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May 22, 2012
Two Booze Studies Serve Up Sobering News
We're reminded that booze and artificially sweetened mixers sometimes can be a problematic combo. The study that figured this out has been around for a while, but it's being given fresh attention thanks to the June edition of the University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter, which offers news ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Pizza Isn't a Vegetable, Congressman Insists
Those Democrats. They just won't drop that ridiculous "pizza is not a vegetable" thing. Fox News reports that Rep. Jared Polis, a Democratic congressman from Colorado, has proposed legislation that would end pizza being counted as a vegetable in public school lunches. The SLICE (School Lunch Improve ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Corn Syrup Can Make You Stupid, Study Finds
We all know corn syrup can make you fat, but dumb too? According to a new UCLA study published in the May 15 issue of the Journal of Physiology, regular intake of high fructose, such as that found in corn syrup, can negatively impact memory and learning ability -- in as little as six weeks. Resear ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
7-Eleven Introduces Slurpee Lite Free Slurpee Day
7-Eleven is introducing a new low-calorie, sugar-free Slurpee at its stores nationwide this week. The offering targets women in their 20s who have bought into the whole "skinny girl" hoopla. Right off the bat, we see a couple of problems with this move. One, we weren't aware that anyone over the ag ... More >>
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April 27, 2012
Nutella Settles Lawsuit Over 'Healthy Breakfast' Claims
Nutella isn't a health food? But it's made with hazelnuts -- nuts are good for you. And chocolate -- doesn't chocolate contain healthy antioxidants? Two class-action lawsuits against Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, say the company's claims in a recent TV commercial that Nutella spread on toast makes ... More >>
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April 20, 2012
Yelp Introduces Yelpy Insights: Find, or Avoid, Places Vegetarians and 20-Somethings Like
Thirty-something vegetarian looking for restaurants that other 30-something vegetarians also enjoy? Now, there's a Yelp for that: The site recently rolled out two new filters called "Yelpy Insights," which narrow search results based on eateries "liked by vegetarians," as well as those liked by 20- ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
Trader Joe's Quick-Cook Organic Brown Basmati Rice: Scarified, Scary or Dinner
We've always believed that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. With that in mind, we've shied away from parboiled rice. But the other day, a bag on the shelf at Trader Joe's caught our eye. Organic, dry, brown basmati rice from India labeled "quick-cook." The front of the bag bra ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2012
Popcorn Packs More Antioxidants Than Fruits & Vegetables, Study Finds
One serving of popcorn may contain more antioxidants than a day's worth of fruits or vegetables, according to a new study by Joe Vinson, a chemist at Pennsylvania's University of Scranton, reports WebMD. Vinson calls the popped treat "the perfect snack food," the only snack that is 100% whole grain. ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2012
Study: Regular Chocolate Eaters Are Skinnier
Katharine Hepburn once attributed her slim figure to "a lifetime of chocolate." Now a new study from UC San Diego has found that people who eat chocolate on a regular basis are indeed thinner than those who don't. The findings from the study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, were publish ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2012
Is Sugar Toxic? Research Says Yes
We hope everyone knows by now that sugar is bad for you. But just how bad? Is it merely empty calories we have to spend an extra hour at the gym to sweat off? Apparently, no. A research team from the University of California, San Francisco says it's so bad it should listed as a toxic substance. W ... More >>
Blogs
February 29, 2012
Citrus Fruits May Lower Women's Stroke Risk
Researchers say a compound in oranges, grapefruits and other citrus fruits may lower a woman's risk of stroke, WebMD reports. The study appears in the April issue of the American Heart Association journal Stroke. Previous studies have shown that antioxidant compounds called flavonoids in fruits and ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2012
Magic Straws: A Chocolate Milk Alternative
Just when you thought nothing could be as simple and plain (or boring) as unflavored milk, Magic Milk Straws come along. While the magic is debatable, we can imagine that the straws enchant calcium-conscious parents and their kids. Stuffed with tiny candy-like pieces in pink, brown, and white, the s ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2012
Local Cookbooks: Raw Star Recipes, The Post Oscars Edition
AmazonRaw Star RecipesIn L.A., there's nothing like the Oscars Spanx parade to inspire "healthy" raw doughnut diet considerations, if only for a trial breakfast or two. It so happens that Raw STAR Recipes: Organic Meals, Snacks and Desserts in 10 Minutes by local raw chef Bryan Au landed on o ... More >>
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February 17, 2012
Mars to Eliminate King-Size Candy Bars
Shrink-size me? Candy bar maker Mars Inc. has announced that it is doing away with king-size candy bars. The company says that by the end of 2013, it will only sell chocolate products that have 250 calories per portion, the Chicago Tribune reports. While some might see the move as a cost-saving me ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2012
L.A.'s Idea of Vegan Food vs. What Vegans Really Eat
Vegan Venn diagramWhat do vegans eat? That was the intended topic of our next Venn food diagram (check them all out). Only thing is, it (happily) turns out, everyone seems to know what vegans eat. Or more to the point, what they don't eat. Congrats L.A., you're a well informed group. To us, ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
Chocolate May Prevent Colon Cancer: One More Reason to Eat It
If we didn't know better, we'd swear this study was funded by a syndicate of chocolate producers, but we don't like to look too skeptically at research that reinforces our notions of how the world should be. A recent study on rats has for the first time confirmed that flavonoids such as those foun ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2011
Top 10 Famous Vegans
A recent piece by the Associated Press got us thinking: Where are all the famous vegans? Gossip sites already tell us about famous people dating so-and-so, famous people shopping at some boutique you've never heard of, famous people traveling to some island they own, but we hardly get to hear about ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2011
Americans Eat Too Much Salt
Flickr/Rafe SaltmanWhy you salty broad. You old salt. A new "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health says 88% of the U.S. population consumes more than the recommended amount of salt per day, increasing their ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2011
Lawsuit Against "Corn Sugar" Can Proceed
Guzzle & NoshWill the real sugar please stand up?Big Sugar won the latest skirmish in the legal battle against Big Corn when a federal judge ruled that a recently filed lawsuit can proceed. Last month, a coalition of sugar farmers led by C&H Sugar Company filed suit against the Corn Refiners ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2011
Eating Junk Food May Lower Sperm Count
Flickr/ebruliMore fries, less sperm? Eating a diet high in junk food could make sperm sparse, slow and obese, a pair of studies presented Monday at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. suggest. The research highlights an apparent link between nutritio ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Sugar vs. High Fructose Corn Syrup: Court Battle Begins
Guzzle & NoshA little sugar in your bowl?This morning in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom, a bitter legal battle begins over identity. In one corner, a coalition of table sugar producers complaining about false advertising and attempted "food identity theft." In the other, high fructose corn ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Dark Chocolate May Improve Athletic Endurance
Flickr/oskayA new study shows that consuming dark chocolate may help athletic endurance, the New York Times' Well blog reported August 3. Scientists at UC San Diego and other institutions gave middle-aged, sedentary male mice a purified form of cacao's primary nutritional ingredient, epicat ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
FDA Cracks Down on Lazy Larry Brownies
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on Lazy Larry (nee Lazy Cakes), a special brownie marketed as a way to reduce stress and facilitate relaxation. (Lazy Larry bears a startling resemblance to "South Park"'s Towelie, but that's another legal issue.) "Relaxing. It's what we're ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
[Updated] Michelle Obama Announces Retailers Will Expand Into Food "Deserts"
Samantha Appleton/White HouseThe First Lady and elementary school students tend the White House garden Update 11:50 a.m. 7/20/2011 - Mayor Manuel Lozano spoke before Obama about his work in Baldwin Park, along with James Gavin III, chairman of the Partnership for a Healthier America's Board ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Xtreme Eating Awards Announced: Top 8 Worst Things To Eat
Center for Science in the Public InterestThe Cheesecake Factory Farmhouse Cheeseburger This year's winners of the Xtreme Eating Awards have been named, just in time for us all to continue massively overeating. The so-called "dishonorees," as if we needed more clues as to the point of this, we ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2011
19 Chain Restaurants Join Initiative to Offer Healthier Kids' Meals
Flickr/fdecomite Nineteen restaurant chains, including Burger King and IHOP, have agreed to participate in a restaurant industry effort to promote healthier meals for children, Reuters reports. Conceived of by the National Restaurant Association, the voluntary program will focus on boosting ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2011
Dietary Salt Cutbacks Bring Few Heart Health Benefits, Study Finds
Flickr/Sgt. Pepperedjane It's not an excuse to let it pour like the girl on the Morton's box, but cutting salt intake doesn't have a significant impact on cardiovascular disease, a British study has found. Limiting salt consumption may reduce blood pressure slightly, but the research, which ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
Diet Sodas Make You Fat, Study Finds
Flickr/GoodNCrazy They may be calorie-free, but diet sodas can still make you fat, apparently. A 10-year study by the University of Texas, San Antonio has found that diet sodas can actually make you gain weight, especially in the stomach area, the London Daily Mail reports. The beverages and ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
Best New Semi-Local Whole Wheat Flour: Community Grains' Winter Wheat
JgarbeeCalifornia Grown And Milled Whole WheatYou might say Community Grains has a now-typical California restaurant-to-home-kitchen story, one most often recounted whenever Nancy Silverton, Campanile and La Brea Bakery wind up in the same sentence. The small Woodland-based mill also sprang u ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Why Los Angeles Schoolkids Get Lousy Meals
JgarbeeCalifornia Grown And Milled Whole WheatYou might say Community Grains has a now-typical California restaurant-to-home-kitchen story, one most often recounted whenever Nancy Silverton, Campanile and La Brea Bakery wind up in the same sentence. The small Woodland-based mill also sprang u ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
Cookbook Review: Ancient Grains for Modern Meals
Will we ever see the day when a whole grain baking book completely omits the word "healthy" in one of its many thinly veiled forms (health-conscious, nutritious, guilt-free)? Ancient Grains for Modern Meals gets pretty close. Most of the health-touting is on the publisher's sales pitch side i ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
Weird Science: Blueberries May Fight Fat
The cardiovascular benefits of consuming blueberries, with their high polyphenol content, are well-known, but it turns out they may also help fight the formation of fatty tissue -- at least if you're a mouse. Shiwani Moghe, a researcher from Texas Woman's University evaluated whether "blueberry po ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2011
Hide the Dressing: DailyBurn's New iPhone App Tracks Calories Through Photos
The Calorie Counters will have their way. First, they took the fun out of fast food, and now they've found a way to use our own (i)phones against us. Today, DailyBurn released a new app called MealSnap with one very fancy and terrifying feature: it can identify and track the calories in ev ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Breaking Nudes: PETA Girls to Bare All on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood
Unfortunately Olivia Munn won't be there. We don't think.Updated after the jump with photos of hot, vegan action thanks to hollyhoodian.com: You still have a chance to perv out support animal rights and check out these beauties tomorrow. Details after the jump. Breaking nudity: Two sexy wome ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2011
Lose Weight with the Beer Diet: Just Read the Fine Print
Flickr/pixelens photography The path from beer belly to six pack abs just got a whole lot more appealing. According to a new study out of Spain, drinking beer can be good for the waistline. Go ahead, pop open a cold one; we'll wait. The Daily Mail reports that Spanish researchers studied 1,2 ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2010
Formerly Vegan Blogger Threatened by Angry Vegans
Flickr/jonny.hunter What happens when a prominent vegan defects and becomes an ardent omnivore? Death threats, of course. After years of living as a self-professed "vegangelical," Natasha, a well-known vegan blogger at Voracious, ended up with debilitating health problems. Her doctor urged ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2010
UCLA The Most Vegan-Friendly College in America
Yet another reason to attend UCLA. There's the education, the Bruins, and now an imprimatur from peta2, which just crowned the school the Most Vegan-Friendly College in America. UCLA defeated 31 other schools from across the country in the large-school category in what peta2, the youth version of ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2010
Gallic Pride: French Cuisine Named to UNESCO World Heritage List
Flickr user arthurohm At long last there is validation for those of us who find the beauty of a multi-course French meal (avec wine pairings bien sûr) on par with the Great Barrier Reef or the Walled City of Baku. UNESCO, the UN cultural organization, which designates cultural and natural s ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Celebrity Chef Scandals: Pastry Dude Pleads in Plot to Pop Wife His Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
One of the more twisted stories in fooddom came to a near-close today when Juan-Carlos Cruz, the former Calorie Commando host on the Food Network, pleaded no contest to the charge that he solicited three homeless men at the Santa Monica Promenade to rub out his wife, Jennifer Campbell. Sen ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Cook This, Not That! Hits Shelves Eat This, Not That! Guessing Game
amazon.comThe 2011 edition of Eat This, Not That!, which stemmed from a popular feature in Men's Health magazine, has hit bookshelves in recent days, along with a new version of spinoff, Cook This, Not That! - the second cookbook in the series, this time featuring recipes under 350 calories. ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Cookbook Review: Cooking With Wholegrains, A 1951 Primer A Whole Wheat-Cornmeal Gingerbread Recipe
One could presume that Mildred Ellen Orton, founder along with her husband of the Vermont County Store ate a lot of whole grains. Straight up (she died this year at the age of 99 years-old). And so it seems fitting that her 1951 cookbook -- pamphlet, really -- Cooking with Wholegrains: The Ba ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
October Unprocessed: Q & A With Food Blogger Andrew Wilder, Unprocessed Food Man
Want to eat healthier, feel better and live longer? A million suggestions are out there on how to do just that, but a good place to start might be processed foods. As in, not eating them. Doritos, M&M's, Oscar Mayer wieners, McDonald's french fries -- could you do away with them all? Okay, how about ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Best Whole Wheat Baker: Euro Pane 2
A. ScattergoodEuro Pane 2 Imagine if your favorite bakery - blissful croissants, perfectly made canelés, crusty boules, an egg salad sandwich so exactly rendered that it would cause an Old Town riot if it were ever removed from the menu - reappeared, a few blocks down the street, with most ... More >>
Blogs
May 28, 2010
CSPI Releases Its Annual List Of The Fattiest Foods In America
KFCThis did not make the listSome restaurants, it seems, are trying their best to kill you as quickly as possible. While we knew that most dishes at places like The Cheesecake Factory and Outback Steakhouse were incredibly unhealthy, we still didn't know which ones were the absolute worst of ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2010
List of the Worst Fad Diets To Avoid in 2010: No Elvis Sandwiches For You
If you're contemplating a fad diet to work off some of the excesses of the holiday season, you can forget about the Cabbage Soup Diet, the Maple Syrup Diet, and, yes, the Blood Group Diet (not making this up). The British Dietetic Association, the professional association for registered dietitians i ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2009
A Recipe From the Chef: Zoe Nathan's Whole Wheat Shortbread Cookies
Huckleberry Café in Santa Monica is a pretty great place to stop in, seeking refuge from inclement weather or traffic or hunger, or some combination of the three. The other morning, Nathan was bustling around the crowded shop and bakery, having recently baked off a batch of these shortbread cookies ... More >>
LA Life
March 27, 2008
Energy Drunk: One Man's Monster Bender
How one man drank a Vin Diesel movie ... and just kept drinking
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December 27, 2007
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January 16, 2003
Our Bodies, Their Solutions
The rise and fall of one more fad diet
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December 5, 2002
Fat, the Bastard
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