| Diet Detective: Eating right can help you deal with any jitters
Often we're told what not to eat, but it's also important to know what we should eat. Not all foods have the same effect on your body. So what are the right foods to eat for special occasions? Business presentationor job interview These situations can be stressful. It's important to be prepared, but also make sure to "fuel" your body for peak performance. To look calm, composed and focused, prepared and knowledgeable, don't show up with your stomach making feed-me noises. Pick these foods: Take 3 to 4 ounces of lean protein such as fish, chicken, low-fat cottage cheese or an egg-white omelet and add one slice of whole-grain bread or brown rice and l cup of fruit or vegetables. If you normally drink coffee, tea or other caffeinated beverages with your meal, continue to do so, said Judith Wurtman, a research scientist at MIT and a co-author of The Serotonin Power Diet (Rodale, 2007).
GSK's weight-loss drug gets approval
GlaxoSmithKline plc's consumer health care unit said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a 60-milligram capsule form of the weight-loss product Orlistat for over-the-counter use. Glaxo's North American Consumer Healthcare unit, based in Moon Township, outside Pittsburgh, said it will market orlistat under the brand name Alli. .
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