Give Your Kids Fruit – Not Fruit Snacks
There’s a good article in the LA Times about the misleading claims plastered on the labels of fruit snacks. While fruit leather and Roll Ups “made with real fruit” seem wholesome, they’re NOT equivalent to fresh fruit. Not even close… The snacks...
read moreMore Grim News for the Sedentary
A while back, I highlighted a Canadian study that suggested prolonged sitting may have detrimental effects on health. Another study, recently published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, had equally disturbing results. According to a report from LiveScience: Alpa Patel,...
read moreHealthy Vending Machines?
I was doing my weekly surfing of trade publications for news, when my eye was caught by a headline: “Healthy Vending Machines Enter Schools.” TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Four Tallahassee schools recently tossed out their old “junk food” vending machines in favor...
read moreThe Healthy Skeptic on Green Tea
Chris Woolston, “The Healthy Skeptic,” is a man after my own heart: someone who approaches claims with a skeptical eye, but is capable of evaluating them fairly. In today’s LA Times column, he provides an overview of green tea for weight loss. A sample: But...
read moreThey’ve Got to Be Kidding…
Evidently some cardiologists think fast food restaurants should offer their customers statin-laced condiments with their food. A new report in the American Journal of Cardiology suggests that fast food restaurants should offer statins – a popular class of cholesterol-lowering...
read moreKrispy Kreme Krapburger
I couldn’t watch this without going “Ewwwwww!” Ok, so it’s “only” 500 calories. Two points: The vast majority of people already eat too many calories… and too many empty calories at that. All those “only’s” can...
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