How to Eat for Yourself, Your Wallet, the Planet

Eating sausage or bacon daily might not be the smartest idea: study

(NEWSER) - Ease up on that bacon. A new study in the British Journal of Cancer suggests a connection between eating processed meats and pancreatic cancer, reports the BBC . Specifically, eating an extra 50 grams of processed meat every day—about the size of a sausage—will increase your risk of getting pancreatic cancer by 19%, while an extra 100 grams will raise the risk by 38%. More»

... or so says a British survey

(NEWSER) - Women dish out 474 lies a year to themselves and others about their diet, according to a new survey. That works out to about nine per week. The single most popular fib? "It was only a small portion." Next up are, "I'll have a big lunch so I won't eat much after this," and "I only treat myself once in a while," reports the Telegraph . It's not exactly a scientific study: Timex surveyed 3,000 women in Britain to promote a Health Tracker watch, notes the Toronto Star . (Go there for the full top 10 on the list.) The foods most likely to trigger a lie were chocolate, potato chips, cake, wine, and cheese. More»

Hawaii hosts movement to support the nutritious stuff

(NEWSER) - It’s highly nutritious and some say it could alleviate world hunger; trouble is, it’s not too appetizing. “You have to kind of fool people to get them to try it,” a chef tells the Wall Street Journal . That may be worth it, breadfruit supporters say: A movement of sorts has developed around the food, known as ‘ulu in Hawaii. “Think of sautéed breadfruit as a platform for any kind of cuisine or flavor,” says a woman running a grove on Maui. More»

But everybody likes lasagna

(NEWSER) - If you like deep-dish pizza, you're a lot likelier than fans of thin crust to have conservative politics, according to Hunch , a taste-tracking website that cross-referenced millions of responses to discover that the differences between left and right don't end at the dinner table. Among its findings:

• Liberals are slightly more likely to prefer their vegetables fresh instead of cooked, and a more likely to eat fruit at least once a week.
• Conservatives tend to believe there's little nutritional difference between organic and processed foods.
• Conservatives favor either cereal for breakfast or skip the meal altogether, while liberals lean toward toast or bagels.

With obesity costing US billions, gov't must help health

(NEWSER) - With the "Standard American Diet" producing ever more heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, it's time to tax junk food and subsidize vegetables, writes Mark Bittman in the New York Times . "Right now it’s harder for many people to buy fruit than Froot Loops," he says, suggesting sweetened drinks, like soda, should pay at a rate of two cents per ounce (diet sodas would be exempt), while French fries could face a 50-cent tax per serving. "Public health is the role of the government, and our diet is right up there with any other public responsibility you can name, from water treatment to mass transit," he says, comparing junk food to smoking. More»