Nutrition Action Healthletter
Get Life-Saving Information on Diet and Nutrition Right Now! Dear Friend, You’ve always wanted life-saving information about the foods you eat. You should know, for example, that Marie Callender’s...
View ArticleWhat Foods Cause Gas? Beans, Vegetables, Milk, or Something Else?
Beans, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, milk, bran. Those are some of the usual suspects when people are trying to figure out, ahem, what foods cause gas. And those foods can cause gas. But most of us...
View ArticleBeware of Caffeine in Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt
More than 80 percent of American adults consume caffeine regularly. That’s no surprise, what with a coffee shop seemingly on every corner and in every supermarket, and tiny $3 bottles of 5-hour Energy...
View ArticleListeria Threatens the Food Industry and Consumer Safety
In April, there were eight recalls due to Listeria monocytogenes in a variety of food products, including frozen vegetables, ice cream, and even hummus. This bacterium is especially dangerous for...
View ArticleBlue Bell Ice Cream Linked to Listeria Deaths, Company Recalls Products
Recalled Blue Bell products Image Source: http://cdn.bluebell.com/BB_withdrawal Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. Have you purchased Blue Bell Ice Cream recently? If so, check to make sure it is not part of a...
View ArticleAdd This Burger to Your List of What Not to Eat
Everybody needs a gimmick. Smashburger’s? It “smashes” each hunk of ground Angus beef onto a butter-brushed grill before piling on the toppings. [text_ad] Take the big BBQ, Bacon, & Cheddar. It...
View ArticleHow to Diet: Do Grains Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?
“Stop eating carbs and you can control your destiny and avoid Alzheimer’s,” promised Dr. Mehmet Oz on his TV show in 2013. “Eating carbs eats away at your brain.” His guest: David Perlmutter,...
View ArticleGet the scoop on non-dairy ice cream
Dairy-free? Your timing is perfect. Even Ben & Jerry’s, Häagen-Dazs, and Breyers have something for you. But without dairy, don’t expect much calcium. And the competitors are not all created equal:...
View ArticleThis pint of ice cream crams in more than half a day’s calories
“Magnum Tubs offer a new, multisensory way to enjoy Magnum Ice Cream that is unlike anything available in the category today,” said Unilever (Magnum’s parent company) in a January press release. “The...
View ArticleThe inside scoop on lower-calorie ice cream
“Save the bowl. You’re going to want the whole pint,” urges Halo Top, which proudly displays its “calories per pint” front and center. Gee, thanks. Just what we needed: a nudge to eat a...
View ArticleNutrition Action Healthletter
Get Life-Saving Information on Diet and Nutrition Right Now! Dear Friend, You’ve always wanted life-saving information about the foods you eat. You should know, for example, that Marie Callender’s...
View ArticleWhat Foods Cause Gas? Beans, Vegetables, Milk, or Something Else?
Beans, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, milk, bran. Those are some of the usual suspects when people are trying to figure out, ahem, what foods cause gas. And those foods can cause gas. But most of us...
View ArticleBeware of Caffeine in Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt
More than 80 percent of American adults consume caffeine regularly. That’s no surprise, what with a coffee shop seemingly on every corner and in every supermarket, and tiny $3 bottles of 5-hour Energy...
View ArticleListeria Threatens the Food Industry and Consumer Safety
In April, there were eight recalls due to Listeria monocytogenes in a variety of food products, including frozen vegetables, ice cream, and even hummus. This bacterium is especially dangerous for...
View ArticleBlue Bell Ice Cream Linked to Listeria Deaths, Company Recalls Products
Recalled Blue Bell products Image Source: http://cdn.bluebell.com/BB_withdrawal Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. Have you purchased Blue Bell Ice Cream recently? If so, check to make sure it is not part of a...
View ArticleAdd This Burger to Your List of What Not to Eat
Everybody needs a gimmick. Smashburger’s? It “smashes” each hunk of ground Angus beef onto a butter-brushed grill before piling on the toppings. [text_ad] Take the big BBQ, Bacon, & Cheddar. It...
View ArticleHow to Diet: Do Grains Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?
“Stop eating carbs and you can control your destiny and avoid Alzheimer’s,” promised Dr. Mehmet Oz on his TV show in 2013. “Eating carbs eats away at your brain.” His guest: David Perlmutter,...
View ArticleDiet and Weight Loss: Do Low-Carb Diets Peel Away the Pounds?
“Low-carb may trump low-fat in diet wars,” declared ABC News in September. Really? Let’s look closer. The study that spurred the headlines pitted a lower-carb diet against a lower-fat diet in 148 men...
View ArticleAdd this Applebee’s Dish to Your List of What Not to Eat
Leave it to Applebee’s. Why create healthy new menu items when you can toss two old standbys onto one plate and “invent” a new dish? All you need is a zippy name…something like, say, 4-Cheese Mac &...
View ArticleDoes Sugar in Food Cause Gum Disease?
People who consume more sweets and soda have a higher risk of periodontal disease, which is linked to chronic inflammation, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. [text_ad] Researchers analyzed data on...
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