UPDATE: 7 Up announced on Thursday Nov 9 that it will discontinue the product. (h/t to Nancy) Did you know you that soft drinks are now a source of antioxidants? At least that’s what 7Up would have you believe if … Continue reading
Want to be Sexy? Eat Veggies with Carotenoids
A new twist on the adage “You are what you eat” – You look like what you eat. The food you eat has a visible effect on skin tone, which can cause you to appear healthier and more attractive to … Continue reading
Studies: Popcorn, Chocolate Good for Health
Snackers of the world – rejoice. Two recent studies are telling us Fooducate’s favorite snacks are healthy! Woo hoo! Research conducted at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania has found that popcorn has more polyphenols (a type of antioxidant) than … Continue reading
Wonderful Walnuts
Did you know that less than 10% of Americans consume tree nuts in their raw form? Tree nuts include walnuts, brazil nuts, hazelnuts,cashews, pecans, pine nuts, almonds and pistachios. Today we’ll talk about walnuts. Walnuts are simply wonderful. They’re tasty, affordable and … Continue reading
How Smoking Affects Nutrition
Everyone knows smoking is bad for health. It causes cancer and heart disease to name a few maladies. Everyone can tell you that. If you’re a smoker, you should quit. But if you are having a hard time and you … Continue reading
Get Ready for the Resveratrol Deluge
Marketers have, for years, made billions of dollars from consumers’ never-ending quest for the quick and easy fix to bad eating habits. Acai berry snack, drinks and pills are just one recent example. It seems like the next wave of … Continue reading
Happy Birthday (sort of) to Vitamin C
If you’ve noticed today’s Google Doodle, it depicts oranges and strawberries. Clicking on the link takes you to the Wikipedia page for one Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893-1986), who discovered vitamin C in the early 1930′s. He even got a Nobel Prize for it. … Continue reading
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10 Things You Didn’t Know about Vitamin A [and Polar Bears]
This week we are excited to try out a new way of presenting helpful nutrition information with a tool called Prezi! Prezi takes boring slideshows to a whole new level and you will see the cool ways we used it … Continue reading
Juicer or Blender?
Is it us or has there been lots of buzz recently around juicing? What’s the big deal? Are juicers that much better than blenders? And how is nutrition affected? What you need to know: Most people are familiar with the … Continue reading
Eating Healthfully on the Cheap
When it comes to eating healthfully, there are two complaints that come up most often: 1. The nutritional value of a food is inverse proportion to how good it tastes. 2. Nutritious food is too expensive. These 2 claims are … Continue reading