Do You Know What You Just Put in Your Mouth? Author Patrick Di Justo Tells...
Patrick Di Justo, author of “This is What You Just Put in Your Mouth” took to reddit last week to answer readers’ questions about the very same topic. Di Justo wrote a column in everyone’s favorite...
View ArticleNatural Fructose in Fruit is Fine; It’s the High Fructose Corn Syrup That...
Remember a time when you were eating, but never felt full and ended up eating more food? This could be caused by the consumption of fructose. As reported by Medical News Study, researchers found...
View ArticleEmpty Calories Comic: The GMO Trick in Halloween Treats
See more Empty Calories right here in the blog as we poke fun at the lighter side of dieting and weight loss. See More Related Articles VIDEO: Celebrities Endorse UNREAL Candy VIDEO: What is a GMO?...
View ArticleCoca-Cola CEO Reacts to Mayor Bloomberg’s Soda Ban
Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola, recently spoke out on allegations of his company being responsible for the obesity epidemic in the U.S. Kent’s responses come weeks after New York City Mayor Bloomberg...
View ArticleHigh Fructose Corn Syrup and Memory Loss Research Study Needs a Control Group
Yet again it seems that mass media is not accurately portraying scientific research. This time the research is by Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of...
View ArticleFDA Rules Against Calling High Fructose Corn Syrup ‘Corn Sugar’
Manufacturers of the infamous substance known as high fructose corn syrup are displeased at the ruling that it will retain its unfortunate name, at least for now. After the Corn Refiners Association...
View ArticleFructose Makes Rats Dumber, Study Shows
It looks like the soft drink industry and other sugar-laden product companies are going to take another hit in the name of fructose. A recent study on fructose’s effects on rats showed that when fed...
View ArticleReview: Skinny Cow Dreamy Clusters Can Fit in Your Diet
There’s a new candy popping up next to grocery check-out stands and it comes from Skinny Cow. Just because a brand markets itself as “healthier” doesn’t always mean that it is. So before you shrug off...
View ArticleWeight Loss and Better Health With Guidance from “Wheat Belly”
A few weeks ago my friend Michelle McNally tweeted a link to this interview with Dr. William Davis, author of Wheat Belly. I was impressed with Dr. Davis, so I put it on my hold list at the library and...
View ArticleHigh Fructose Corn Syrup in Many Cough and Cold Syrups
High fructose corn syrup, found in sodas, cereals and baked goods, has become a food bad guy for its link to obesity and diabetes but it might not only be food the sticky stuff is lurking in. Some...
View ArticleSoda vs Marijuana – Which Do You Think is Worse?
There’s a chart that has been floating around the Internet for a while comparing various health effects of soda and marijuana. The agenda doesn’t appear to be pro-pot as much as it is pointing out...
View ArticleThe State of Food and Obesity in the U.S.
Obesity rates and other related statistics are rolled out every year, sometimes even more frequently, with each seeming worse than the last. The U.S. is on a fast train that’s heading towards a brick...
View ArticleThe Truth About Peanut Butter: 4 Healthier Brands
Who didn’t grow up eating peanut butter sandwiches? While peanut butter and jelly has been a lunchbox staple for as far back as anyone can remember, the delicious sandwich spread is far from...
View ArticleFour Lessons We Learned from Dr. Hoebel
Renowned Princeton physiological psychologist and researcher Bart Hoebel has died at the age of 76. He was a leader in research on eating behaviors and the addictive qualities of food. He seems to have...
View ArticleTeen Soda Consumption is Down
There’s potentially good news in regards to teens and their soda consumption. In 2010, 24 percent of teens in the U.S. drank at least one soda on a daily basis, which was down from 29 percent the...
View ArticleThe Hunt For Healthy Halloween Treats
I am finally back in a neighborhood where I am likely to receive trick or treaters. I’m pretty excited about the sparkly skull decorating my front door to announce we are a trick-or-treater-friendly...
View ArticleYour Yogurt Might Not Be as Healthy as You Think
Yogurt can be one of the healthiest food choices you can make in your diet. Packed with high quality protein, tons of calcium and full of healthy digestive bacterias, a cup of yogurt can be part of a...
View ArticleSugar 101: Know the Different Types of Sugar on the Market
Have you ever wondered why there are so many different types of sugar in your grocery store? Last week, consumers responded, some in outrage, to the latest announcement from the Corn Refiner’s...
View ArticleConsumers Respond to Corn Syrup to Corn Sugar Name Change
Corn syrup, corn sugar, high fructose corn syrup… are you confused yet? Changing the name of high fructose corn syrup to corn sugar seems to me to be a marketing ploy to avoid the bad press that high...
View ArticleCorn Sugar Versus High Fructose Corn Syrup – Understand the Difference
Just recently, the Corn Refiners Association took the legal steps necessary to change the name high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to the more innocuous name, “corn sugar.” While the approval could take as...
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