Archive for the 'Food & Drink' Category
How to Avoid Dining Out Disasters
Thursday, September 6th, 2012This is a guest post by Darcie Sosa, Dietetic Technician at Everyday Health Inc. and its calorie counter tool, My Calorie Counter. You’ve been doing so well with your diet. You’ve changed your portion sizes, you’ve been working out, and you’re trying your best to lose weight. Planning your meals, using recipes, and looking for [...]
Healthy Juicing Recipes
Saturday, May 28th, 2011You might be new to juicing wondering where to start with juice recipes or perhaps you are a veteran, long-term juicer just looking for some ideas to broaden your juicing regimen. Regardless who you are, welcome, you’ve come to the right place if you are looking for some juicing recipes. Juicing is easy and just [...]
Popular food additive can cause stomach ache
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010A “Stealth fiber” called “inulin” has been increasingly added to processed foods. It is not a problem for most, but can cause gastrointestinal discomfort for some who may not know they’re consuming too much of it. Inulin may be in chocolate bars, drinks, and snacks and “before you know it, you may eat more than [...]
Kellogg Blames Packaging Chemical for Cereal Recall
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Chemicals in our packaged food? Say it isn’t so. I only wish I could be shocked. Kellogg Co. said Wednesday that higher-than-normal amounts of certain chemicals in its package liners caused the unusual smell and flavor that prompted a recall of 28 million boxes of its cereal in late June. The company recalled Apple Jacks, [...]
What If You Only Ate Food in TV Ads?
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010If you were to only eat food that was advertised on television, you would be in a terrible state and in the hospital before you knew it. Your diet would consist of huge amounts of sugar and fat with hardly any fresh fruit and vegetables, according to researchers from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, [...]
