AMA Condemns Competitive Eating
Good for the AMA. In addition to resolutions backing the individual mandate to purchase health insurance and to adopt a bill of rights for medical residents, delegates to the AMA’s annual meeting have approved a resolution recognizing “competitive speed eating as an unhealthy eating practice with potential adverse consequences.” …The background information given to the AMA’s voting delegates said that speed eating “condones...
Let the Parodies Begin!
“Crowding the Plate” is the Chicago Tribune’s “nutrition” guide to eating at sporting events. Click to view the original. 😉 Of course, if people followed these “guidelines” only at sporting events, it would be...
“5 Weight Loss Tips for Cynical Bastards”
Suffice it to say, I don’t read “Cracked” for information… it’s strictly for laffs. But lo and behold, a January article, “5 Weight Loss Tips for Cynical Bastards” is actually pretty darned informative. In fact, I’d rate it higher than most mass market weight loss articles. This isn’t to say that it’s not funny… it is (I practically fell off my chair laughing at the...
DOJ Throws the Book at Owners of Two NJ Supp Companies
Two NJ dietary supplement companies have been found guilty of criminal contempt for violating a consent decree with the FDA over violations of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations. The defendants’ businesses manufactured and distributed food products and supplements, including many varieties of protein powder mixes, as well as other powder mixes and dietary supplements. The products were distributed under the...
Coalition Sues FDA Over Antibiotics Used in Factory Farming
Via the National Resources Defense Council: The lawsuit filed today by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT), Public Citizen, and Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) was spurred by growing evidence that the spread of bacteria immune to antibiotics around the world has clear links to the overuse of antibiotics in the food industry. The coalition suit...
A New Way to Serve the Same Old Fatty Food
Nothing like a little technology to make ordering greasy burgers, fatty fries and shakes even easier than before… The other thing that makes me wince is the potentially unhygienic nature of the iPad system. I don’t think I’d care to handle an iPad used by god-only-knows-how-many people before me, and then proceed to consume various finger foods like sandwiches, fries, etc. Hopefully, the restaurant keeps some...
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