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8 Positive Outcomes of the Paleo Trend 10/29/2014 12:00am • Let me get this out of the way right now: I'm not a fan of the paleo diet. I don't support this restrictive, meat-heavy diet that bans so many nutritious foods, such as dairy, grains and beans. It's a diet plan that landed at the bottom of the list in U.S. News Best Diets rankings, scoring only 2 o When Your Diagnosis Is Osteoporosis 10/29/2014 12:00am • When she turned 50 eight years ago, Sharan Christ of Littleton, Colorado, had a bone scan during a routine physical. Feeling perfectly healthy, she was "absolutely floored" and "devastated" to learn she had osteoporosis -- the silent disease that leaves bones thin, brittle and weak. Pat Burkey of The Great Potato Debate: Healthy or Not? 10/29/2014 12:00am • When Jeff Nimoy "cheats" on his paleo diet, he almost always goes for pizza or a cheeseburger -- with a side of French fries. But most days of the week, "I'm definitely anti-potato," says the 48-year-old Los Angeles writer, who blogs about his food choices at CookingCaveman.com. Nimoy is in good co Cyanide searches found on poison suspect's laptop 10/28/2014 09:10pm • JOE MANDAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A medical researcher charged with poisoning his wife had a computer on which someone conducted searches relating to cyanide poisoning two or three days after she died, a state police computer expert testified Tuesday.The searches found on 66-year-old Dr Bill Clinton holds 2nd rally for Sen. Mark Udall 10/28/2014 09:06pm • NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday reminded Colorado Democrats of the symbolic weight of this year's elections, saying "everybody looks at you as the state of the future" and urging voters to stick with two embattled Democratic incumbe Spartans still a threat after losing Harris, Payne 10/28/2014 06:41pm • NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Tom Izzo is still lamenting an opportunity that slipped away last season."Not many times I felt like we had a chance to do something special -- last year I did," the Michigan State coach said. "I really believed it was a year to not only get Go For the Food: Make an odyssey of 1 meal, 1 chef 10/28/2014 02:56pm • J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor NEW YORK (AP) -- So you've landed in a foodie destination, a happening city brimming with top tier restaurants and chefs sporting scary-good culinary cred. You want to make the most of your time.But even the most intrepid eaters can pack only so many meals into a day. And Tunisians shun Islamists in vote for stability 10/28/2014 02:00pm • PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's well-organized Islamists have been defeated in parliamentary elections, paying the price for their turbulent years of power after the Arab Spring that saw the rise of terrorist groups in this North African nation.Voters sought security an Alicia Silverstone talks about a plant-based diet 10/28/2014 11:23am • KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) -- Alicia Silverstone may have made her acting mark as a "Clueless" valley girl, but these days she'd rather be known as someone so very clued in about diet and health.It was more than 16 years ago that Silverstone switched to a vegan diet, ditching animal p Obama endorses Democrat in Providence mayoral race 10/28/2014 09:20am • MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is taking the rare step of getting involved in a mayor's race, endorsing Democrat Jorge Elorza in Providence on Monday over ex-Mayor Buddy Cianci, an independent forced from office twice due to felony convictions.Obam Miller, Harris lead Broncos' defensive resurgence 10/27/2014 07:10pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- After taking vastly different routes to the NFL, Von Miller and Chris Harris Jr. have seen their paths intertwined in 2014 as they lead Denver's defensive revival.Miller, a former first-round pick, and Harris, who went undrafted, spent What Can We Learn About Health From the Amish and Inuit? 10/27/2014 12:00am • The differences between the Amish and Inuit are as great as the distance that separates these two cultures. Yet these distinct cultures share one commonality -- they both provide excellent examples of how modernization affects our health. Modernization refers to the changing from a rural and farmin 3 hot nutrition trends: Healthy or gimmicky? 10/26/2014 04:00pm • When I attended the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Atlanta earlier this week, I was on a mission. Sure, I wanted to network with my friends and colleagues, eat and drink at fun restaurants, go to a karaoke bar (yes, karaoke) and learn something new at Egyptian court jails 23 activists for protesting 10/26/2014 01:06pm • HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Sunday convicted 23 activists of staging an illegal demonstration, sentencing them each to three years in jail in the latest crackdown by authorities on the secular pro-democracy movement behind the 2011 uprising against longtime rule Ebola: A crash course in fear and how it hurts us 10/26/2014 07:32am • SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ebola is giving Americans a crash course in fear.Yet, they're incredibly less likely to get the disease than to get sick worrying about it.First, the reality check: More Americans have married Kim Kardashian -- three -- than contracted Ebola in th