Tag: nutrition

Fred Sold Out

Fred Sold Out

Using trusted cartoon characters to sell food products to children can be a particularly devious form of marketing that may influence adult eating habits and obesity rates.

Jamie Oliver’s Double Standard

Jamie Oliver’s Double Standard

Jamie Oliver has been harping on and on about the inferiority of our nutrition, especially where school children are concerned. But does he himself live up to the high standards he sets for everyone else?

The Possible Death Knell For Red Wine Health Claims

The Possible Death Knell For Red Wine Health Claims

It already looked dubious that red wine and the resveratrol therein have any special health benefits. A recent study may now very well have put the last nail into the coffin of those supposed positive effects.

Holiday Season Damage Control

Holiday Season Damage Control

It’s Friday, the big Thanksgiving feast is over, but Christmas season essentially just started. Let’s see how you did so far and why you shouldn’t feel guilty about enjoying the up and coming calorie meltdowns.

The Great Thanksgiving Diet Quiz

The Great Thanksgiving Diet Quiz

One week from today it’s Thanksgiving. Are you up to facing the perils of pumpkin pies, sweet potatoes and stuffed turkeys? Or will it kill your weight loss plans? Take the quiz to find out!