Entries tagged with 'health'
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Photographs by Robyn Lee With recent interest surrounding whether chocolate is a health food, I am regularly asked: "Is chocolate a health food?" What's the deal? It seems like everyday, there's a news report about a medical study confirming chocolate is, in fact, good for heart health, cardiovascular health, and even diabetes. This is added to what we already know about chocolate: it doesn't really cause acne and a chemical inside chocolate actually inhibits the formation of cavities. Of course, the real answers are not so cut and dry....
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My wife, Vicky. I haven't lost weight in a couple of weeks, and I have to admit it's kind of discouraging. But I've been telling myself that it's only a matter of time. My wife does not brook such talk easily. She worries all the time about my weight and its effect on my health and longevity. I guess she really does want me to to stick around for awhile. But what does she know? She's been thin her whole life, as has her entire family, and in times of great stress she forgets to eat. What a concept! Earlier this week, my wife let me have it with both barrels. She told me that my love of food...
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In Salon's interview with Jennifer McLagan, author of the recently released Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, With Recipes, learn more about the controversial ingredient that is fundamental to flavor and to our health. She answers questions about animal fat and its relation to obesity, America's bad relationship with fat, and how animal fat lost the popularity contest to vegetable-based man-made fats. But most importantly, why is it better to eat and cook with animal fat than vegetable fat? Unlike vegetable oils, animal fats are very stable and don't turn rancid easily. This makes them ideal for cooking, which involves heating the fat. And they have no trans fats.Animal fats have lots of good fatty acids that fight disease,...
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I'm slowly realizing that meat can and should be enjoyed in small portions. Serious Eats contributor and Meat Lite co-author Joy Manning does have a point: small portions of meat can be an incredibly satisfying thing to eat. Joy inspired me a couple of nights ago when I went to a steakhouse with a group of seven serious eaters. Like many people I usually order my own steak. Sometimes it's a ten-ounce steak, sometimes it's 12 ounces, and sometimes it's even a pound. I enjoy every single bite and then, of course, I realize I feel uncomfortably full. Lots of red meat will do that to anyone. So this time I did something radical....
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As a Peeps hater, I don't approve of special edition Peeps, let alone the traditional Easter ones. But this has gone too far: Sugar-free Pumpkin Peeps, made with Splenda. Trying to create a "sugar-free" Peep is like attempting "vegetable-less" cabbage. Even if you're limited to a sugar-free diet, this is not worth it. Splenda may be 200 to 300 times sweeter than sugar, but this tastes like foam. A foamy mattress, to be exact. To make it worse, the set of three pumpkins was $1.99. Three orange, fat circles with nubs—bearing mattressy undertones—for two-bucks! And if you need one more reason to avoid this, the package says: EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION MAY CAUSE STOMACH DISCOMFORT AND/OR A MILD LAXATIVE EFFECT. Do...
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The New York Times arrived really late to the Eat for Enjoyment, Don't Deprive Yourself party. As many serious dieters know from experience, this is easier said than done. The Times notes that people are eating more healthy, seasonal foods, enjoying them more and worrying less. To me, that's stating the obvious. If I just reach for an apple, pear, or banana every time I have neurotic compulsion to eat something, that's obviously a good thing. But it doesn't solve all of my problems. It still doesn't address my constant yearnings for ice cream, french fries, or barbecue. The only way to deal with foods like those is to eat them in extreme moderation. This week I really feel like...
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According to the Kansas City Star, "The suit says that Applebee's Weight Watchers Cajun Lime Tilapia is advertised as having 6 grams of fat and 310 calories but when tested was found to actually contain more than twice as much fat (14.3 grams) and 25 percent more calories (401) than advertised." [via Washington City Paper]...
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I've decided that certain foods and their calories are beneath me. Bad 100-calorie packs of faux snack foods and even regular Chips Ahoy insult my palate and my intelligence, and jeopardize my longevity and continued good health. So I'm going to try to quit ingesting wasted calories cold turkey. No more light, no more Oreos, no more generic crap that satisfies my basest, most wanton cravings. Up with deliciousness in all its forms, down with easily accessible reduced calorie junk food. I arrived at this inescapable conclusion yesterday. I will have a ritual cleansing of my pantry this morning, throwing out boxes of 100-calorie bags of Sensible Portions Multi Grain Mini Crisps I bought a few days ago. Of course,...
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Photograph by Graciepoo on Flickr Before food bloggers get all excited, they should read the Telegraph's story. Somehow I don’t think this works for people who are already predisposed to taking photos of their food (i.e., us weirdos). [via Goodies First]...
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From Gitwithit on Flickr Low in fat, high in protein, and filled with omega-3 fatty acids (which protects against heart disease and stimulates brain activity), canned tuna is a wonder food on paper. Until it starts making your hair fall out. As Mother Jones reports, Deborah Landvik-Fellner ate canned albacore tuna daily for 12 years until her hair started falling out and her speech started slurring. When she got her blood tested, frightening results came back: it had 48 parts per billion of mercury, nearly ten times the Environmental Protection Agency's notion of "safe." Shouldn't tuna be labeled if it's so dangerous? The Tuna Foundation sure hopes not. They know mercury scares will cause sales to plummet. In 2005,...
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