NYC Begins Salt Initiative
New York City has opened a new front in the battle to improve the health of its citizens: salt. The goal is to cut salt intake by at least 20% over the next five years. Americans’ salt intake has increased dramatically in recent decades. We now consume almost twice the recommended limit of salt each day – but not by choice. Nearly 80% of the salt in our diet is added to processed and prepared foods before we buy them. Reducing salt...
Swine Flu Updates
No, it’s nothing to do with weight loss, fitness, nutrition or supps – but it’s a major health concern at the moment. Thus, I thought I’d post a link here to the Centers For Disease Control web site, which contains the latest updates. http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/ For what it’s worth, this is info straight from the horse’s mouth, and beats reading/watching panicky (and often sensationalized) news...
Inexpert Advice
I happened to read Martica Heaner’s column, “Expert Advice” on MSN.com this morning. It wasn’t bad at all… In fact, I thought her article, “Do Exercise and Nutrition Affect How Old You Look?“, was a pretty decent rundown on the effects of exercise (and secondarily, nutrition) on the aging process. Nonetheless, it reminded me of a line I recall from Babylon 5: “Unfortunately, while all...
Bony or Beautiful?
OMFG. I’m amazed that anyone would even ask that question. The woman belongs in a hospital, not a beauty pageant.
1,000 Calories a Day is Torture
Literally… In an effort to rationalize the use of dietary manipulation on detainees, Bush administration officials turned to Slim Fast and Jenny Craig. In a footnote to a May 10, 2005, memorandum from the Office of Legal Council, the Bush attorney general’s office argued that restricting the caloric intake of terrorist suspects to 1000 calories a day was medically safe because people in the United States were dieting along...
Ice Scream
I’m proud of my food tech training and background. Nonetheless, there are times when the food industry makes me want to scream. Like today, after reading this industry article… Ice-cream as a vehicle for delivering probiotic strains has ‘great potential’, giving a health boost without affecting the sensory profile of ice-cream, say Brazilian scientists. But the products must be backed up by the science and accompanied by...
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