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Wrigley: Maybe We Won't Sell Caffeinated Gum After All()  

Wrigley took its new Alert Energy Caffeine Gum off the market after it prompted FDA scrutiny of caffeinated foods.

May 9, 2013 No caffeinated chew for you! The Wrigley Company pulled its Alert Energy caffeinated gum off the market after the product roused concern from the Food and Drug Administration.

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Paleo Diet Echoes Physical Culture Movement Of Yesteryear()  

Bernarr Macfadden, who brought the physical culture movement to the U.S., leads six members of the Senate in exercise in 1924.

May 3, 2013 New ideas about health, like physical culture and the paleo approach, appear at times of massive cultural change. The Industrial Revolution and current digital revolution represent fertile ground, a historian says. Both movements look to the past for inspiration on how to eat, exercise and get back to a more natural way of life.

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Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Turn Up Again In Turkey Meat()  

A truckload of live turkeys arrives at a Cargill plant in Springdale, Ark., in 2011. Most turkeys in the U.S. are regularly given low doses of antibiotics.

May 1, 2013 Consumer Reports found that turkey meat that came from birds raised without antibiotics was significantly less likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria, compared with meat from conventional turkeys that were given antibiotics. But turkey producers contend that they use antibiotics judiciously to help keep their flocks healthy.

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Caffeine-Laced Gum Has Energized The FDA()  

Wrigley says its new Alert Energy Caffeine Gum gives consumers the power to control how much caffeine they get.

April 30, 2013 Wrigley's new caffeinated gum has raised eyebrows at the FDA, which is worried about the potential health impacts on children and teens.

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Why Caffeine In Coffee Is A Miracle Drug For The Tired()  

Many believe that humanity's caffeine addiction has wrought a lot of good.

April 26, 2013 Historians tell us that caffeine in coffee helped Western civilization "sober up" and get down to business. Now scientific research shows that at low doses, caffeine improves performance on mental tasks, especially in people who are already tired.

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