nutrition

I had the pleasure of meeting the "Sunshine Girls" this weekend when I visited the Bitterman Mini Shoppes & Farmers' Market, and I was incredibly impressed with their story and their juice!

A new study shows reduced risk for kidney stones if you drink more water and less soda.

Starbucks has announced that starting Tuesday, they will be posting calories for all their menu items on the menu and next to baked goods in the glass cases. There is currently no Federal law stating that restaurants have to post nutritional information but it is coming from the FDA in the next year.

If you’re someone who wants your kids to know more about food — something we should all know more about — you’ll probably find a new app in development pretty interesting. Taggie, the brainchild of recent Dutch design school graduate Niels van Hoof, uses your smartphone camera to scan a barcode of food items. It then launches a 3D augmented reality animation to give children a short, fun lesson ab

Is Big Boy taking weight-loss seriously, or just lying?

Big Boy is trying to lose 10 lbs to get down to 422 by April 5th.  Here's his food journal for yesterday 3/21/11:

A man went to a Taco Bell in Texas and ordered 7 of their Beefy Crunch Burritos.  Formerly a promotional item for only 99 cents, the man was upset that the price of his favorite burrito had hiked up 50 cents to $1.49.  This enraged the customer to the point that he fired shots on the staff of the store and on police when they showed up...

Big Boy's Food Journal for yesterday 3/20/11:

Big Boy's Food Journal 2/17/11 - 2/23/11: 2/17/11: 4:00 PM - 4 slices Philly steak pizza from Dominos 2:00 AM - 2 more slices of Philly steak pizza from Dominos Multiple sodas throughout the day 2/18/11:   12:00 PM - Country club sandwich from Jimmie Johns with chips and a drink 5:00 PM - Bacon, chicken, ranch foot long from Subway 12:00 AM - 3 meat Totinos pizza 3 Glasses of grape Kool aid   2/19

Big Boy's Food Journal 2/16/11: 11:00 AM - Footlong Steak & Cheese (Fully loaded) from SubWay 5:00 PM - Taste of Hacienda Combo (1 Wet Burrito, 1 Enchilada, 1 Taco Salad).  4 Margaritas. Numerous sodas throughout the day.

Big Boy's Food Journal 2/15/11: 2:00 PM - 15 Totino's Pizza Rolls 7:00 PM - 2 Loaded Little Burgers from Five Guys 3 sodas and multiple lemonaide's throughout the day

Big Boy's Food Journal 2/14/11: 10:00 AM - 1 Bowl vegetable soup 12:00 PM - Reese's Peanut Butter Cups 7:00 PM - 2 Loaded Cheeseburgers from Five Guys Numerous sodas throughout the day.