Nutrition
Is Soup The Best-Kept Diet Secret Of All?
Consider two simple scenarios you could be facing at lunchtime: when you have a solid food and water, you could eat those separately or you could premix them into a soup and drink the whole thing together. Which of the two techniques do you think will keep you full longer hence preventing you from snacking [...]
Is Salt Really That Bad For You?
Salt, how do we hate thee, let me count the ways! Sometimes the public is so quick to get on the nutrition bandwagon and demonize a perceived common enemy, that common sense and due diligence are often shown the door (case in point: our fear of saturated fat, cholesterol, … I could go on, but [...]
Michael Pollan: Never Buy Any Food That Is Advertised
Michael Pollan, every Big-Food manufacturer’s greatest nightmare, has some new advice. The author of books like “In Defense Of Food” and the “Omnivore’s Dilemma” simply says this about how to decide whether to buy a food or not:
“Never Buy Any Food That Is Advertised”
True, that is a bold statement and to some it might even [...]
Severe Allergies? Maybe You Need To Eat More Dirt!
Many of us have heard about, or even know someone who suffers from, severe allergic reactions. Typically,the sufferer has a bad reaction to nuts or shellfish and unless he rapidly injects himself with Epinephrine (Adrenaline), this reaction could even prove fatal. It’s interesting to understand, however, why this reaction happens in the first place and [...]
How Many Sugar Cubes Are There In The Foods You Eat?
Sugar, in all its devious forms like High Fructose Corn Syrup, High Maltose Corn Syrup and their various cousins, is added in almost every food you can possibly imagine including ketchup, barbecue sauce, pasta sauce and even bread! Yes, the nutrition labels are honest enough to tell you how many grams of sugar are contained [...]
