Samantha Bonar

Scanning the menu at McDonald's, you see that a Big Mac has 550 calories while a Ranch Snack Wrap has 270 calories. Then you are handed some general "calorie consumption guidelines." Does that make you order the wrap or forgo the fries (230 calories)? The answer, according to a new......

A lawsuit has laid bare the real ingredients in Naked Juices. Naked Juice Co. has agreed to pay $9 million to settle a class-action suit alleging that it falsely advertised some of its juice and smoothie products as "all natural" and non-genetically modified, according to the website Law360.com. Under the......

According to a new British study, fizzy drinks, cakes, biscuits, crisps and desserts (in 'Merican, that would be soda, cake, cookies, chips and other sweets) may increase the risk of colon cancer. Scientists examined factors including diet, physical activity and smoking in Scottish colon cancer patients, the BBC reports. (Of......

After thinking about it for a couple of decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has decided that limiting the amount of inorganic arsenic in apple juice to the same level of the potential cancer-causing chemical allowed in drinking water is probably a good idea. Especially since kids tend to......

It's counterintuitive, but zero-calorie artificial sweeteners might cause weight gain as well as other health issues, according to an opinion piece published July 10 in the journal Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. The fake sugars disturb the body's ability to accurately count calories and, as a result, diet foods and......

Bread, mashed potatoes, pasta, muffins, cake, cookies and other high-glycemic foods might be as addictive as you think they are, according to a new study. Boston Children's Hospital researchers found that eating such forms of carbohydrates can actually make you hungry for more and stimulates areas of the brain involved......

What is the absolute worst-for-you restaurant meal? Gosh, there are so many possibilities. A giant plate of nachos? Fried chicken and waffles? A bacon avocado cheeseburger and fries? Nope. According to the nonprofit nutrition-advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, the honor goes to ... Long John Silver's......

Updated July 1, 11:34 a.m.: The Food and Drug Administration says it will detain shipments of pomegranate seeds from a Turkish company when offered for import because of a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A illnesses linked to a frozen-food blend containing pomegranate seed mix, the Associated Press reports. The FDA......

As of today, shark fin soup and anything else made from shark fins are now banned in California. Two years ago, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law making it illegal to "possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute" any shark fin statewide, giving aficionados of the cruel soup plenty......

The worst nightmare of school-age children everywhere came true today. You know they are already planning their cute little protests. Candy bars, doughnuts and most chips will no longer be offered for sale at most public schools under new federal rules released today called "Smart Snacks in Schools." They are......