Many Fooducate community members and app users email us asking why we don’t focus more on the issue of genetically modified foods. More specifically, they’d like to see our mobile app notify them if a product is GM or not. … Continue reading
The “Comeback” of Ancient Grains
How many of you have heard of the following grains? Spelt, Amaranth, Quinoa, Millet, Einkorn, Triticale, Emmer, or Teff If you haven’t, you soon will. An interesting article in the LA Times last week covered the growing trend of using … Continue reading
Five Things Parents Can Do to Combat School Vending Machines
The school year has begun and millions of children have returned to a “vending machine diet.” This, according to a worrying post in the LA Times health blog, Booster Shots (one of our favorites). The post refers to a study … Continue reading
And Now: More Opportunities to Get Fat
Once upon a time you’d drive to a gas station to get your car filled up, and maybe serviced. Today, it’s another opportunity to get fat. In an aptly titled article, Service stations are filling bellies as well as tanks, … Continue reading
Fighting Childhood Obesity Through Toys
Santa Clara County, in northern California, took a step yesterday towards reducing childhood obesity. The innovative measure – banning toys from being included as giveaways at fast food restaurants whose kiddie meals don’t meet healthy requirements. To quote an LA … Continue reading
Orange Juice is Just as Bad as Cola. Really?
Orange juice is no better for you than soda pop. So say a growing number of health professionals, who are trying to undo more than half a century of consumer mindshare captured by the citrus industry. A fascinating article in … Continue reading
Worthless Health Claims – Get Ready for More
Over at the LA Times Health Blog, Rosie Mestel updates on a new lawsuit targeting the FDA, demanding less stringent standards for placing health claims on foods and supplements. An example is selenium, which manufacturers would like to embellish to … Continue reading
Nestle, Coke Back off on Tea Drink Health Claim
It took a lawsuit, but Nestle and the Coca Cola Company, who jointly market Enviga Green Tea, need to stop claiming it reduces weight. From the LA Times: Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal began an inquiry in 2007 seeking … Continue reading
Crystalline Fructose
The LA Times Health Section has a piece on a High Fructose Corn Syrup’s cousin – Crystalline Fructose: Diligent readers of food and beverage labels may have noticed an increasingly common ingredient in some health and energy drinks: crystalline fructose. … Continue reading
Restaurant Nutrition Legislation – Pros and Cons
Image via Wikipedia An interesting article in the LA Times covers the recent developments in the intersection of nutrition, regulation, and the restaurant industry: Restaurants are being told to list calorie counts on their menus. Schools are banning bake sales, … Continue reading