Focusing on sugar-sweetened sodas misses the big picture of sugar, HFCS, and starch, all of which contribute to the obesity epidemic. More and more experts on obesity, likeDr. Richard Johnson of the University of Colorado, are enlarging their area of concern from fructose to sugar to carbohyd...
While I was searching online for information about modified corn starch, which I noticed is in the plain old school "healthy" Cheerios. After that, I looked at the jar of peanuts, and saw they have maltodextrin. I never ever even bothered to wonder what that was. Awesome. Now I have ...
I just ate a bunch of peanuts. While I was searching online for information about modified corn starch, which I noticed is in the plain old school "healthy" Cheerios. After that, I looked at the jar of peanuts, and saw they have maltodextrin. I never ever even bothered to wonder what ...
Importantly, both high fructose corn syrup and sucrose contain 4 calories/gram. In that sucrose appears to have been swapped out for HFCS in a more or less 1:1 ratio, there is no reason to believe that HFCS intake is increasing caloric intake outside of simply being a source of calories....
Oil pulling has been around for years, which makes me upset I’ve only just found out about it via the interweb. It’s an ancient Ayurvedic technique that involves swishing oil in your mouth for 20 minutes to help improve your oral & overall health. The idea behind it is pretty simple...