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Mar 4, 2012 11:02 AM CST

5 'Healthy' Foods to Avoid

Low-fat peanut butter and energy bars make the list

(Newser) - Some foods have an underserved reputation as being healthy snacks, writes Katherine Tallmadge at the Washington Post . She runs down five common ones, including:

Energy bars: These are actually "calorie bombs," she writes. Sugar is usually the first or second ingredient. Going for a hike? Try nuts and

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Potatoes Make Junk Food
—but They're Not Junk

Mark Bittman

Feb 22, 2012 10:17 AM CST

Potatoes Make Junk Food —but They're Not Junk

Mark Bittman: Corn, potatoes don't deserve their bad rap

(Newser) - Corn and potatoes get a bad rap, due to the fact that we mainly consume them in junk food form. But corn and potatoes themselves are, Mark Bittman reminds us in the New York Times , "real food"—unlike, say, Pringles, which are potato chips that contain just 42%...

Uproar After NC State Agent 'Fixes' Girl's Lunch

Feb 15, 2012 11:30 AM CST

Uproar After NC State Agent 'Fixes' Girl's Lunch

Preschooler ends up eating chicken nuggets instead of home-packed meal

(Newser) - A North Carolina preschooler arrived at school with a lunch packed by her mom, but ended up eating just three chicken nuggets from the school cafeteria because a state agent didn't think her packed lunch was nutritious enough. Pre-kindergarten programs are required to serve lunches that meet USDA guidelines—...

Vegans Turn to Bodybuilding

Jan 7, 2012 8:43 AM CST

Vegans Turn to Bodybuilding

Animal-free dieters find ways to bulk up competitively

(Newser) - A new trend is sprouting in the sport of bodybuilding: veganism. A burgeoning group of competitive weight-lifters are turning to an all animal-free diet, reports the New York Times . It's a challenge because the vegan diet can be dauntingly limited for bodybuilders, who need a sufficient amount of amino...

Is Boring Breadfruit
Our 'Food of the Future'?

Nov 1, 2011 4:46 PM CDT

Is Boring Breadfruit Our 'Food of the Future'?

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...

Vitamin E Pills
May Boost Risk
of Prostate Cancer

Oct 11, 2011 5:30 PM CDT

Vitamin E Pills May Boost Risk of Prostate Cancer

Threat heightened even after men quit supplement, says study

(Newser) - Supplements we take for better health may actually be hurting us. Yesterday we learned that vitamins may carry an increased risk of death for women ; today's culprit is vitamin E, which may heighten the risk of prostate cancer. A study found that men who took the popular supplements faced...

Cheesehead Billboard Sparks Anger in Wisconsin

Cheese War
Breaks Out
in Wisconsin

Sep 27, 2011 2:23 PM CDT

Cheese War Breaks Out in Wisconsin

Cheesehead maker fumes over billboard warning by doctors

(Newser) - When in Wisconsin, don’t talk trash about cheese. A group of physicians is bold enough to do so—near the Green Bay Packers’ stadium, no less—and now it's being threatened with a lawsuit, reports the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . The group rented billboard space en route to the stadium...

Let's Bring Back Home Ec

OPINION

Sep 6, 2011 11:49 AM CDT

Let's Bring Back Home Ec

We need to teach kids how to cook: Helen Zoe Veit

(Newser) - More schools should return to teaching home ec, argues a Michigan State history professor in the New York Times . No, not the home ec as it's come to be known in "cat's-eye glasses" stereotype, but the home ec as it was originally conceived—as a way to...

Hungary
Launches
'Fat Tax'

Sep 2, 2011 1:22 PM CDT

Hungary Launches 'Fat Tax'

Salty, sugary foods now 50 cents more expensive

(Newser) - Chocolate cake won’t make you any thinner—but in Hungary, it’ll make your wallet lighter. Yesterday, the country instituted a “fat tax” of about 50 cents on foods loaded with salt, sugar, and fat. Among a sweet-toothed population, the tax is expected to bring in some $100...

Texas College Opens
All-Vegan Cafeteria

Aug 19, 2011 6:02 PM CDT

Texas College Opens All-Vegan Cafeteria

But another hall will serve fried chicken and BBQ

(Newser) - A sign of the times, and possibly the makings of an epic food fight: The University of North Texas is opening a cafeteria devoted exclusively to vegan fare—and it appears to be the first such college dining hall in the nation, reports Inside Higher Ed . This being Texas, the...

It's True: Fatty Foods
Make You Happier

study says

Aug 8, 2011 11:50 AM CDT

It's True: Fatty Foods Make You Happier

Chowing down when depressed may just be instinct

(Newser) - There’s a reason we gorge on chocolate bars or French fries when we’re down: Fatty foods actually do make us feel better, a study suggests. Scientists in Belgium had subjects look at images of sad people and listen to sad music while being fed through a tube, the...

Study: Healthy Eating Is
Privilege of the Rich

Aug 4, 2011 1:01 PM CDT

Study: Healthy Eating Is Privilege of the Rich

New guidelines mean higher grocery bills

(Newser) - A healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new US nutritional guidelines, according to a study published today. A 2010 food pyramid update told Americans to eat more foods containing potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D, and calcium, but if they did that, they would...

Happy Meals Get Healthier

Jul 26, 2011 8:30 AM CDT

Happy Meals Get Healthier

McDonald's will add fruit, remove some of the fries

(Newser) - Are Happy Meals soon to become Healthy Meals? Well, at least healthier: McDonald's, under pressure from nutrition advocates, will add a serving of fruit or vegetables to all of the children's meals, the LA Times reports. But the French fries will still be included, albeit in a smaller...

Bittman:
Time to Tax
Junk Food

OPINION

Jul 24, 2011 11:14 AM CDT

Bittman: Time to Tax Junk Food

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,...

And the Best Diet Is...

DASH is tops overall; Weight Watchers best for losing pounds: US News

(Newser) - The best overall diet is the DASH diet, US News & World Report says in new rankings—but if weight loss is your specific goal, go with Weight Watchers. So what's DASH? It stands for Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension and it's generally meant for adults looking to...

Plate Replaces Food Pyramid

Jun 2, 2011 1:33 PM CDT

Plate Replaces Food Pyramid

USDA hopes simpler design will improve nutrition

(Newser) - The food pyramid is no more. The nutrition icon long derided as way too complicated has been replaced by a plate divided into portions, notes NPR . Fruits and veggies take up more than half its space, and meat doesn't get a mention. (Instead, there's a "protein" section,...

Foodies Are Not 'Elitist'

eric schlosser

Apr 30, 2011 11:09 AM CDT

Foodies Are Not 'Elitist'

It's their industrial critics who are guilty of that: Eric Schlosser

(Newser) - Industrial agriculture honchos like to brand foodies pushing for healthier practices as elitist, but they've got things exactly backward, writes Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser in the Washington Post . "America’s current system of food production—overly centralized and industrialized, overly controlled by a handful of companies,...

In Schools,
a Fierce
Debate Over...
Chocolate Milk

Apr 12, 2011 8:42 AM CDT

In Schools, a Fierce Debate Over... Chocolate Milk

It's not necessarily good for you, but it gets kids to drink milk

(Newser) - The latest debate raging in school cafeterias: Should kids be allowed to drink chocolate milk, which often has more calories per ounce than Coke? Fairfax County and Washington, DC, schools banned it outright last year, and, shockingly, not everyone was happy. Parents, nutritionists, and, of course, special interest groups lobbied...

School Bans Lunches
Packed at Home

Apr 11, 2011 1:21 PM CDT

School Bans Lunches Packed at Home

Chicago principal wants healthier eating; some kids grossed out

(Newser) - The healthiness of school lunches is quite the hot topic these days, and the Chicago Tribune takes a timely look at a public school that, aiming for better student nutrition, banned lunches brought from home. Six years ago. And many parents and kids are still voicing their outrage. “Who...

McDonald's
Makes Even
Oatmeal
Bad for You

McDonald's Makes Even Oatmeal Bad for You

Mark Bittman: It's jam-packed with sugar and 'weird ingredients'

(Newser) - This is remarkable even by McDonald's standards, writes foodie Mark Bittman in the New York Times : The chain has taken oatmeal—one of the world's most simple, inexpensive, and nutritious foods—and turned it into a pricey concoction with more sugar than a Snicker's bar and about the same number...