Who Would Have Thought?
The USDA & the Dept. of Health and Human Services just released a new, updated set of dietary guidelines. Except that they aren’t new, unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for – say – the last 20 years. Seriously: the recommendations are things like: Eat fewer calories. Exercise more. Cut back on sodium. Eat less sugar, saturated fat/solid fat and refined grains. Eat more veggies, fruits, whole grains,...
GMA Launches “Nutrition Keys” Initiative…Straight Into the Ground
Last November, I made note of a proposed “front-of-package” nutrition labeling initiative on the part of the food industry. I dubbed it “Smart Choices 2.0,” in honor of the industry’s first – and rather disasterous – attempt to sow cut through consumer confusion. At the time, I doubted the seriousness of the effort, but admitted that “I’d like to be wrong.” But as it turns...
Taco Bell Sued Over “Taco Meat Filling”
According to the LA Times, Taco Bell is being sued over the beef in its tacos. The class-action suit, filed on behalf of Amanda Obney, claims that the chain restaurant’s “Taco Meat Filling” is only 36% beef… waaaay short of the standard definition of “beef.” The class-action suit, which does not ask for money, objects to Taco Bell calling its products “seasoned ground beef or seasoned beef,...
FDA Sez Homeopathic HCG Supps are Illegal
And – according to USA Today, “fraudulent,” too. A popular type of weight-loss products, heavily promoted on the Internet, is fraudulent and illegal, Food and Drug Administration officials say. HCG weight-loss products that promise dramatic results and claim to be homeopathic are sold as drops, pellets and sprays on the Web, in drugstores and at General Nutrition Centers. They are supposed to be used in combination...
R.I.P. Jack La Lanne
I love this para from his obit in the L.A. Times: No one — not even Arnold Schwarzenegger — could argue that LaLanne wasn’t the best. Schwarzenegger, who met LaLanne in the 1960s on Muscle Beach on the Venice Boardwalk, said LaLanne would try to see who could match him in numbers of chin-ups and push-ups. “Nobody could,” Schwarzenegger told The Times. “No one even wanted to try.” He was an original for...
I’m A Backer!
LOL, I am now an official backer of JELLOWARE : Biodegradable, Edible (and vegan!) Cups. Seriously: I ran into “Jelloware” over on Slashfood. Apparently the inventors – Monica Bhatia, Chelsea Briganti, Ingrid Zweifel, and Leigh Ann Tucker of TheWayWeSeeTheWorld – were runners up in a Jello mold competition; following which they decided to try to turn their creation(s) into real commercial products....
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