The Biggest Loser prize pack, valued at $286.76, will include:

• 3-month membership to the Biggest Loser Club Online
• 1 Biggest Loser Hand Blender
• 1 Biggest Loser Wii Game
• 1 Biggest Loser DS Game
• 1 Biggest Loser Ultimate Fitness Kit
• 1 Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga DVD
• 1 Biggest Loser Boot Camp DVD
• 1 Biggest Loser Simple Swaps Book
• 1 Biggest Loser Protein

It’s so easy to be eligible to win the drawing:

• Click here to sign-up for any of our free health newsletters, including our weekly Biggest Loser Newsletter
• Click here to post this giveaway on Twitter. (You must be following @dietsinreview to be eligible.)

Stay tuned to Biggest Loser to see the final transformations of this season of contestants. They’ve lost some serious weight and they’re going to blow us all away at the live finale on NBC Tuesday, December 8.

DietsInReview.com will be interviewing the winner and contestants live from the finale stage. Then, we’ll announce the winner of the prize pack in the December 10 Biggest Loser Newsletter.

We want you to become your very own version of the Biggest Loser!

DISCLAIMER: Eligibility requires a Twitter post with DietsInReview.com follow and/or newsletter sign-up by Tuesday, December 8, 2009. One prize package will be sent to one individual drawn at random. The winner will be notified via the email address provided via the newsletter form or their Twitter account. DietsInReview.com is not responsible for lost or stolen packages, nor failed shipments due to user providing an incorrect address. DietsInReview.com may replace the prize with one of equal value if prize is not available; not redeemable for cash.

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The Ultimate Biggest Loser Prize Pack Giveaway

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Quorn foods, which creates a line of meatless products, has come out with a new Turk’y Burger that has 50 percent less fat than a traditional turkey burger.

Rather than using soy, wheat gluten or textured vegetable protein like many vegetarian products, Quorn relies on a mycoprotein-based ingredient that contains less fat, fewer calories and more fiber than meat. In addition, it contains nine essential amino acids making it a powerful source of protein for vegetarians or for those who are trying to reduce their intake of meat.

DietsInReview.com was one of the first to try the new Turk’y Burger, thanks to a preview package Quorn sent us last week. Each Turk’y Burger contains 90 calories, four grams of fat, ten grams of protein and two grams of fiber.

As a flexitarian myself, and a big Quorn fan, I thoroughly enjoyed the new Quorn Turk’y Burger. It tasted similar to their Naked Chik’n Cutlet but it had more flavor. Since I haven’t eaten a turkey burger in over ten years, I can’t in good conscience compare Quorn’s Turk’y Burger to its meat-based counterpart, but I can offer these tips: If you bake or grill your Quorn burger, splash it with a bit of olive oil or a few sprays of non-stick cooking spray (on both sides). Its low fat content makes it more prone to drying out. Also, a quick schmear of ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard or any combination of your favorite sandwich condiment goes a long way to enhance the burger experience of this meatless chow.

Look for Quorn’s Turk’y Burger in the freezer case of the natural food selection of grocery stores nationwide.

While Quorn provided Heather Ashare with sample product, this review is her own opinion and was not influenced or sponsored in any way.

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Food Find: Quorn’s New Vegetarian Turk’y Burgers

Each small tub contains just 50 calories, zero fat, five grams of filling fiber (that’s 20 percent of your recommended daily amount), ten percent of your calcium needs, 15 percent of your Vitamin D needs and live active yogurt cultures. Plus, this new line of Fiber One yogurts is endorsed by best-selling author and food expert, Lisa Lillien, a.k.a. Hungry Girl.

Continue reading to learn how you can try it for free, and see more of our review.

As an added bonus, Yoplait is offering a promotion that gives a coupon for a FREE four-pack of the new Yoplait Fiber One 50-calorie yogurt to the first 50 DietsInReview.com readers who sign-up below. Plus, all DietsInReview.com readers can receive a coupon for $1.25 off and weight management tips from Lisa Lillien.

The yogurts come in four flavors: Strawberry, Vanilla, Key Lime Pie and Peach. I tried the vanilla and it was creamy and smooth with just the right amount of vanilla. Key Lime Pie must be a favorite flavor because two stores near me were sold out! Four cute tubs come in one package.

This coupon giveaway is provided by Yoplait for DietsInReview.com readers. No product was offered for review and the review is of Heather’s own opinion.

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We Love New Fiber One Yoplait Yogurt and Coupon Giveaway

It’s time for DietsInReview.com’s second annual Blogs Against Breast Cancer donation drive. During the month of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, if you publish this “My Blog Cares” button on your blog or Web site, we’ll donate $5 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation in honor of your site.

To participate follow these three steps:

1. Copy this code
   

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2. Place the HTML on your blog or Web site
3. Contact us here with a link to where your My Blog Cares button is placed

It’s an easy way to show your readers that you care about this important women’s health issue, one that stands to impact one in eight women in the U.S.

Start taking steps to prevent breast cancer in yourself by incorporating positive nutrition and fitness practices in your life:

• Breast Cancer Survivors Benefit from Weight Lifting
• Yoga Eases Pain of Breast Cancer
• 5 Things You Must Know About Breast Cancer Prevention, but Probably Don’t
• Alcohol Increases Risk of Breast Cancer in Women
• 7 Healthy Strategies for Fighting Breast Cancer

DietsInReview.com will make a donation of $5 for each Web site or blog that publishes the “My Blog Cares” badge between October 1, 2009 and October 31, 2009, up to $500. Site owners must email us to notify of the badge placement. This donation will be made to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

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Blogs Against Breast Cancer 2009

Below are some quick tips to help move your regular shopping list to a nutritious filled list:

Typical food items on shopping list:

• White Bread
• White Rice
• Salmon
• Chicken
• Vegetable Oil

Nutritious shopping list:

• Whole Grain Bread (not just whole wheat)
• Brown Rice
• Wild Salmon (not farmed)
• Free-Range, Antibiotic-Free Chicken
• Olive Oil or Coconut Oil

I would love to help make over your shopping list and am offering a free “shopping list intervention” to two lucky readers. For your chance to win, post this comment below – “I want a grocery list makeover” – by October 9th and I will reveal the two winners on this post that day.

Learn more about healthy grocery shopping:

• 10 Healthiest Grocery Store Food Choices
• Video: Grocery Tips from Wendy Bazilian
• 10 Healthiest Supermarkets
• Slash Your Grocery Bill and Avoid a Nutrition Recession

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Win a Grocery List Makeover for Healthier Shopping

We promise we’re as anxious as all of you die-hard Biggest Loser fans for this season to get started. Between the fall and spring seasons, we only have to wait a couple of weeks. But after the confetti falls at the spring finale, we have all summer to wonder what awaits us, and the contestants, in that famous gym.

To prepare for Biggest Loser 8, we’re encouraging you to sign-up now for our Biggest Loser Newsletter. After this season’s premiere September 15, we’ll draw two newsletter subscribers to each win one of the following prize packs:

Prize One: Biggest Loser Cookbook, The Biggest Loser book, 10 packs of Extra sugar-free gum, and a Dan Evans CD (Biggest Loser 5). Total value $44.

Prize Two: Jillian Michaels Master Your Metabolism, Jillian Michaels Hot Bod in a Box, 10 packs of Extra sugar-free gum, and a Dan Evans CD (Biggest Loser 5). Total value $42.

Plus, all Biggest Loser Newsletter subscribers are eligible to win a Brita/FilterForGood prize pack each week. We’ll draw one subscriber to receive a Brita pitcher and a FilterForGood Nalgene bottle!

The Biggest Loser Newsletter from DietsInReview.com is delivered each week, and provides fans with:

• Exclusive episodic video recaps by season 7’s Mike Morelli
• Interviews with eliminated contestants
• Biggest Loser recipes
• News, videos and other updates from the Biggest Loser campus
• Contestant weight loss tracker

Sign-up now to be eligible to win all of these prizes – and you won’t miss any of our Biggest Loser 8 coverage.

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Biggest Loser 8 Premiere Giveaway

All contestants, trainers, and other Biggest Loser staff receive Filter For Good Nalgene bottles (BPA-Free!) and keep those filled with refreshing water via Brita pitchers and faucet mounts found throughout the house and gym. This helps the campus save literally tens of thousands of bottles of waters each season, and prevent all that waste from hitting our landfills.

They also keep the filters from going to waste through a partnership with Preserve, which recycles the filters for creating things like toothbrushes and cutting boards.

All this season, DietsInReview.com and Brita are offering you a chance to get a Brita pitcher and a Filter For Good bottle of your own. One Biggest Loser Newsletter subscriber will be chosen each Thursday to receive a pitcher and bottle, plus weekly updates from Biggest Loser including:

• Episode recaps by Biggest Loser 7’s Mike Morelli
• Exclusive elimination interviews
• Biggest Loser recipes
• And much more!
  

While they won’t be used on campus, this year Brita has introduced a new green pitcher, which will brighten any refrigerator as you stay hydrated and go a little greener.

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Biggest Loser and Brita’s Filter For Good Partner for Season 8

When Thomas and his partner Noberto came to the U.S. from Europe, they were hungry for a cereal that tasted good and equally important was being good for then.  They were amazed at the cereal options lining the shelves in the grocery stores, yet either found them unappealing in taste or the ingredients being used were low quality and unhealthy. Enter MojaMix. In 2008 their idea launched from the mixing and matching of whole grains, nuts, seeds, and fruits.  All ingredients are sourced from local farmers and a majority of them are also fully organic.

When I spoke with Thomas I asked him what he felt was a big differentiator for MojaMix and he immediately said variety. Even at a Whole Foods where you can create your own granola mixes you don’t have all the options MojaMix offers with goji berries, hemp seeds and cacao nibs as just some of the examples of their extensive offering.

What we at DietsInReview.com loved was the nutrition labels that updated as you created your mix online.  Just by adding a dried fruit or nut to your mix immediately updated your nutrition facts to highlight your overall calories, fat, carbs, fiber, sugar, and protein. Another feature we love is the customized label and option to select from over 15 quotes suited for birthdays and thank yous.

For your chance to WIN your very own personalized MojaMix with unlimited toppings courtesy of our friends at MojaMix, share with us your favorite breakfast cereal and why it’s your favorite?  When I asked Brandi, our senior editor, what her entry would be she said her favorite is Cheerios because they are simple and you can pack them for a snack or enjoy a big bowl for breakfast.

So what’s your favorite?  Enter now for a chance to win! Winner will be selected 8/21/09.

Interested in custom cereal – check out our review of Me & Goji as well. Visit the official MojaMix.com website

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MojaMix – A Unique Custom Cereal Blend and Free Giveaway

UPDATE: This giveaway has ended.

Congrats to @NicoleGSimonds, winner of the pilates prize pack, and @lauriewrites, winner of the resistance cables.

It’s time for BlogHer! This annual conference brings together women from every corner of the blogosphere to talk about how to do it better, how to reach their audiences and connect with fellow female bloggers.

Our Chief Mom Carmen Staicer is attending BlogHer and we want you to get to know her! You’ll have your chance Thursday morning at the BlogHer 5k Fun Run event (where participants will receive a DietsInReview.com grocery tote!). She’s also going to be there all week, and if you meet Carmen, then you’re eligible to win one of two fitness prize packs!

All you have to do is Tweet this message: @dietsinreview I met chief mom Carmen Staicer at #BlogHer09 and want to win one of two fitness prize packs! http://bit.ly/GOYhl

• Prize One: The Brooke Siler Pilates Prize Pack is valued at $55 and includes a Pilates Weight Loss for Beginners DVD, The Pilates Body book, Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge book, and two DietsInReview.com grocery totes.

• Prize Two: Fitness Cables from Lifeline. It’s a complete set of 10 resistance cables that comes with the triple grip handle and quik fit handle, plus two DietsInReview.com grocery totes. This package is valued at $129.40.

Everyone have a great time at BlogHer!

Giveaway Details: One winner will be chosen at random for each of the prizes and notified via Twitter. Must tweet to be eligible. DietsInReview.com is not responsible for lost or stolen packages, nor failed shipments due to user providing an incorrect address. DietsInReview.com may replace the prize with one of equal value if prize is not available; not redeemable for cash.

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BlogHer Fitness Prize Pack Giveaways

We’ve extended the giveaway! See below for details!

I love fruit. Love everything about fruit – the taste, the sweetness, the nutrition. The only thing I don’t love about fruit is the mess. Sometimes, I pack a fruit choice and by lunch time, it’s smooshed into an unrecognizable blob. I was delighted to receive four fruit choices from the new line of Today’s Farm dried fruit. I was sent pineapple, strawberry, apple cinnamon and peach. I can honestly say I’m now an addict. Two empty bags in one sitting is my proof. With the tag line, “Freeze dried crunchy fruit – Nothing like it,” this snack certainly made an impression on me.

Continue reading Carmen’s review and get the details on a Today’s Fruit giveaway and discount!

Often, I find myself craving a crunch. (Most often, it comes in the form of a tortilla chip craving, but let’s not go there, shall we?) These fruit crisps fill the void beautifully. Dried fruits can often have added sugars and oils, and can be as bad for you as candy. Not these choices. Flash-freeze dried to remove the water, the fruit is kept free of bacteria and contaminants without the addition of any preservatives. Today’s Farm fruit crisps are sold in individual bags about the size of a potato chip bag, perfect for tossing in a lunch box or hiding in the bottom of a gym bag for an after workout treat. One bag is equal to between one and three servings of fresh fruit, depending upon the fruit you choose. They are free of fat, sodium, cholesterol and chock full of fiber.

Nutritional content will vary by flavor, but here are a few key numbers that we’re pretty impressed with.

• Peach = 90 calories, 0g fat
• Strawberry = 45 calories, 0g fat
• Apple Cinnamon = 85 calories, 0g fat
• Pineapple = 80 calories, .5g fat

Delicious on their own and beyond amazing mixed in with vanilla yogurt or oatmeal, these are a super tasty, nutritious and healthful snack that I’ll be buying again and again. Sold exclusively online for now at Today’s Farms, you’ll receive an exclusive 10% discount on your next Internet order (use coupon code DIR, expires 9/30/09).

We’re also giving away 10 Today’s Farms Bag O Gold (value $10), a bag stuffed with each of their four delightful flavors. Just leave a comment below, by 7/24/09, telling us what your favorite fruit is.

Yummy, nutritious and easy to eat on the go – can’t get any better than that!

While Today’s Farms generously provided Carmen with samples, this review is of her own opinion and in no way influenced by the manufacturer.

Giveaway Details: Ten winners will be chosen at random 7/15/09 and notified via the email address provided in the comment form below. Names and addresses of the winners will be provided to Today’s Farms for fulfillment of one (1) Bag O Gold each.

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We Love Today’s Farm Dried Fruit Snacks