The recent Chick-fil-A controversy has overlooked an important matter. Though chicken is slightly healthier than beef, fast food chicken is no health food. Here’s the ingredient list for the no frills standard Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich: Chicken (100% natural whole breast filet, … Continue reading
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Do you know what’s in your bag of Doritos? This Doritos Superbowl commercial needed some editing… See for yourself some of the absurd ingredients they are putting in your snacks… Get Fooducated: iPhone App Android App Web App RSS or Email Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/fooducate on facebook: facebook.com/fooducate Get … Continue reading
This is a guest blog post by Lior Torenberg Being a 16-year-old girl, I have a seemingly unlimited threshold of energy befitting my age group, but this is a relatively new thing for me. Two years ago, I was constantly … Continue reading
Chick-Fil-A brands itself as the second largest quick serve chicken restaurant in the US. They did $3.5 billion in business last year in 1,600 locations. And this week they announced their commitment to healthy fast food by announcing a revamped, … Continue reading
Yesterday we wrote about Thanksgiving’s cranberry sauce tradition. Today we’ll take a look inside a turkey – more specifically at the stuffing. Filling the cavities of poultry dates back to Roman times, and there are many food items that can … Continue reading
Every great soup starts with a stock, or a broth. While colloquially we might use the terms stock and broth interchangeability, there’s a technical difference between the two. Stock is made using bones. Broth is usually not. The bones add a rich … Continue reading
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A Fooducate community member, Sofia, recently emailed us with this question: What is it about “Surimi” (or crab sticks), I often see women who are on protein diet eating surimis, I see them in my sushis, I see them in … Continue reading
This is a guest blog post by Beth George I am a mother, child advocate lawyer, food activist, and entrepreneur. This is a story of how focusing on diet made a huge difference in my son’s life. I hope our … Continue reading
When Weight Watchers announced its new Points Plus program late last year, the nutrition community cheered on as fruits and vegetables were promoted to 0 points in order to encourage their consumption. But encouraging the consumption of real food is … Continue reading
1. Potato Chips date back to 1853. An unhappy customer at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, NY kept returning his fried potatoes to the chef, requesting they be prepared much thinner. The chef sliced them so thin that they could … Continue reading