Tag: processed foods

Studies have confirmed what many of us know but few of us wish to admit:  our Nation's guilty pleasures, fast food addictions and quick-fix...

Is salt bad for you? Well - yes and no. It actually depends on the type of salt you are referring to. There are...

What have great advances in technology brought us? Certainly some immensely valuable and life saving tools. However, there are also a lot that are...

In an effort to improve nutritional requirements for school lunch programs, the USDA changed standards for the 2012/2013 school year. Those improvements included reducing...

Red meat isn't just a type of food--it's a deep-rooted part of our culture. Many of us were raised at a time when no...

With the advent of the internet, how people interact with others has changed forever. Today, children start watching television at younger ages than in...

Acrylamide is a chemical that naturally occurs when potatoes or starchy foods are fried or baked at high temperatures. The chemical is also highly...

Why don't vampires cruise the fast-food restaurants? Is it because there's too much cholesterol in the customers' hemoglobin? Nope. It's the bright lights, colors...

In a weekend Reddit post, a KFC patron in Canada provided a picture of a raw chicken sandwich they had just taken a bite of moments earlier. While chicken is considered...

If you have spent any time in a hospital lately, you know that the food offered falls far short of recommended levels of nutrition....