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Forget the brain games, people. turns out exercising can improve memory in older adults, that's according to researchers at a university in illinois after studying 120 healthy seniors those who walked three times a week for a year strengthened the part of the brain that's involved with the long-term memory of places, people, events and things. that's good news. more health news for you now. it's about what you eat. new guidelines out there, new dietary guidelines that are encouraging you to focus on what you eat and how you eat it. listen to this now. usda saying it sounds kind of common sen...

Turkey and ground beef. and tomatoes of course. cilantro, all those good stuff. >> okay, all the good stuff. healthy stuff. and here they are right now. marshall reed, the creator of that good stuff and his mother, alexandria, are joining me now from raleigh, north carolina. good to see both of you. >> thank you very much for having us. >> so, marshall, let me begin with you. i want to know, so what did you replace the taco shell with? in that taco salad? >> we just replaced it with the normal bowl. >> okay, yeah, you don't need to eat the bowl after all, anyway. okay. where did this kit come ...

Figure. because this very broad estimate. so when we look at today and what this announcement is about here, this $800 million for broadband, what we are seeing is an example of that. the latest spending in the hopes of getting some more stuff moving, getting more jobs out there, tony. but obviously, it's not everything that the country wants to see, and clearly, like we talked about last hour, it has not been enough to turn around this country or to make a substantial drop in unemployment in america. >> no. you mac make a good point there. all right, josh, thank you. you have heard of super...

Are so many flavors out there and you're still saying it comes back to the basics of vanilla and chocolate, they're still america's favorites. so this time of year, you can't go wrong if you go out and get those for your party or your cookout or whatever. >> especially if you get ben and jerry's and hagendaaz. >> yeah. think about the portion size. be aware, sitting with a pint and the spoon is probably not a good thing. >> not your best option. >> would you guys try sugar free iceees? >> and sherbet. >> i'll take that back to the lab. >> birthday celebration fit for royalty, queen elizabeth s...

Are to be imposed. those rules go into effect august 22nd. we've all heard this before. portion size is important. but did you know that there's a connection to the paintings of the last supper? researchers at cornell university studied more than 50 paintings of jesus eating with his disciples. and what they found out that over the last 1,000 years, the size of the food on the table increased between 23% and 69%. that's pretty amazing. so perhaps this is an example of life imitating art. >> we're eating a lot more than they did a thousand years ago? >> you hear the stories of whether it's ba...