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    Maker of Yummy Vat-Grown Fungus Sued Over "Dangerous Reactions"

    The food-safety watchdogs at the Center for Science in the Public Interest report that an Arizona woman is suing the makers of Quorn, a meat substitute made from vat-grown fungus. According to the CPSI, the company does not disclose "the fact that some people have serious allergic reactions to the main ingredient in its Quorn line of meat substitutes." The lead plaintiff in the class-action suit, Kathy Cardinale, says that she became violently ill when eating Quorn's Chik'n Patties. "I felt like the soles of my feet were going to come out of my mouth, I was vomiting so hard," she said. More »

    2:22 PM on Thu Sep 17 2009
    By Marc Perton
    24,309 views, 189 comments

    Most discussed HiPwr: I had no idea such a product existed. Is this popular somewhere? more »

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    Many Olive Garden And Macaroni Grill Dishes Are Over 1,000 Calories

    There's over 1,000 calories in many of the entrees served at Italian restaurant chains Olive Garden and Macaroni Grill, reports the Center for Science in the Public Interest. They sent the food from the restaurants to an independent lab for analysis and found that a typical dinner there could hit you with about 3,000 calories, nearly a day and half's worth of food. No wonder we're such fatasses. Americans are addicted to calories and restaurant chains are happy to keep serving them up.

    We wrote about this before, but now here's the caloric breakdowns of the two eateries menus, inside... More »

    8:37 AM on Tue Nov 6 2007
    By Ben Popken
    12,974 views, 73 comments

    Latest by csdiego: @Ola: "Who doesn't want restaruant food for lunch the next day?" Well, I don't, for a bunch of reasons. If more »

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