It's common place to criticize McDonald's and other fast-food franchises for marketing fattening food to kids. This week McDonald's has responded by changing the composition of their famous Happy Meals. The toy is still in the box, though. McDonald's and I go back a long way. I'm old enough to remember when they sold their hamburgers for 15 cents. There was no seating. You just walked up between the Golden Arches and placed your order. Then you went home, or sat in your car, to eat … [Read more...]
Healthy weight loss is a patriotic duty
“Today, the state with the lowest obesity rate would have had the highest rate in 1995.” -- Jeff Levi, Ph.D., executive director of Trust for America's Health, in 7 July 2011 press release. Yes, America, you are getting fatter, and sicker, too. So says F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011, the latest in a series of annual reports on American weight-gain and fitness by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH). In the past year, obesity rates increased in 16 states and didn't … [Read more...]
Tips for eating out low-carb
Just about every low-carb cookbook, carb-count guide, diet plan and blog has advice on eating out while limiting your carbohydrate intake. For instance, over at About.com, Laura Dolson maintains an extensive and helpful guide on Low-Carb Fast Food. And blogger and low-carb cookbook author Dana Carpender reviewed the Burger King Angry Burger, which she encountered while trying to buy a bottle of dark rum in southern Illinois on a Sunday. She disliked the burger, and didn't get the rum, either. … [Read more...]