Posts Tagged ‘sugar’
Jamie Oliver on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
April 27, 2011 Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution started airing its second season a couple of weeks ago on ABC, this time he descended upon Los Angeles with the intent to film within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). But he and his crew was shut out. Then he found a window of opportunity with [...]
Type 1 Diabetes—Calvin’s War (video)
{Editor’s Note: This story was filmed four years ago, and insulin still remains the main treatment for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. There is no cure. For those interested in finding out more about Type 1 Diabetes, or ways you can help fight this disease, please visit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International for [...]
Nutri-Grain legal challenge has ‘no merit’, says Kellogg
February 4, 2010 A class action lawsuit has been brought against The Kellogg Company for allegedly engaging in deceptive advertising practices regarding its Nutra-Grain Bars it claims are healthier to eat because of their ingredients. The company is being sued in the US District Court of Southern California for violations of the Lanham Act, Unfair [...]
How Do Americans Eat?
A street vendor with a burrito stand in downtown Portland, Oregon, shares his particular views about how Americans eat. Does this jive with your own eating habits? Do you think it’s a fair criticism that we tend to eat too much processed foods, and foods with high amounts of sugar?
High Fructose Corn Syrup Pronounced Innocent!
Yesterday evening on NPR’s ALL Things Considered, I listened to a report summarizing a recent series of scientific studies that concluded High Fructose Corn Syrup, and table sugar are indistinguishable in effect when it comes to their association with the development of obesity: “…earlier this month, several scientific papers concluded that high-fructose corn syrup isn’t [...]


