Doctor Obvious: People Eat Too Much!
A new study from the University of Liverpool suggests that we in the west, who consume vast quantities of packaged foods, eat too much, at least partly because manufacturers portion their wares in too-large sizes. Dr. Obvious says, that’s partly because we’ve been taught to clean our plates…Read More →
Dark Chocolate – The Wonder Treat!
If you’re like me, you probably know how much the price of Chocolate and products containing it has risen in recent years. So much that many of us no longer buy Chocolate, except for special occasions. But the latest research says we might better consider Chocolate as medicinal…Read More →
3D Food ‘Printing’ Could Change Eating
Most of us will be familiar with the concept behind the Star Trek food synthesizer – a device using modified transporter technology to create custom meals from stored patterns using basic, elemental materials. Now, scientists say they’ve moved a step closer to that goal using 3D printing…Read More →
Has MSG’s Reputation Been Rehabilitated?
When most North Americans think of MSG – Mono-Sodium Glutamate – they think, ‘Oh! Bad for you!’ But that view is changing, according to recent research and changing social norms. I just read a long piece in The New Yorker about one serious Foodie who now calls herself ‘an MSG convert’…Read More →
Fast Food Week!
You are entering a realm outside of time and space, a realm of the imagination. A place we call… The Fast Food Zone’! Okay, seriously… We have word of some new limited-time offers this week, a new flavour from M&Ms, a new stuffed Crust Pizza from The Hut and new BK beverages for summer…Read More →
Doctor Obvious: Booze News Roundup
This is not intended as the inauguration of a new regular series, just a catch-up in recent news about the healthfulness, or unhealthfulness of Alcohol. We share the findings of three recent studies that, surprisingly, tell us a lot of things we already knew. Enter, Doctor Obvious…Read More →
Will A Vegan World Put Viagra Out Of Business?
There’s a heck of a headline to wake up to. But Well-known documentary and adventure film maker James Cameron has this theory that men won’t need Viagra anymore if they go Vegan. He says a Vegan diet will not only protect and even restore cardiac health, but will make one more potent…Read More →
Horton’s Head Office Unveils Recovery Plan
It’s been a tough few of years for Tim Horton’s, after being taken over by Restaurant Brands International (RBI). Sales have dropped, its popularity has tanked and its image has suffered under the ongoing rebellion by unhappy franchisees. Now, Head Office has launched a desperate recovery program…Read More →