“When we feel stressed, we seek foods that are going to comfort us immediately, but oftentimes those foods are the very ones that lead to surges and crashes in hormones…
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Moove over, cow’s milk. A growing number of Americans are ditching dairy for “milks” made from almonds, cashews, coconut, flax, hazelnuts, hemp, oats, rice, soy, or other plants. But what…
UPDATE: Since we published this story in the October 2012 edition of Nutrition Action Healthletter, this item has been removed from the IHOP menu. Ho-hum. Apparently, that’s what many IHOP…
What are sugar substitutes? Sugar substitutes are sweet substances or products that have no calories or far fewer calories than regular sugar (sucrose). Some are artificial, and some are derived…
DRINKS McDonald’s doesn’t even pretend that its McCafé Frappés are anything but milkshakes. Good thing, since they’re largely sugar, cream, whole milk, coffee extract, whipped cream, and chocolate and/or caramel…
Deep Dish Pizza Don’t get us wrong. Pizza with a hand-tossed or thin crust is no diet food. At BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse, California Pizza Kitchen, or Uno Pizzeria &…
Nonfat milk. At Starbucks, switch from 2% milk to nonfat to save 60 calories and 5 grams of saturated fat in a grande latte, and 40 calories in a grande…
Properly cleaning your kitchen is important if you want to avoid foodborne illness and keep yourself and your family healthy. You need to thoroughly clean the food contact surfaces—the counters,…
“Go ahead, take a bite and see where we got the name,” says the Wicked Whoopies Web site. “Our bestselling flavor, Classic Chocolate, will make you shout, ‘Whoopie!’” Yup. There’s…
Here’s how to find the best microwave popcorns. Trans fat. Apparently, not everybody has gotten the message. Nearly all Jolly Time, many Pop Secret, and a few Orville Redenbacher’s still…