Category Archives: calories

The Obesity Riddle

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

By 2015, the year in which the Millennium Development Goals will come to an end, it is estimated that worldwide, one in every third persons will be overweight and one in ten will be obese. Staggering statistics yes? Why is … Continue reading →

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The health benefits of yogurt: its all greek to me

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

The idea of fermenting milk (which in itself is a strange food if you start to think of where it comes from) into yogurt has a very long history dating back probably to Central Asian herdsmen, and was most likely … Continue reading →

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Snack and glints

Posted on December 23, 2009 by

Food banks and soup kitchens are now soliciting food from farms as opposed to supermarkets with the intention of moving away from a caloric sufficiency frame of mind, to a diet quality, seasonal variety one. Who knew that customer club … Continue reading →

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NYC’s pouring on the pounds campaign: man drinks blubber

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

If any of you live in NY and see the subway ads of “pouring on the pounds”, they are sorta disturbing and get the point across, at least visually with blubbery blubber overfloweth…Now, the NYC Health Department has made a … Continue reading →

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Slow food? Slow eat.

Posted on May 9, 2009 by

Check out this graph from the O’Reilly Radar. Of course, Mexico and US are way up there. And then there is the French. Eat and smoke their way through decadence and remain stick thin. god dammit. One thing not really … Continue reading →

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Snacks and Glints

Posted on March 29, 2009 by

Forging a Hot Link to the Farmer Who Grows the Food – cool article in the Times Raj Patel wants you to Buy Japanese or at least, live in Japan Teenagers near fast food = obesity. And Marion Nestle has … Continue reading →

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The Phelps Phenomena: No, not the 8 golds, the calories…

Posted on August 24, 2008 by

One of the biggest news items to come out of the Olympics is the amount of calories swimmer Michael Phelps consumes in one day – roughly 10 to 12,000 and the kid still struggles to keep weight on. I consume … Continue reading →

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Calorie reality check

Posted on July 20, 2008 by

Posting calories on menus of fast food joints. Not a novel concept but a novel law taking effect in New York City this week. By Monday, McDonalds and Burger King will unveil their new menu boards that will post the … Continue reading →

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