Article Intro:
“But the New York City Board of Health, the city
’s powerful arbiter of public health rules, is considering a plan to make it much harder to avoid the cold, hard numbers by requiring some of New York’s 20,000 restaurants, including outlets of the nation’s fast-food chains, to list calories on menus and on clearly displayed menu boards.”
Not all fats are created equal! We’ve all heard that need to avoid the words “Partially Hydrogenate (insert oil type here)” when reading different nutrition labels. Here is a good article from USA Today that talks about that exact subject. So, if you’re thinking of grabbing some fast-food (especially deep fried stuff), this might help you think twice and stay on the path of healthiness.
Article Intro:
Trans fat, which is used in many fried and processed foods, may contribute more to weight gain than other types of fat, suggests a new study presented here Saturday at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society, an organization of weight-loss professionals.
We have all heard that you are what you eat, and there are many studies coming out all of the time that are suggesting that this is very true. We found this article and the concept is very interesting. Essentially the research shows that by improving someones diet and nutrition, they were able to greatly improve their overall demeanor and behavior. Anyway, it makes for an interesting read.
Here is the intro to the article:
Research with violent British and US prisoners suggests nutritional deficiencies may play a key role in aggressive bevaviour. US clinician Joseph Hibbeln’s hypothesis is that modern industrialised diets may be changing the very architecture and functioning of the brain. We are suffering, he believes, from widespread diseases of deficiency.
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