A recent paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology confirms what researchers have been saying for some time, now; that eating Nuts can reduce your risk of heart disease. But the new study also looks at the relative merits of different kinds of nuts…Read More →
It’s that time again… And the Fast Food sector did not disappoint this past week, with a flurry of new menu item announcements and the return of some old favourites. But the big news for folks with little kids is, the new FDA-approved next-gen Kinder Eggs are now available, just in for Christmas!Read More →
A new study from Drexel University indicates that, as the price difference between healthy and unhealthy foods increases, so does the risk of obesity and other diseases. That may be because people tend to eat what appears to make their money go farthest at the supermarket…Read More →
Here we go, on our weekly thrill ride across the Fast Food landscape. We ask the question, what do recent offerings from KFC and Pringles, and Twitter storms involving Papa John’s and Starbucks have to do with food? And there’s a new Pizza from The Hut, plus a new Chicken Sandwich from BK…Read More →
There’s been a cavalcade of developments this week in the Food Science Department. Herewith find the latest breakthroughs in the ongoing effort to breed better Corn, Tomatoes and Potatoes. And something new in Apples that promises to cut grower losses to disease and, maybe, lower prices…Read More →
Keurig – the company that invented the pod-based Coffee maker – recently withdrew its ads from the programs of a popular Fox News commentator. And conservative-right viewers have responded by posting videos of people ‘killing’ Keurigs – smashing machines and Coffee Pods with all sorts of ‘tools’…Read More →
You’ve no doubt seen those high-pressure TV commercial pitches for the NutriBullet blender. Well, it seems the pressure is not just in the pitch. At least twenty users have sued NutriBullet after the machines heated up their contents causing high internal pressures that resulted in explosions…Read More →
You’ve heard a lot about how certain foods have almost magical abilities – bestowed upon them by their abundance of anti-oxidants. But this is the first time I’ve ever heard that Mushrooms are among the foods containing high levels of some really good anti-oxidants!Read More →