Food News
The Overall Nutritional Quality Index assigns a value of 1-100 to your foods. Question is, will you use it?
Darn, now we can't go on saying "obesity is a growing problem".
Taking selenium supplements may increase risk of type 2 diabetes--yet another study suggesting that we may want to examine what we put in our bodies more closely.
Medical and public interest groups are forming a long line to have nutrition and calorie information listed on fast-food menus. Fast-food's response is a not-so surprising "No way!"
Researchers in Sweden have shown that cinnamon may have some benefits when added to dessert foods. But read up before you start snarfing cinnamon buns.
Despite nearly a decade of folic acid fortification and massive public health pushes, many people in the US may not be getting enough of this important B vitamin. Don't live in the US? Well you're probably not getting enough either
Thank the lord, soon we'll be spared images of folks like Dr. Phil and Jessica Alba with Elmer's glue...er...milk mustaches everywhere we look. The phrase "looks like you blew a seal" isn't accurate, but it's the first that comes to mind.
Data presented at this year's Experimental Biology meeting says that high intakes of vitamin D and calcium may affect brain lesions in the elderly--but don't give up D, you still need it.
Strawberry margaritas and blueberry daiquiris as health food? Well, ok, maybe I'll have just one.
...Guess what? Calories still count.
If you have an intolerance or allergy to wheat gluten, shopping for food may soon get easier for you. Even better, you can give the FDA feedback on the proposal if you act soon.
If you're drinking tea for its health benefits, you may want to reconsider adding milk. Maybe.
Looks like we have another case of food poisioning in our food supply. This time, it's Taco Bell.
For the love of Pete. This is going to get blown out of proportion. A correlational study links refined carbohydrate consumption with one type of cancer. Seriously, don't toss out the bread yet.
This just in. Fatty fish still good for you. Also off the presses, mercury isn't great for developing kids. What's a person to do?
Concerns about obesity and heart disease lead Britain to wonder if compulsory cooking classes will help children grow up healthier.
No, really. Do the math. Many people cannot accurately determine the amount of calories in a fast food meal.
Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of blindness in older people, a diet rich in carotenoids may help protect your eyes.
Honey may differ depending on what a bee eats, but they're all the same from a glycemic index point of view.
Looks like high dietary levels of copper in conjunction with a high-fat diet may be bad for your brain.
Say, guess what, your stereotypes about the overweight are wrong.
After the long weekend for many of us in the US, people are getting back into the work grind. For many of us this means commuting for quite a distance, sacrificing mealtimes for take out, and generally sitting on our duffs.
It's good PR but how good is it for you?
News from the frontlines: restaurant portions still huge, health costs greater than "savings" of value meals, people in this world still don't get enough to eat. I think we can try to do something about this.
Chocolate (milk rather than dark this time) makes news again--this time as a possible mental boost.
Not to be overly dramatic, drinking grapefruit juice can negatively interact with some medications--causing too much of the drug to be absorbed. Trust me, this isn't a good thing. Now, researchers are learning why grapefruit juice has this effect.
Don't use this bit of news to avoid your veggies...just brush your teeth.
I realize that by extolling the virtues of this ancient food of the gods, I may be perpetuating trite gender roles. However, I gotta say it. There's nothing I don't love about chocolate. Fortunately, Hershey's is making it easier for me to justify my habit while wearing my nutrition hat.
Ah, the smell of bacon sizzling on the stove. The sound of spluttering bacon fat. I will admit that there's just something magical about bacon. If only it were healthier....
We the people have a long history of demanding a way to have our sweets and eat them too. But we also seem to have an inherent mistrust of synthetic sweeteners. Remember the (spurious) saccharin-bladder cancer link? It seems that Splenda is also coming under fire from consumer groups for alleged safety issues, but is there anything to these claims?
Hey, guess what? Americans eat too much and exercise too little. Yup, I was shocked too.
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