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Can Eating Junk Food Really Be an Addiction? (TIME)
In 1982, Scientific American published an article suggesting that snorting cocaine was no more addictive than eating potato chips. People continue to use when the stuff is around, and simply stop when it’s gone, the researchers argued. The paper was later widely denounced for minimizing the risks of what soon became known as the most [...]
FDA Feeling The Heat To Fight Food Fraud (The Washington Post)
The expensive “sheep’s milk” cheese in a Manhattan market was really made from cow’s milk. And a jar of “Sturgeon caviar” was, in fact, Mississippi paddlefish.
Some honey makers dilute their honey with sugar beets or corn syrup, their competitors say, but still market it as 100 percent pure at a premium price.
And last year, a [...]
BEAT STRESS: 8 Foods That Help (Yahoo!)
Chow down on eats that tame hunger and reduce anxiety
Eat It to Beat It
We all know that tension can wreak havoc on our eating patterns. But the right (healthy!) foods can often help tame mindless munching and cravings and, better yet, actually lower overall anxiety and its symptoms. Eight of our favorites:
Dark Chocolate
High in flavonoids, [...]
FIGHT RISING FOOD PRICES NOW! 22 Surefire Ways (Investopedia)
Food, clothing and shelter generally top the list of basic human needs. While shopping at a discount store instead of the mall generally takes care of the clothing issue, and living in a small apartment instead of a McMansion can address your housing situation, rising world food prices can lead to some significant challenges in [...]
Obesity Raises Kidney Stone Risk (ScienceDaily.com)
Obesity in general nearly doubles the risk of developing kidney stones, but the degree of obesity doesn’t appear to increase or decrease the risk one way or the other, a new study from Johns Hopkins shows.
“The common thinking was that as weight rises, kidney stone risk rises as well, but our study refutes that,” says [...]
SAVING MONEY: Clipping Coupons Can Really Save You Big $$$$ (Yahoo!)
They’re back in fashion, with good reason: An hour spent cutting and clipping can yield about $100 in savings.
Clipping coupons hardly sounds like the subject of high finance — or even medium finance.
Save a dollar on cat food, some detergent or a couple of boxes of cereal. Who can be bothered? Who has the time?
A [...]
HEALTH 101: 3 Habits To Help Your Child Stay Healthy & Fit (Business Week)
Something as simple as sitting down to dinner together as a family can go a long way in helping a child fend off obesity.
That’s just one of the findings from new research that suggests that family behaviors can have a significant impact on the weight of preschool children. Other behaviors that may help youngsters stay [...]
EDUCATION UPDATE: School Lunch Safety Rules Tighten (USA Today)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced sweeping steps Thursday to “assure the safety and quality of food” purchased for the National School Lunch Program.The measures include tightening requirements on companies that supply ground beef to schools, testing the beef more often and more thoroughly, and improving communications within the USDA to “identify potential food safety [...]
GETTING IN SHAPE: The 20 Worst Sandwiches In America (Men’s Health)
Simple, satisfying, and portable as a BlackBerry, the sandwich has been a mainstay in the American diet for years. Though always the most popular lunch food, sandwiches are also the number one dinnertime dish. More than one out of nine dinners consumed at homes include a sandwich, according to a market research company, NPD group’s, [...]
Food Labels Can Be Misleading! Buyer Beware (Yahoo! Green)
It’s a fact of the grocery store that the most healthy food often has the least marketing muscle behind it. The best sources of fiber and vitamins are fresh vegetables and fruit, and yet it’s the processed, packaged junk food fortified with vitamin and fiber powder that screams for attention. The Center for Science in [...]
