Stevia Hits the Mainstream
As most people know, the natural sweetener Stevia is not approved as a sweetener in the US, and therefore cannot be used in food products. It can only legally be sold as a dietary supplement. Change may be in the wind, however. Agribusiness giant Cargill has teamed with Coca-Cola on Rebiana, a more highly purified, stevia sweetener. Cargill is pretty serious about it, as it just inked a 10 year supply agreement for stevia extract...
Is 5 Small Meals A Day Useless For Weight Loss?
I’ve just finished reading that the “snack diet,” or the splitting up of your food intake into five or six snacks/ small meals to boost your metabolism and lose weight is “useless.” Dr Tim Crowe, a nutrition specialist at Deakin University in Melbourne, spoke dismissively of the whole idea calling it “rubbish” and a “faddish dieting trend.” He also indicated there was some...
Overeating as a…Sport?
It is if you’re a member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating. “The International Federation of Competitive Eating, Inc. supervises and regulates eating contests in their various forms throughout the world. The IFOCE helps to ensure that the sport remains safe, while also seeking to achieve objectives consistent with the public interest — namely, creating an environment in which fans may enjoy the...
How to Avoid Getting Spammed
And no…I don’t mean the stuff that ends up in your (and my) inbox… Food prices are rising, and as a result, SPAM® sales are booming. Sales of Spam — that much maligned meat — are rising as consumers are turning more to lunch meats and other lower-cost foods to extend their already stretched food budgets. What was once cheeky, silly and the subject of a musical (as Monty Python mocked the meat in a can), is now back...
“Donate My Weight”
This is really quite neat. “Like millions of Americans, Ben Miller started dieting at the beginning of the New Year. “Over the years I went from 165 pounds in the Navy to my highest of 477 pounds,” says dieter Ben Miller. Ben’s goal -weight- is 230 pounds, but that’s not his only goal. For every pound he loses, he’s donating a pound of food to his local food bank. “I wasn’t willing...
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