Category Archives: Food

Is Your Child Eating Less Healthy Cereal Than You? [Food Police]

photo credit: thelifeledger Childhood obesity is becoming such an epidemic that many schools are taking steps to increase the nutrition and exercise awareness of both their students and their students’ parents. Take, for example, this article covering changes recently instituted … Continue reading

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When is Eating Healthy not Healthy? [Food Police]

photo credit: SqueakyMarmot When is eating healthy not … healthy? Apparently when you have a condition known as orthorexia, described as “an unhealthy obsession (as in obsessive-compulsive disorder) with what the sufferer considers to be healthy eating.” Weight of the … Continue reading

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My Standard Breakfast – Otis Muffins [Recipes]

photo credit: AntonOlsen It’s a fascinating thing – the less sugar I eat, the less I crave it. In fact, foods that used to be “just right” are now way too sweet. Take, for example, the bran muffins I make … Continue reading

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Taste Test on Commercial Diet Bars and Snacks [Tastes Like **** Department]

photo credit: loveberry It’s not often I get to report on health news happening in my own back yard. Our local newspaper, Asheville Citizen-Times, conducted a non-scientific taste test on 6 different diet bars with a four-person panel. Here’s a … Continue reading

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San Francisco Orders Restaurants to List Calorie Information [Food Police]

photo credit: jon.nelson Consumerist turned me to the latest battle in the war on the restaurant industry – making calorie information readily available. San Francisco’s new ordinance requires any restaurant with more than 20 locations to display calorie information on … Continue reading

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