Melissa Feinberg

Deputy finds spit in his Whopper

If this isn't incentive to stay out of the fast food restaurants than I don't know what is! A deputy in Beaverton, Oregon found a spit ball at the bottom of his whopper as was...

FDA Food Inspections Shown to be Dangerously Weak

A new government report has confirmed what evidence of late has shown to be true concerning domestic food inspections and food-borne outbreaks: "The findings demonstrate that more needs to be done to protect public health and to ensure...

How skinny is too skinny?

I came across this blog post while surfing Glamour.com and felt compelled to share. Women have reached a new standard of aesthetic perfection; they have found something new to strive for. According to Glamour blogger Vitamin G:Yesterday while...

Chocolate milk as a healthy alternative to regular milk?

There is a large debate going on in health circles right now, which I find myself a bit torn over. The debate is on chocolate milk, a childhood standard. The debate centers on whether schools should serve it as part...

Wu-yi tea for weight loss

I was recently sent a link by a very loyal reader (he is family, does that count?) about a new type of tea that was said to help with weight loss. We have all read about the health benefits of...

The Cookie Diet

If you have been watching the news lately then maybe you have heard of the diet phenomenon The Cookie Diet. Pioneered by Dr. Sanford Siegal, this diet allows followers to eat six of his specially formulated cookies a day and...

The fat gene is found!

It’s a miracle! According to the October 2nd edition of Science, researchers have located the “fat gene.” According to the article, the gene is called S6K1. In lab test, mice without the S6K1 gene...

Health care according to Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore’s Dilemma recently stated on NPR and in The New York Times that healthcare reform will fail us unless we fix the way we eat. He says that...

Megan Fox on The Tonight Show

Am I the only one who is annoyed by this? Megan Fox on The Tonight Show told Conan O’Brian that some of her favorite dining destinations include Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Krispy Kreme and Red Lobster. Her...

Proposed tax on soft drinks gains steam with new report

Here we are again. I was shocked by the amount of comments the soft drink debate brought on and it seems the topic is back in the news again. A report released in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests...

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