Tag — junk food

It’s hard to resist candy, but it’s even harder on Halloween. Whether you’re going out trick or treating with the kids or going to a party where you know there will be plenty of temptations.  Be prepared for sugar overload. Truth be told all candy is evil and will lead to accelerated aging, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and obesity.. and this is just a sampling of all the horrors that abound with sugar overload. [Read more →]

If you’re trying to manage your weight-loss but find cutting yourself off from your favorite fizzy drink a bit hard, Coca-Cola will soon be launching a 90-calorie mini can.

Sold in packs of 8, the new soft drink size will not only be limited to Coca-Cola, you will also be able to buy Sprite, Fanta Orange and Cherry Coca-Cola in these mini cans. The world’s largest soft drink company says it’s planning to roll out the new 7.5-oz cans nationwide by March 2010, but as part of its ongoing endeavors to increase consumer awareness about a healthy lifestyle, the company will be printing calorie information on almost all of its packaging.

“As the world’s largest beverage company, we take seriously the need to help consumers balance calories consumed with calories expended,” Sandy Douglas, president of Coca-Cola North America, told FitSugar. “The Coca-Cola mini can innovation reinforces the company’s support for healthy, active lifestyles.”

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Shepard Smith, the outspoken Fox News host who has become known to speak his mind, says he has found a sign that the Apocalypse is coming. And a new way to commit suicide.

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Britain’s Department of Health has found a poster boy for their new Change4Life campaign. And it’s none other than the beer-guzzling, doughnut-chowing, lazy slob that is Homer Simpson. An unlikely mascot for healthy eating habits indeed!

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It’s no real surprise that a report by the Center for Disease and Control has found that Americans are not eating their daily recommended two servings of fruit and three servings of vegetables. But it’s shocking to discover that the number of those who are getting their daily servings had plummeted to a meager 14% of adults and 10% of teenagers. It’s even more shocking when the Department for Health are trying to increase the percentage of Americans meeting the diet recommendations to 75%.

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A shocking (and almost unbelievable) new study has found a link between eating candy everyday as a kid and adult violence. The research followed more than 17 000 people since 1970 and found that of all the participants, 69% of those who were given candy whenever they asked for it had been violent.

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Kristen Bell stars in the film Couples Retreat alongside Kristin Davis, Jason Bateman, Malin Akerman and the two funny guys, Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreua. While filming in Bora Bora Kristen became popular amongst cast members because she stocked her luggage with healthy snacks for the trip. Jason Bateman said,

“She was like the [grocery store]. We all would go by and ask her for little treats and stuff. She was a big hit.”

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Just because you’ve been told it’s healthy, doesn’t mean the food you’ve been snacking on really is healthy. Dr Chris Mohr, Shape magazine’s nutrition expert, runs through a few foods and gives tips on how to spot the unhealthy health foods.

“Salads, 100 calories snack packs, breakfast cereals… Unfortunately, these options are not the best,” Mohr says of a few snacks in the video.

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Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is apparently refusing to train without a bottle of PureSport at his side. Or at least that’s what the PureSport CEO Michael Humphrey says.

After being caught smoking a bong and placing his swimming career in extreme jeopardy a few months ago, the 14-time Olympic gold winner trained hard and got his body back into peak swimming shape. He lost quite a lot of weight before competing in the world championships in July, where he broke the record for the men’s 200m butterfly.

According to Humphrey, Phelps says PureSport is the “best sports drink he’s ever found and refuses to train without it”.

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Incredibly a doctor was fired from his post at the Bay County Health Department in Florida for posting catchy slogans on an electronic sign reminding folks to think about what they eat. Some of his classics include:

Sweet Tea = Liquid Sugar

Hamburger = Spare Tire

French Fires = Thunder Thighs

and my favorite… America Dies on Dunkin.

Well that’s where the good doc, Jason Newsom, got fired! You see a county commissioner and two lawyers owned Dunkin Donut shops in Panama City, Florida – and lawyers do what they do best and that is to threatened a law suit. Even folks within his own department (mind you this is a supposed “health department”) rallied against him when he banned donuts from staff meetings.

Well the doc got the ax and he is now reapplying for his old job. I would be amazed if he got it back, frankly. Just goes to show you how financial interests will trump health interests even at the “health department.”

oh and I would add…  America gets Fat on Dunkin.