Diet

diet

100 Calorie Packs Makes You Fat

Smaller-sized 100-calorie snack packs are supposed to help with weight loss, but the problem is they don't work. In an experiment published in the Journal of Consumer Research, subjects were primed to think about their body shape and then given bags of potato chips and placed in front of a TV. The group that was given nine small bags ate much more than those given two large bags, 46.1 grams vs 23.5. What's going on? It appears that the smaller size tricks people into thinking they're eating less, so they feel fine about chowing down more. Consumers may merrily consume the innocently small packages of Little Pleasures at an even higher pace,” wrote the study's authors, “leading to over-consumption.”

Overindulgence in Small Packages [NYT]

3:46 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Ben Popken
3,595 views, 38 comments

Latest by gawieshnot: You guys are completely missing the point here. Yes you pay more per pound, and yes it makes no financial sense. If that is the case for you, don't buy it. It's for those of us who don't have the more »

mcdonalds diet

Man Loses 86 lbs Eating 1,200-1,400 Calories Per Day Of McDonald's Food

Chris Coleson, a businessman from Richmond, VA told his wife he could lose weight by eating anywhere — even McDonald's. More »

3:58 PM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By Meg Marco
20,042 views, 97 comments

grocery shrink ray

Grocery Shrink Ray Hits "Science Diet" Cat Food

We've been getting quite a few complaints about Hill's Science Diet Cat Food. It seems that they've shrunk their bag and (in some stores) the price went up too. More »

1:52 PM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Meg Marco
3,752 views, 42 comments

additives

10 Food Additives You Should Try To Avoid

Most people are familiar with the basics of good nutrition but many aren't aware of the thousands of food additives found in popular foods which if consumed in excess could create health risks. MSN Health has put together a list of 10 additives you should try to avoid. Let's be clear, we don't expect you to avoid all of these additives altogether, although, it certainly is possible. The key is being aware of them so you can effectively limit their intake. The list of additives, inside... More »

8:56 AM on Fri Jun 6 2008
By Jay Slatkin
18,352 views, 130 comments

Latest by n/a: @speedwell: I think aspartame can be bad for you, when you are drinking it in high concentrations. But I have been drinking a can or bottle, occasionally more, every day for months and so far have had no short term more »

nsults

Panera Bread Employees Now Offer Nutritional Advice, Insults Instead Of Soup

First it was breast reduction advice, now it's weight management tips, this time from a rude Panera Bread employee who didn't like being confronted by an angry customer. Here's what happened to Jeff's wife when she tried to buy some chicken noodle soup the other day: More »

9:41 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Chris Walters
17,533 views, 207 comments

health

Rise In Gout Blamed On Fructose In Soft Drinks

Gout sounds like something characters in Dickens novels get, but apparently it's a modern affliction as well—at least in the U.S. where the number of cases has doubled in the past few decades. Now researchers are saying that "Men who consume two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85% higher risk of gout compared with those who drink less than one a month." More »

8:05 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Chris Walters
4,248 views, 36 comments

nutrition

10 Popular Diets Ranked According To Healthiness

A new report in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association ranks ten diets according to nutritional quality and potential effects on heart health. The best of the ten is the Ornish diet, while the least healthy is the Atkins plan. Dieters, begin fighting. More »

5:10 PM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By Chris Walters
6,886 views, 27 comments

nutrition

30 Code Words For Sugar

It's yesterday's news that you can eat healthier by avoiding foods full of unnecessary sugars, and that sugars appear on labels under different names, but you might be surprised to see just how many different guises sugar and sugar-related substances can assume. More »

1:05 PM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Ben Popken
13,909 views, 44 comments

health

How I Lost 14.6 Pounds Sitting In Front Of A Computer

After a year-and-a-half of blogging out of the comfort of my apartment, I was out of shape and overweight. I'm 5'11" and I weighed 220 lbs. Pants weren't fitting. I learned that buttons popping off pants didn't just happen in the cartoons. My family noticed my doublechins, my dad worried I had diabetes.

Something had to be done, and I was going to use what made me fat, computers and the internet, to help me do it.

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10:53 AM on Sun Sep 9 2007
By Ben Popken
107,356 views, 82 comments

we're really, really fat

Obesity Is Out Of Control

A CNN map shows the American obesity epidemic since 1985, and it's freaky. Why is it happening? High fructose corn syrup? Fast food? Cheap carbohydrates? Lack of moral fiber? More »

12:11 PM on Wed Jul 25 2007
By Meg Marco
8,324 views, 127 comments

your health

New Cancer Worries For Diet Soda Drinkers

A new study on the effects of low daily doses of the artificial sweetener aspartame shows a statistically significant increase in leukemia, lymphoma and breast cancer in rats. Consumer advocates are calling for the FDA to take another look at the safety of aspartame in light of the study, but the FDA seems uninterested. More »

7:24 PM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Meg Marco
36,140 views, 72 comments

rumors

Mentos To Give Away "Mentos Soda Geyser Loading Tubes"?

Captain of the Internet and friend of the blog Evilzug informs us that Mentos may or may not be giving away "loading tubes" designed specifically for making Diet Coke and Mentos geysers with specially marked "Mentos Mint 6pks." More »

12:45 PM on Thu Jun 7 2007
By Meg Marco
2,409 views, 35 comments

plastic food

Is Drinking 12 Diet Cokes A Day Healthy? Coke Thinks So.

We're going to go ahead and say, "No." We say this knowing nothing about medicine or chemistry or science. We're guessing that drinking 144 oz, of anything that is not water per day is not the best idea. Amanda Sanchez, however, is not so concerned. She drinks 12 Diet Cokes a day. Every day. From ABC News:

"There is some evidence that the acid load of soda, regular or diet, has an adverse affect on bone health," said Dr. David Katz, nutrition expert at the Yale School of Medicine. "I would be very worried that if you are drinking 12 cans a day, diet or regular, it's potentially going to do damage to your skeleton, and eventually that can be a very serious problem.

Coke isn't concerned about Amanda or her skeleton:

"Great taste. No calories. Wholesome ingredients. How could you drink too much?" said Diana Garza, the communications director of Coca-Cola North America.

We don't know, Diana. We're just guessing that it's possible, and that we should drink soda in moderation. It's just a hunch.—MEGHANN MARCO More »

12:29 PM on Tue May 22 2007
By Meg Marco
2,278 views, 69 comments

Latest by AmericaTheBrave: I'm addicted to moderation. more »

vitamins

Some Supplements Could Harm You?

From the Seattle Times:

Supplements that millions of Americans take to stave off disease and slow the aging process do not boost longevity and appear to actually increase the risk of dying, according to the most comprehensive study of whether popular "antioxidants" help users live longer.

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10:38 PM on Wed Feb 28 2007
By Meg Marco
981 views, 16 comments

meghann marco

Special K Diet Is Bullshit

Alright, we've sent Guest Blogger Meg Marco's ass packing. But was that ass any less plump and spectacular after her two week Special K diet, in which she ate only one real meal and two bowls of Special K a day in order to drop a jean size? More »

5:24 AM on Mon Sep 25 2006
By consumerist.com
2,221 views, 18 comments

junk food

Put Down the Bag of Chips, and Drink From the Bottle of Oil

We're not sure what's more horrifying: The fact that half of British schoolchildren eat a pack of potato chips (or crisps, if you prefer) every single day, or the fact that such a rate of chip consumption means you're ingesting more than a gallon of vegetable oil every year. More »

5:48 PM on Fri Sep 22 2006
By consumerist.com
197 views, 6 comments

Consumerist

Golden Poo Award For Worst Company In America Unveiled

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