Great Gravy ideas for Thanksgiving. These look delicious, too.Read the Article at HuffingtonPost...

The Twinkie Diet is much like the Twinkie itself … great marketing, but there is not a great deal of substance inside. I interviewed Dr Haub regarding his “Twinkie Diet” on my radio program, and he is a very likable guy who is doing something novel to make a...

Here’s the flight plan … for what I’m talking about today (I’m on from 12:00 to 12:30).Call to chat: 412.333.1360 Listen live by clicking here. Starbucks defeats woman’s lawsuit over spilled HOT tea in her lap Mayor of San Fran BANS Happy Meal Toys. A good thing or not? ...

Get school foods cleaned up with a farm-to-school approach. I would love that … it makes perfect sense!! Unfortunately, intuitive correctness is not what we do best. Plus, policymakers allow political realities to justify inaction. I was talking to a director of school food service about this very thing....

Acne meds may contribute to suicidal thoughts. Man. You know what’s odd about our culture? We went crazy when some statisticians suggested that screenings for breast cancer weren’t really that effective before the age of 40. Can you imagine the audacity of those number crunchers? But we cling to...

Exercise doesn’t have to kill you. This is part of a new awareness in our culture of health — and it’s terrific. If you love to be athletic and grunt and sweat and no-pain-no-gain your exercise routines, then bless you. But that is by no means the norm. You...

A new book entitled “Fragments” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $30) collects assorted letters, poems and back-of-the-envelope scribblings that span the time from Monroe’s first marriage in 1943 to her death in 1962.  Not known as a “foodie”, a recipe for either chicken or turkey stuffing was found scrawled — haphazardly —...

Great article about the upcoming T-Day and Turkey!! I would like to add to this, that brining the turkey the day before is a great idea to pump up the flavor and to help keep it moist. Osmosis rules!!Read the Article at HuffingtonPost...

Check out this video report on fast food chains. The authors of this story seem shocked that the fast food stores they visited did not PUSH healthy food choices on them. This is kind of silly. The restaurant is not going to work against themselves, they want to serve...

Great article showing that McDonalds Happy Meals do not decay. Like those plastic Barbie Burgers, these things are INERT to living organisms. Listen. Bacteria won’t even eat their food. Isn’t that clue number 1 that YOU shouldn’t eat it either?? Look, there is nothing at all wrong with eating...

Hi Mama Nutrition. I am so sorry, I think my comments were misunderstood. Bariatric surgery, whether through banding or Roux-en-Y, is an effective treatment for obesity. You are absolutely correct about this. My comment was to point out that, in the times when it does fails as a method...

Very good comments. In addition, it is important to remember that the Mediterranean diet is composed not only of what they eat, but also HOW they eat it. This article is correct that there is room for optimism regarding the persistence of “diabesity” in the US. However, changing around...