Menu Labeling: Soon You Won’t Be Able To Ignore The Truth
How many calories are in that burger? Soon, it will be harder to ignore nutrition (or lack thereof) in the foods you order out. Menu labeling is on the way.
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What is Sustainable Food? Learn from some Green Teens.
What is sustainable food? I’ve been writing about good eating for awhile, but I still have to ponder its meaning. Here’s what a group of green teens think.
How To Read Nutrition Facts Labels & Ingredient Lists
Bonnie J. M. Swoger, a Science and Technology Librarian at New York, SUNY Geneseo, has written a great blog post on the Scientific American site titled But the Cheetos bag said they were healthy! Evaluating diet and food information sources. Swoger’s basic premise is that we are bombarded with nutritional and health ‘information’ from …
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Google Makes Nutrition Data Comparison a Cinch
Is there anything Google can’t or won’t do? I know. That’s a silly question. So, what if you want to know the nutrition data comparison, say, between kale and beef? Just go to Google and type it in: “compare kale beef.” Or “kale vs. beef.”
TGI Fridays + Skinnygirl Cocktails = Unhealthy Squared
Two of America’s unhealthiest brands — TGI Fridays and Skinnygirl Vodka — have teamed up to give you the false impression that you’re eating and drinking well. The NY Daily News recently reported that Housewives of New York and beverage mogul Bethenny Frankel has teamed up with TGI Fridays to create a line of Skinnygirl Cocktails featuring her Bare …
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Top News From the Food Front: GMO Labeling Loss, Bee-tastrophe, Custody McFail, and BPA Badness
This week’s news features mega-GMO-developments, bee-tastrophe, equine death sentence commutation, and a parenting win transformed heartbreakingly into a McFail. BPA does more damage than you thought, and the FDA finally takes on trans fats — is it progress, or only ‘progress’? From the lighter side of the news world, a new study reveals that an ounce of nutritional education provides a pound of healthiness for poor families. Read on, for the week’s best news in food!
Is It Easy Bein’ Green? Let’s Find Out By Trying Green Smoothies.
DIY smoothies and juices are quite the rage these days, and I’m listening. Green smoothies are next on my to-try list. Wanna’ join me? I have a few tools to help us get started…
Research Shows Mangos May Help Prevent Breast Cancer
About 200,000 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the US this year. The disease will kill nearly 40,000. Mangos may help lower those numbers.
Learn How Big Food Companies Support (Or Not) Good Nutrition
Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) just released its first report on the nutrition-related policies and practices of 25 of the largest global food companies.
Are New Vitamin-Fortified Girl Scout Cookies Actually Nutritious?
It’s Girl Scout Cookie time and this year we have an ugh-inspiring new cookie to contend with. A press release from ABC Cookie Bakers, part of Interbake Foods and baker of Mango Crèmes with NutriFusion, screams: NEW MANGO CREMES GIRL SCOUT COOKIE FEATURES VITAMIN ADDITIVES The release goes on to say: This year, consumers will …
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The Best Things You Can Eat – Book Review
The Best Things You Can Eat is a quick reference guide to the foods and nutrients our bodies need.
‘Advergames’ and the Unhealthy Truth of Food Marketing
When are food marketing techniques considered predatory and recognized for their intent to mislead their target audience?
Avocado Nutrition: New Study is Great News for Avocado Lovers
Could eating more avocados make you healthier? A new study on avocado nutrition looked at that very question.