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FATTY FOODS DON’T FILL US UP

Scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School found that when animals were exposed to palmitic acid – the saturated fat in ice cream and red meat – fat molecules caused their brains to ignore appetite-suppressing signals from the hormones leptin and insulin. Translation: The body doesn’t realize it’s full. Since the fat will [...]

IT’S NO LONGER A CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA WORLD

There was a time when America’s favorite ice cream flavors were chocolate and vanilla. Well, according to a new Harris poll, while chocolate is still number one, vanilla now has some competition for our second flavor of ice cream. Tying vanilla for the number two spot is now cookie dough and cookies and cream. Butter [...]

DID YOU KNOW THERE WERE SECRET FAST-FOOD MENU ITEMS?

I’ll bet you didn’t know that many of your favorite fast-food hangouts have items they will make for you that are not on their menus. For example, if you’re at Starbucks and in need of just a little caffeine or are a bit short of cash, not to worry – there’s a secret tiny option [...]

THAT FAST FOOD SALAD YOU’RE EATING HAS MORE CALORIES THAN KFC’s DOUBLE DOWN

The Kentucky Fried Chicken Double Down – a bacon and cheese sandwich that uses fried chicken as “bread” – has been getting a lot of bad press. But is it really that bad? The Consumerist, one of Consumer Reports’ websites, took a look at the calorie count at various fast food restaurants and found that [...]

PEANUT BUTTER IS GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN

If you want to stay mentally sharp eat peanut butter. According to scientists at Rush University Medical Center, eating about 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of peanut butter a day decreases your chances of developing Alzheimer’s Disease by a whopping 44%!

THE HISTORY OF MACARONI AND CHEESE

Although the old adage goes “it’s as American as hot dogs and apple pie”, I don’t think there is any food that is as beloved in this country as macaroni and cheese. But how did that happen?
America’s obsession with mac ‘n cheese goes all the way back to Thomas Jefferson. Upon sampling the dish [...]

WHY ARE YOU CHARGING ME FOR AN EXTRA PLATE?

With the gargantuan size of most restaurant entrees today and the ever expanding American waistline, choosing to share a dish with someone else seems like the only sensible thing to do. However, at some restaurants that will cost you a “split-plate” fee ranging from $1 to $5. Why do restaurants feel the need to charge [...]

THOSE CALORIE COUNTS ON MENUS LIE

Many restaurant chains are now printing calorie counts, but are they accurate? Researchers at Tufts University bought 29 dishes from 10 restaurant chains, including Ruby Tuesday, McDonald’s and Wendy’s, and analyzed them to see whether the menu calorie counts were right. It turns out on average, the tested dishes contained 18% more calories than the [...]

WOMEN GROW BETTER TOMATOES THAN MEN

Tomatoes like women better than men. In a recent experiment, Britain’s Royal Horticultural Society found that tomato plants grew up to two inches higher when women talked to them, compared with plants chatted to by men. Score another one for female superiority!

IS IT MY IMAGINATION OR IS THIS PACKAGE SMALLER THAN IT USED TO BE?

If you think some of your favorite foods and the packaging they come in are getting smaller but still cost the same you would be right. Roughly 10% of all packaged foods have shrunk in size but not in price, since 2005.

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