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The Caribou Public Library as seen in May 2017. (File: Chris Bouchard | Aroostook Republican & News) Caribou Library plans virtual, in-person activities for remainder of spring After a year of hosting mostly virtual activities for the community, the Caribou Public Library is encouraging people to check out fun, small-scale activities while remaining safe. CARIBOU, Maine — After a year of hosting mostly virtual activities for the community, the Caribou Public Library is encouraging people ...

Expert Speak: A Guide To Read Nutrition Labels by Image: Shutterstock Today, most people have become health conscious and prefer to eat as healthily as possible. But there are times when you are travelling or just not in a mood to cook and might look for an option that’s easy and convenient. You might pick something processed to grab a quick bite, but if you don’t know what’s in it, you can say bye-bye to the health trajectory you might have been on. Luckily, there is a way to avoid that...

10 Foods that Are Health Horrors Dietitians name their top nutritional nightmares. Some foods are so bad for you, they qualify as a nutritionists nightmare. WebMD asked several registered dietitians and other food experts to nominate their favorite "food horrors". Their submissions ranged from empty-calorie foods masquerading as nutritious, to outlandish concoctions that tip the scales with obscene amounts of fat and calories. Have any of them ever lurked around your plate? 1. Frightful Fried F...

In my cereal? >> understanding serving sizes and how much sugar is in our food. >> you think theres three and a half or four teaspoons. drum roll. >> we love to make it interactive and fun. >> actually, four and a half teaspoons of sugar for this little bit. hello. hello. you guys are going to make your own cereal, aka granola. super important for us to share a healthy alternative thats super fun to make, easy and of course delicious. mix it in. there you go. we have coconut sugar and maple syru...

>> welcome, haile! >> hi, guys. im super excited to be here. were going to look into the cereals more because it is super important to know whats in our food. we do cooking classes, nutrition classes to kids across the country. how many of you know how to read food labels? we want to be sure every kid has the opportunity to know how to make a healthy choice, how to incorporate that into their everyday. >> says theres sugar, dextrose. thats another form of sugar. we already heard sugar before, ri...

>> its a 25-milligram bar. people can eat that in one serving. its got a $1.50 clip on it, which is the most expensive thing in this bar. and its trash. its $1 million a year for packaging. i cant believe i just said that out loud. >> i dont know how much its going to cost us yet. i know that were going to have to change the labels on everything. >> the packaging will completely change everything we do. >> if it went through, susan, i mean, it would be the end of the edible industry. >> there wa...

Has to be in an opaque package. >> its a 25-milligram bar. people can eat that in one serving. its got a $1.50 clip on it, which is the most expensive thing in this bar. and its trash. its $1 million a year for packaging. i cant believe i just said that out loud. >> i dont know how much its going to cost us yet. i know that were going to have to change the labels on everything. >> the packaging will completely change everything we do. >> if it went through, susan, i mean, it would be the end of ...

>> its a 25-milligram bar. people can eat that in one serving. its got a $1.50 clip on it, which is the most expensive thing in this bar. and its trash. its $1 million a year for packaging. i cant believe i just said that out loud. >> i dont know how much its going to cost us yet. i know that were going to have to change the labels on everything. >> the packaging will completely change everything we do. >> if it went through, susan, i mean, it would be the end of the edible industry. >> there wa...

People can eat that in one serving. its got a $1.50 clip on it, which is the most expensive thing in this bar. and its trash. its $1 million a year for packaging. i cant believe i just said that out loud. >> i dont know how much its going to cost us yet. i know that were going to have to change the labels on everything. >> the packaging will completely change everything we do. >> if it went through, susan, i mean, it would be the end of the edible industry. >> there wasnt comprehensive agreement...

Manufacturers to still create 100-milligram edibles. the only thing was they had to be able to score that product and make it really clear where the different serving sizes existed within that product, and it had to be made easily separable at the point it was scored. >> more troubles for the ediblings industry. while the new rules about dosing and packaging were reeking havoc, the news runs stories on black market attempts to make edibles at home. a regulatory tsunami of new safety rules was ju...