Samantha Bonar

On Tuesday we reported on two university studies that found that restaurant meals are really, really fattening. One meal, on average -- whether breakfast, lunch or dinner -- contains more than half the FDA's recommended daily calories for a healthy adult, as well as whopping amounts of salt and saturated......

The average meal at an average sit-down restaurant chain contains a belt-busting 1,128 calories -- more than half of the Food and Drug Administration's recommended 2,000 calories a day for a healthy adult, according to a study by University of Toronto researchers. In contrast, the average fast food meal contains......

With tomato season just around the corner, a new study gives you permission to pig out on the ruby-colored fruit. Scientists have discovered that eating foods that contain traces of nicotine, such as tomatoes and peppers, helps lower the risk of developing Parkinson's disease, Science World News reports. (Previous studies......

Our nation's greatest scientific minds have recently determined that going grocery shopping on an empty stomach is a bad idea if you are on a diet. The findings, by two researchers at Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab, have been published online in the Journal of the American Medical Assn......

What's grosser than gross? When you open your Capri Sun and find five types of fungus in it! A recent examination of the unexpected contents of the popular kids drink was spawned by reports of consumers finding mold -- we're talking mats of fungus consisting of millions of cells --......

Nestle USA's Pizza Division is recalling four different frozen pizzas because they may contain clear plastic fragments. The extra-crunchy pizzas are: • California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) Crispy Thin Crust White®, UPC 71921 98745; production codes are 3062525951, 3062525952 and 3063525951. • California Pizza Kitchen® Limited Edition Grilled Chicken with Cabernet......

We know that male, uh, issues are a tough topic. And over the centuries, men have turned to some pretty bizarre remedies. But for those of you who have resorted to pricey capsules containing black ants, well you're going to have to stop that right now, because they are being......

Consumer Reports has released the results of a study that found that more than half of ground turkey is contaminated with so-called "superbugs" -- antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The report comes on the heels of data released two weeks ago by the Environmental Working Group, which found an even higher level of......

It used to be that double the mint (and the pleasure and the fun) was as crazy as gum got. Now Wrigley's has introduced a new product called Alert Energy Caffeine Gum, which has sounded an alarm with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said the gum has......

The Food and Drug Administration has blocked cucumber imports from a Mexican company after the vegetables sickened 73 people in 18 states, including 28 in California. The cukes have tested positive for Salmonella Saintpaul, the Associated Press reports. Twenty-seven people have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control......