Luna (by Clif Bar), the brand of bars targeted to the “fit female”, has released a new product, apparently for the Ensure generation. The Luna Fiber bar is soft, sweet and pumped up with fiber, vitamins and minerals. While the … Continue reading
How Accurate Are Nutrition Labels?
short answer: NOT accurate enough. It’s bad enough nutrition labels are hard to understand. But even if you are able to read a label without referring to an encyclopedia or a dietitian, you may not be getting the right information. … Continue reading
Weight Loss Most Impacted by Calories, Not Diet Type
An interesting finding from an article just published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that focusing on carbs, proteins, or fats is much less important than focusing on the reduction of calories for those trying to lose weight. … Continue reading
NuVal Food Scoring System Shares Some Product Scores
The NuVal Nutritional Scoring System has updated its website to include sample score of hundreds of everyday items. We posted about NuVal and its competitors a few months ago. These nutrition scoring systems aim to simplify the task of choosing … Continue reading
Who Needs Vitamin Pills?
Need more vitamins? Get them from real food, not pills. This is the jist of a USA Today article Vitamins get ‘F’ in cancer prevention: A flotilla of recent studies — including two papers published today — has sunk the … Continue reading
Fortified and Enriched Foods – Better for You?
Image via Wikipedia When grocery shopping, have you noticed some foods claiming to be fortified with vitamins and minerals, and others claiming to be enriched? Is there a difference between the two? Turns out, that while both mean nutrients have … Continue reading