Americans are generally known to be a pretty chunky bunch. We’ve all seen story after story on the ever-growing obesity epidemic in this country. What we don’t see nearly as much of is the other side of the coin – people who are hungry and do not have access to nutritious food. I recently watched [...]

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Meet Forty-eight-year-old Alex Montreuil, a Canadian who had a run in with something far more horrifying than George Clooney’s perm-mullet hybrid in Return of the Killer Tomatoes. Montreuil was at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal,for a CT scan, when he alleges he was attacked with a tuna and tomato sandwich. As bad luck would [...]

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If you have paid any attention to “health food” in the in the past 8-10 years, then you have likely heard of Kombucha. It has received a lot of publicity over time from proponents and detractors alike. The general gist seems to be similar to other healthy products that have had their time in the sun. Fans swear by the benefits and become vocal advocates and the scientific community gives it [...]

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When I first heard of “Meow”, a tubby tabby residing at a Santa Fe animal shelter, I wasn’t shocked when it was reported his current fighting, er lounging weight came in at a Rubenesque 39 pounds. In a country that is has seen a 74% increase in obesity rates in the last fifteen year, it [...]

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For many of us, candy and /or bubble-gum cigarettes offered a prepubescent run at sticking it to the “Man”. Packs of sugared smokes sold like hotcakes at local corner stores with the sole purpose of taking sinful mock drags during Recess, while your 5th grade teacher looked on with a disapproving scowl. Most would argue [...]

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In case you haven’t had the pleasure of viewing the now very viral video of “Clueless” & “Batman & Robin” actress Alicia Silverstone, feeding her young son “Bear” premasticated food, well far be it from me to deprive you from this gem being added to that dark vault in the back of your mind containing  [...]

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PepsiCo, owner of the Tropicana line of juice products, has found a new way to squeeze revenue from the orange branch of their family tree. Leveraging consumer’s misplaced fixation on low-calorie, low-sugar alternatives, Tropicana has been selling Trop50, a juice with “50% less sugar and calories.” This doesn’t sound like an unreasonable idea until you [...]

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In the good old days, traveling or “Snake Oil” salesmen would slither into remote towns like Walnut Grove or Deadwood and bring with them a treasure trove of exotic medicines, magical elixirs & guaranteed cures for whatever was ailing you. Granted, 99% of time it was just booze used as a placebo effect, but every [...]

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During this holiday travel season, eating on the road is a reality for many of us. Up until fairly recently I traveled a lot for work. Like many of you, I always viewed road trips as a free for all of fast food, junk food and too much booze. When I started travelling almost weekly for work I had to [...]

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This past summer a monumental change in the governments direction on how we should view the foods we should eat took place. It happened  more quietly than I think the government would have liked but the change has been made. In addition to a change in shape from Pyramid to Plate, the contents of the new plate are quite different. The first USDA food [...]

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