As 2009 gets underway and you begin thinking about ways that you can better your lifestyle, try to also think about how you can contribute to bettering our environment.

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Some of this week's topics include: Haagen-Dazs needs your helping creating a new ice cream flavor; General Mills take out ingredients and prices rise; an environmentally friendly supermarket is in motion; obesity invades France.

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Phil Lempert discusses tainted bagged spinach, school lunches, allergies, and all the other news in the world of food and food labelling.

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Phil discusses what's going on in the supermarket world. Topics include: controversy between Whole Foods and Wild Oats; the attorney general goes after energy drinks; osteoporosis; organic produce food delivery; swordfish and more.

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Phil Lempert takes us down the supermarket aisles and provides the latest news and happenings from the world of food. Did you know the Coca Cola company just purchased a vitamin water company for 4.1 billion dollars? Explore the benefits of drinking red wine, the link between potatoes and diabetes, the controversial new ad for Skittles candy, and many more interesting tidbits from the noted Superm

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Involving your kids in the food shopping process—putting them in charge of coupon collecting, selecting the weekly produce pick and other fun food-related tasks—can help them to learn about eating nutritiously. Phil Lempert, The Supermarket Guru, shares tips for helping kids shop smart and eat healthy.

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Phil Lempert, host of Before you Bite, gives you much needed information on foods, as well as nutrition facts, and new cutting edge product reviews on different supermarket items.  Each week Phil provides food information you need to know before you bite.  In this podcast Phil talks about the five things you need to know about poultry.

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Phil Lempert, host of Before you Bite, gives you much needed information on food products as well as nutrition facts before you bite. This week Phil takes a look at mad cow disease, as well as tips on how to keep your cereal fresh, and news about certain beers.

Tina chats with Marion Nestle professor of nutrition from NYU on how to navigate your local supermarket and do healthy grocery shopping.