‘How’ To Eat More Fruits And Veggies
No matter what angle you view your health from, Fruits and Veggies and Whole Grains are square in your line of sight. It seems that nary a week goes by that some scientific study isn’t recommending consumption of more Fresh Produce and Whole Grains to combat one health issue or another…Read More →
Kids Like Their Veggies Spicy!
It’s an age-old quandary: How do you get kids to eat their Vegetables? Now, science has an answer, at least as far as older kids are concerned. And the research got started because someone got fed up with the tremendous waste of Veggies in school lunch programs…Read More →
Fast Food Week!
It seems like only yesterday I was telling you about Taco Bell’s new Toasted Cheese Chalupa shells, KFC’s UK gravy shortage, and the great McDonald’s Black Market Mulan Sauce Caper. Now it’s time look back at another full week of Fast Food News and bring you the sizzling highlights!Read More →
Childhood Obesity: Fat Mom, Fat Child?
Science has revealed many things to us about our bodies and our bodies’ issues. But a recent study suggests that an overweight mother who consumes a high-fat and high-sugar diet can cause changes in her developing fetus that lead to obesity in childhood and heart trouble later in life…Read More →
McDonald’s Marks Intl. Women’s Day
It’s International Women’s Day and at least one food service entity is marking the occasion with some creative gestures. McDonald’s is leveraging the familiarity of its Golden Arches logo to underline its commitment to women and, of course, generate some positive PR along the way…Read More →
Loblaws Introduces Insect Protein Powder
Loblaws Canada, owner of the President’s Choice brand and dozens of grocery store chains, is often the first retail power in this country to bring out new products and break new ground. Now, it’s trailblazing the large-scale production and sale of insect based foods with a new Cricket-based protein powder…Read More →
Salt Still A Villain – Even In Healthy Diets
New research from Imperial College in London and Northwestern University shows that Salt consumption is not off-set by other Healthy Eating habits. And that means that you can eat as ‘clean’ and ‘healthy’ as you want an still have an elevated risk of heart disease if you add too much Salt…Read More →
Waist Size Predicts Heart Disease Risk
We may have suspected it for some time, but, now, there’s hard scientific evidence to support the notion that large waist and hip size correlates directly with a higher risk of hart attack – particularly in women. And it appears to be a better indicator of potential cardiac danger than obesity by itself…Read More →