Med Diet Can Counter Osteoporosis
The Mediterranean Diet continues to garner accolades from doctors and nutritionists as the list of common health issues it can ameliorate continues to grow. Now, researchers say adopting the Med Diet can significantly reduce bone loss from osteoporosis – a serious concern for older people…Read More →
Tim’s Forges Ahead With Intl. Expansion
In spite of the ongoing war with its franchisees in Canada and the U.S., and lawsuits alleging the company misused pooled marketing funds as well broke contractual agreements made during the buyout by Restaurant Brands International (RBI), Tim Horton’s is planning a mega expansion into China…Read More →
Roundup: Vitamin D News…
We all know about the main things that vitamin D does for us, and that many folks – especially those of us who have lighter skins and live farther north (or south) – can have chronic shortages. But recent studies have revealed that Vitamin D impacts far more health issues than we thought…Read More →
Free Fruit And Veggies Mould Kids’ Habits
It seems pretty obvious, but there are twists in the conclusions of the latest survey of kids’ eating habits that make one wonder how kids really think, why they make the decisions they do about the foods they prefer, and how malleable they remain through childhood, the tween years and their teens…Read More →
The Science Behind the ‘Soup’ Course
Almost all well-established cultures share the tradition of serving a Soup course at or near the beginning of a meal. A new study reveals there’s more than just tradition behind this practice, and serving ‘Soup’ can help diners – especially those who are overweight or obese – eat more healthfully…Read More →
The Physics Of Baking Good Pizza
Classic Neapolitan pizzaiolos will insist that baking the perfect pie is an art, not a science. But a Russian physicist living in Rome recently investigated the physics of pizza ovens and quantified the physics of the Pizza. Not without the help of two old-school Italian pizzaiolos, though…Read More →
Fast Food Week!
School is out, balmy breezes are blowing (except in the southwest where folks are toasting under record highs) and it’s high season for the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) sector. Otherwise known as Fast Food Joints. Here’s our weekly rundown of the biggest headlnes from the biggest players…Read More →
Starbuck’s Sensitivity Training Stuttering…
It was not so long ago that an incident at a Philadelphia Starbuck’s, involving the arrest of two black men who were doing nothing but sitting there, spurred a tsunami of social and mainstream media rage. Starbucks made a showy attempt to renovate it’s image, but it seems the training didn’t take…Read More →