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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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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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Put Your Coffee Down – Your Creamer May Be Killing You! [Health News]

photo credit: Zervas Is your coffee creamer the silent killer in your diet? CPSI thinks so, writing a news release stating that The nutrition label on the powdered Coffee-mate in your office kitchen might list 10 calories and just a … Continue reading

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Problems Digesting Dairy Products? [Fetched Feeds]

photo credit: luvi Fetched from Food and Drug Administration Consumer Updates The FDA released an article today about lactose intolerance. According to the FDA release, lactose intolerance relates to a deficiency in lactase, the enzyme that breaks down milk sugar … Continue reading

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Is Coca-Cola Processing Your Organic Food? [Food Police]

photo credit: valessio_brito I know it’s naive, but when I buy “organic” foods, I have the image I’m supporting family-owned businesses who farm using sustainable methods and give back to the local economy. Singing cows from California, sustainable farming raising … Continue reading

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