Truvia
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I ordered one of the new stevia products, Cargill’s Truvia, which is sold in single serving packets. It’s not bad. It actually physically resembles table sugar: it has the same crystalline appearance and bulk, and the same slight crunch (if you put it in your mouth, undissolved). It’s quite as sweet, too, although there’s a slight bitterness associated with it…the...
Twinkie, Deconstructed
I’ve just finished Steve Ettlinger’s “Twinkie, Deconstructed.” Its bright orange cover caught my eye a few weeks back in a local bookstore, and once I read the back cover, I was hooked (this, in large part to the influence of Elissa, who is a food scientist by trade). The premise of “Twinkie, Deconstructed” is a simple one; explain clearly the origin and role of each and every ingredient...
Stacking the Deck: Part II
I’m always getting alerts and newsletters from professional groups in my e-mail…sifting through this stuff is sometimes a pain, but every so often, something worth following up on catches my eye. Like this press release, for example: Aminogen® Triples Rate of Whey Protein Absorption 08/12/2008 WAYNE, N.J.—Triarco Industries announced a clinical study published in The Journal of The International Society of Sports Nutrition...
FDA Declares High Fructose Corn Syrup Can Be Labelled “Natural”
One more reason why you shouldn’t read anything into the word “natural” when it appears on a food label. “Upon careful review of the manufacturing process for High Fructose Corn Syrup, the FDA found that HFCS can be labeled natural,” stated Audrae Erickson, president, Corn Refiners Association. “HFCS contains no artificial or synthetic ingredients or color additives and meets FDA’s requirements for the use of the...
But It’s Sooooooo Expensive To Eat Healthy!
The incongruity of this statement dawned on me the other day as I stood in line at my local grocery store. ‘Cause it’s one I’ve heard often enough… It costs SO much to eat right. Does it? Really? From my impromptu info-gathering session at the grocery store the other evening, I’d say it’s VERY expensive to eat poor, nutritionally deficient foods. I watched, for instance, as a heavyset woman and her...
Dysfunctional Foods
I took the Special K Challenge this morning…the link caught my eye during a Google search, and I couldn’t resist. Special K is a real blast from the past: I recall the old “pinch an inch” ads from daze gone by. Can’t say I ever ate the stuff much, however. Didn’t really care for the taste, to be honest, plus, I had a hard time figuring out what was really “special” about it from a...
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