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One of America's favorite indulgences is back. Packages of cookie dough are hitting the stores after a nearly two-month hiatus as a result of Nestle Toll House's iconic yellow packages being voluntarily recalled after they were linked to an E. coli outbreak.

Let's be honest, there's a lot of people -- young and old -- who love to take a spoon directly to a diet-derailing roll of cookie dough. But Nestle has now slapped a "Do not consume raw cookie dough" warning label to discourage that behavior. There's also a blue label to let everyone know it's a "new batch," not to be confused with that old, potentially tainted roll of cookie dough sitting in your fridge.

Maybe this is the right time to ditch this late-night treat all together. If you want some chocolate chip cookies, bake them from scratch. We recommend trying out this oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe for a low-fat version of the classic treat.

Remember, even if you make the cookies yourself, the raw dough still carries the risk of salmonella from the uncooked eggs. But usually a bite of raw cookie dough that is homemade is just that, one or two bites.

The other problem with Toll House cookie dough is that everyone eats it right out of the container. Just like ice cream or a bag of chips, diving directly into the package is a sure-fire way to overeat. And when have you ever seen someone put raw cookie dough into a little bowl and eat a portion size of one or two cookies?

So go ahead and have a cookie every now and then. Just bake them first and keep portion size in mind.

Or if you're craving a sweet treat, try this one of these low-calorie desserts.

If you want to drop some pounds, try going for a run, because drinking Enviga tea -- touted as a calorie-burning beverage that's supposed to result in weight loss -- won't do the trick alone. Enviga claimed that consumers could burn an extra 106 calories a day and lose weight just by drinking three cans of its sparkling green tea daily. If you're thinking it sounds too good to be true, you're right. An investigation found no evidence to back that up those claims.

Coca-Cola and Nestle, the makers of Enviga, got a very expensive lesson in false advertising last week when they settled a major lawsuit over the unfounded claims. Under the settlement, Enviga's makers owe 27 suing states and the District of Columbia $650,000 and were forced to change their labeling. Now, if you pick up the beverage or surf on over to Enviga's web site, you'll still read that the tea will boost your calorie-burn, but they also add that "weight-loss, of course, requires a reduced-calorie diet and exercise." Isn't the no-effort angle kind of the whole point of Enviga? If you have to exercise and diet to see weight-loss results, would you still give Enviga a try?

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Do you happen to have any Lean Cuisine meals in your freezer? If so, you better take stock of what you have -- nearly 900,000 pounds of Lean Cuisine frozen chicken meals are being recalled.

Nestlé Prepared Foods Company in Springville, Utah issued the recall after receiving customer complaints regarding bits of hard, blue plastic in certain meals. So far, one injury has been reported. The products being recalled include:

• Lean Cuisine Pesto Chicken with Bow-Tie Pasta.
• Lean Cuisine Chicken Mediterranean.
• Lean Cuisine Chicken Tuscan.

Only certain production codes of these meals are being recalled. If you have questions, you can contact Nestlé Consumer Services Center at (800) 227-6188.

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Glowelle, a new beauty drink by Nestle, may improve your skin, but it could deepen wallet frown lines on Main Street. At $7.00 a bottle and a recommendation to drink daily, I doubt shaky Wall Street can afford it, either.

If you still want to try it, sweet 'n tart Lemondrop blogger Jenny Muller reports Glowelle comes in two flavors, pomegrante lychee and raspberry jasmine, and is selling exclusively at Neiman Marcus for a limited time. Glowelle uses a combo of vitamins, phyto-nutrients and botanical/fruit extracts which allegedly deliver the highest antioxident Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC value) than any leading beauty beverage.

Sounds great, but unless Nestle's promotional team is handing cold Glowelle out on city streetcorners, I think I'll opt for a $5.00 bottle of multivitamins and free tap water instead. Would you pay $7.00 for a 100-calorie beauty drink?

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What's in your freezer these days? If Lean Pockets make the list of frozen goods in your house, listen up. Nestle recently announced a recall of 200,000 lbs of frozen chicken that might have been used in the convenience food, which is sold in stores across North America. The recalls applies specifically to Spinach Artichoke Chicken Lean Pockets--they come in boxes of two pockets--with a best before date of November 2009, package code of 8144 544616 and establishment number of 8144 544616. It's believed that the perps hit stores around May 23rd.

The recall was initiated after two complaints were registered about the product to the USDA. It's believed that the chicken may contain bits of plastic.

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Need a nutritional boost? The Boost brand nutritional supplement drinks have been on the market for years. But they've just released a new line of flavors. Smoothies -- in strawberry, raspberry, and peach. These shelf-stable drinks provide 9 grams of protein, 22 vitamins and minerals, and calcium. And they sound quite yummy to boot.

These drinks are excellent sources of nutrition for people who are unable to consume solid foods for nutrition. But for most of us, they're a bit unnecessary. If you're in a pinch, it's a fine choice. But keep in mind these drinks aren't giving you anything you can't get from a nutritious, healthy diet. Well, there is one thing these drinks will give you that fruits, veggies, whole grains, low-fat dairy, and lean protein can't provide... 36 whopping grams of sugar per serving.

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In what could be considered to be a watershed moment in the world of mass-produced foods, Swiss junk food giant Nestle has announced that it will become the world's leading producer of "extreme nutrition" and will focus efforts in that area as it tries to become a major player in the lives of millions who are finally recognizing that nutrition is the key to health.

In a way, this is good news for many of us who default to junk and processed foods in a hurried lifestyle, then wonder why we develop diseases and other maladies which are probably connected to what we eat. Remember -- garbage in, garbage out.

Can Nestle really turn on the resources to become one of the world's largest players in good nutrition that actually helps the body instead of just satisfying taste buds with salt, fat and sugar? That's anyone's guess, but I for one will be watching closely.

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When the world's largest processed food maker has rising sales based on healthy products, changes are sure to come. It makes sense -- high-growth areas are always being scrutinized for growth potential, and as more and more folks choose healthy foods and reject processed and junk foods, manufacturers will easily notice.

As always my concern, though, is what happens to quality when large companies get into the "health food" business, as I've seen countless tries that end up devaluing what health food is. Adding "whole grain wheat" to a product does not make it instantly healthy.

Are we to see more and more healthy food offerings from Nestle soon? I'll be keeping my eyes open on this one for sure. Is Nestle gets into the organic foods game, they will be under very watchful eyes.

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Coca-Cola and Nestle's new weight-loss drink Enviga enjoyed a limited release recently in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The celebration appeared to be short-lived, however, as Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal began an investigation this week into claims that the product can promote weight loss.

Enviga contains a green tea extract known as EGCG, as well as caffeine and calcium. Coke cites studies that found that the combination of EGCG and caffeine speed up a person's metabolism, and a study done by Nestle found that young people who downed three of the drinks a day burned over 100 calories. Blumenthal says that the product is nothing more than "voodoo nutrition" and requested copies of all data collected by the corporation.

The product is slated for national release later this year, so we'll see who comes out on top. In the meantime, I have a question. If you have to guzzle three of these drinks to burn 100 calories, wouldn't it just be easier to take a 10 minute walk? Just my two cents...what do you think?

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