What Do They Mean By “Wholesome”?
Just like “natural“, “wholesome” is a marketing buzz word. It conveys the impression of “healthy”, but in a noncommittal sort of way. So it’s always worth reading the fine print, to make sure an allegedly “wholesome” food product really merits the description. Like Kraft’s new, “wholesome” Lunchables, for example. But I invite you to scan the rest of the...
Saturated Fat May Not Be So Bad After All…
Interesting blog post by Monica Reinagel, over at NutritionData.com: Saturated fat and red meat seem to prevent expanding waistlines Danish researchers studied the links between consumption of various food groups and change in waist size. Why are they worried about waist size? An increase in waist size signals an increase in visceral, or abdominal, fat. This is considered the most dangerous pattern of weight gain because abdominal...
Americans in Denial About Health
That’s the conclusion of a recent survey by Mintel, a global marketing research company. According to their data: only 25% of respondents think they’re overweight or obese (while Mintel’s own data from a separate report on obesity indicates 65% of respondents fall into this category). 70% think they should exercise more… but evidently don’t (only 37% say they exercise “regularly”, while 48%...
Dumb Choices
Last year, I blogged about the new “Smart Choices” labelling system instituted by the food industry to “…help Americans make smarter nutrition choices and improve public health.” It looked ok – in theory – but I couldn’t help noting… It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out…the criteria used for the labelling looks sound enough, but the devil is always in the details. The...
American Heart Association Recommends Reduced Sugar Consumption
According to the Association’s latest scientific statement: …most women should consume no more than 100 calories (about 25 grams) of added sugars per day. Most men should consume no more than 150 calories (about 37.5 grams) each day. That’s about six teaspoons of added sugar a day for women and nine for men. In contrast, the statement cites a report from the 2001–04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)...
Exercise and Cancer Risk
There’s an interesting discussion in today’s NYT about the relationship between exercise and the (reduced) risk of certain cancers. What I found intriguing about the Finnish study highlighted in the article, was the association of cancer risk with exercise intensity. What these recent studies, including the one from Finland, share is the suggestion that, in order to use exercise to reduce the risk of cancer, you must make...
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