s,” said John Durante, President, McDonald’s Owner/Operator Association of the Greater Philadelphia Region. “In fact, about 80 percent of national menu choices are under 400 calories for the standard recipe.”

“With Favorites Under 400 Calories, we hope to help customers understand how their choices fit within their daily recommended calorie needs, particularly with portion sizing and eating in moderation,” said Cindy Goody, PhD, MBA, RD, McDonald’s USA senior director of nutrition.

McDonald’s Teams Up with Local Gyms   To showcase the “Favorites Under 400″ menu, McDonald’s has partnered with four local fitness centers in an effort to educate and engage a more health-conscious and nutritionally-aware consumer.  At each gym location, McDonald’s will host an Olympic viewing party, where guests are welcome to tour the facility, watch the Olympics and sample some of the ”Favorites Under 400″ menu items.

What are you eating this summer? The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic talks to everyday people about their healthy appetites at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA.

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There’s No Red Carpet at This Famous Film Festival

Every year, 7,000 festival guests flock here for the world’s biggest animation jamboree—the Annecy International Animation Film Festival—to see cartoons ranging from “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” to Czech film shorts about the sexual fantasies of female tram drivers.

What the festival doesn’t have is paparazzi. “That’s the thing about cartoon characters,” said the festival’s chief executive, Patrick Eveno. “You can’t get them to walk down a red carpet.”

By Frances Robinson 

Divabetic presents a unique new series on diabetes myths and misconceptions that we hope gets you to smile with our newest cartoon series, Classic Diabetes Myth Busters.

Look who’s on the red TOMATO carpet with the happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic stops at the 66th Annual Tony Awards to support diabetes awareness.

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Beer Challenges Gatorade as the Best Sports Drink

Don’t be surprised if you spot a top athlete competing in the London Olympics reaching for beer before their competition!

Beer’s the newest beverage challenging the iconic Gatorade’s reign as the world’s most popular sports drink.

In 1965, researchers at the University of Florida (Go Gators) developed the first sports drink designed to replenish the fluid, carbohydrates and electrolytes that are dilost from the body during physical exertion called  ”Gatorade.”

Gatorade – has reigned supreme as the #1 flavored sports drink.

Athletes (and weekend warriors) around world drink millions of bottles of neon colored Gatorade each year in an attempt to “recover” from their “intense” workouts.

Its combination of water, sugar, sodium and potassium has been designed to have a similar osmolarity as human blood…which is important because transferring fluids and nutrients to the blood is easiest when the composition of both is similar.

As a result of this freaky blood-like osmolarity, athletes absorb Gatorade  as quickly and efficiently as possible allowing them to train harder in their quest to win Olympic gold.

Erdinger, a Bavarian brewmeister, is touting its no-alcohol beer as the latest sport drink for athletes, handing it out at the finish line of sporting events and touting its regenerative benefits.

Unlike Gatorade, Erdinger Alkoholfrei is served up with a frothy head. And it comes in one color – a golden hue – unlike conventional sport drinks.

Several top athletes from Europe drank the beverage from giant mugs on the podium of the World Cup biathlons in  Maine.

The company touts the beverage as an isotonic (like Gatorade), vitamin-rich, no-additive beverage with natural regenerative powers that help athletes recover from a workout.

In other words, it’s carbohydrate-loaded refreshment without the alcoholic buzz of beer or the jitters caused by some energy drinks. Reprinted from Healthy Habits and Associated Press. 

What are you eating this summer? The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic talks to everyday people about their healthy appetites at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA.

Meet Mr. Divabetic on the red TOMATO carpet in Phildelphia, PA, the American Diabetes Association Expo in Pittsburgh, PA and the Taking Control Of Your Diabetes Conference in San Diego, CA and Austin, TX in Fall 2012. For more glitter, games and glucose advice visit: http://www.divabetic.org

LISTEN NOW: Free Diabetes Podcast Inspired by Katy Perry  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/divatalkradio1/2012/07/10/diabetes-roundtable-inspired-by-katy-perry