Best Foods (according to CSPI anyway)
All foods are good foods. The list below (created by the Center For Science in the Public Interest) has only a couple of flaws. While the yogurt (#3 below) is awesome … low fat option is not something that any healthy culture does, and simply reflects their bias for the...
My Interview w Michelle Bernard (who is awesome)
This interview was from this past Saturday. I really enjoyed talking to Michelle about family, food, childhood obesity, and whether we should regulate foods and restaurants and stuff. Let me know your thoughts on this interview!!Will For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website....
Weird. Education Actually Works To Control Calories
Look at this picture!! A FAT FREE cake has that number of calories? Whoda thunk? A normal person would read that and think twice. Well a new study shows that if you give people the calorie information (so they can make a more informed choice), and they are more likely...
Food Pyramid Is Like Shag Carpets
This is a case of “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Remember a long time ago when they told us to just eat The Four Basic Food Groups? That worked pretty well for a while, but we got fatter and fatter and more and more unhealthy,...
Welch’s lied about juice claims. A math error?
See where it says “100% Juice”. It seems as though there was in fact a math error. This is said best by Ily Goyanes at the Miami New Times Food Blog … so I’ll let him tell the story. ______________Welch’s, known for its juices and commercials featuring adorable gap toothed kids,...
Buyer Beware: 13 “Health Foods” That Just Aren’t
This is a great article that lists 13 “Health Foods” that just aren’t (the link is below). Face it … everything looks good on the shelf, so how are YOU supposed to know what is really a food that’s good for you and what is not. What to watch for: First...
When Your Child’s Food Allergy Just Isn’t
Our children have allergies to everything!! But, this study argues that … just maybe … what everyone’s got is not “food allergies,” but an overabundance of “food allergy mis-diagnosis!!” Please forward this article to your friends. Many children’s diets are being unnecessarily restricted due to overreliance on blood tests for...
2010 Dietary Guidelines … more of the same
Every five years the Dietary Guidelines for Americans are revised, but after two years’ work on the 2010 draft document, we’re back to pretty much where we were five years ago. And not much has changed since the first guidelines were published in 1980. In fact, it would not...
“Ancient Grains”
Words are funny. Grains like quinoa, sorghum and teff are called Ancient. Okay, corn is just as ancient as those, as is wheat, potato, and rice. But what they MEAN by ancient is that it has not been messed with by us as much. There is a wide sense...
What The World Eats
This series of pictures is stunning. It shows both WHAT the people of the world eat, and HOW MUCH they eat in one week. You have GOT to see this. Food QualityPlease note the healthy nature of the foods in ethnic cultures, compared to the traditional fare of the...
Wake-up Call For Wellness
One food industry group is reporting that the current economic climate is turning into a wake-up call for wellness. Food industry research analyst Christopher Shanahan said that consumers are increasingly focused on ways to avoid becoming ill due to the economic downturn. “There is a growing interest in health...
Food Labels … What Food Labels?
You know the food label on the back of all food products? It’s that table of macromolecules that you are required to balance against a standard 2000 Calorie per Day diet … every day … as you separate carbs (good ones versus bad ones),from your fats (good ones versus...