Food Additives
From the Center For Science in the Public Interest: Glossary ANTIOXIDANTS retard the oxidation of unsaturated fats and oils, colorings, and flavorings. Oxidation leads to rancidity, flavor changes, and loss …
Food Additives Read MoreWeight Loss Pills, Products, Potions Finally Falter
Food and Drink reports that weight loss products are flagging under the weight of consumer skepticism. This is great news for the culture of health, as this points to the …
Weight Loss Pills, Products, Potions Finally Falter Read MoreWhen fat can be healthy
The New York Times reported today that there are some great ways to cook vegetables to maximize the vitamin content, and that eating them raw was not always as good …
When fat can be healthy Read MoreBaby Food For Parents
It is a catch-22. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. In this article in the New York Times, we hear the concerns of parents who want to buy …
Baby Food For Parents Read MoreDoctors Dissing Dairy Debatable
Our culture of health can be so misleading, especially when we hear reasonable. This woman is Amy Lanou, who co-authored this article dissing the prospective role of dairy in diet …
Doctors Dissing Dairy Debatable Read MoreWhile You’re At It ….
We’re so excited to be running this campaign to help combat childhood obesity. This pilot program will be expanded each year until childhood obesity (now at a shameful 15% nationwide) …
While You’re At It …. Read MoreGetting Fat on High Fructose Corn Syrup
Regarding High Fructose Corn Syrup. “The digestion, absorption, and metabolism of fructose … favors de novo lipogenesis [fat creation].” “In mammals, fructose is known to be able to raise plasma …
Getting Fat on High Fructose Corn Syrup Read MoreThe Gastro-Physics of Dietary Anti-Matter
“People watch,” next time you’re in the grocery line. There’s always someone with carts that bulge with every conceivable kind of diet food. Flats of turkey bacon prop listlessly against …
The Gastro-Physics of Dietary Anti-Matter Read MoreHistory of the Oktoberfest
The Royal Wedding12th October 1810 Crown Prince Ludwig, later to become King Ludwig I, was married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on 12th October 1810. The citizens of Munich were …
History of the Oktoberfest Read MoreDietary Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD)
As hoards of low-carb proponents invade the nutritional landscape, the increasingly tired low-fat guard seems to be giving way before their steady march and drumbeat. This invasion is a preemptive …
Dietary Weapons of Mass Distraction (WMD) Read MorePolitics versus Pate: Arnold Must Decide
The California Conundrum The California Assembly and Senate passed S.B. 1520 – sponsored by Senate president John Burton (D-San Francisco) – to ban California fois gras by 2012, and to …
Politics versus Pate: Arnold Must Decide Read MoreLosing Weight Like You Eat Your Ice Cream
“Life is like a box of chocolates,” drawled Forrest Gump. Metaphors are great. Writers use them all the time because, simply put, they get your attention and really drive a …
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