A new study by researchers at New York University (NYU) reveals that more than one in ten older American men binge drink, putting them at risk of a number of serious diseases and conditions. We know who they are, bu why they drink so much may be harder to identify and quantify…Read More →
Yesterday, I briefly mentioned the fact that the British brought home the tradition of Tea drinking from Asia not because they liked the flavour, but because it became a habit, originally designed to help them feel cooler living in the tropics. But there’s more to it than that…Read More →
A massive study coordinated by researchers at Northwestern University reveals that the U.S.’s (and, by association, the western world’s) Packaged Food supply – 80 percent of what most folks eat – is ‘ultra-processed’ and unhealthy, causing alarm among nutrition experts…Read More →
Summer must be a really good time to run test marking programs because most of the major Fast Food chains are testing something this month… KFC is floating a couple of Tex-Mex specialties, and McDonald’s and Dunkin’s are gauging customer response to new Breakfast Sandwiches…Read More →
It’s hard not to focus on the Hamburger this summer, with all the announcements from the Fast Food sphere about vendors adopting those intriguing new Veggie Protein Buger Patties. I say it’s time for Dog lovers to fight back with new implementations of their fave treat…Read More →
Dr. Obvious says he couldn’t believe his tired old eyes when he saw a recent report on junk food and kids’ eating habits. Seems someone apparently decided to perform a ‘scientific’ study on the effects of offering children a large variety and volume of snack foods. Bet you can already guess what they found…Read More →
Never let it be said that the rivalry – no matter how good natured – between the Vegetarians and the Carnivores isn’t intense and persistent. Just a month after we reported the unveiling of a ‘Meat-based Carrot’, Veggie forces have given the world The Carrot Dog. Coincidence? Maybe…Read More →
I was talking the other day to an acquaintance who – casually – wondered why we eat Chili Peppers. “After all,” she observed, “they don’t have any nutritional value, do they?” I pointed out that we eat Chilies because we like the flavour. And they do have other, therapeutic ‘charms’…Read More →