Topic: calorie counts

Mississippi Lawmakers Worry Over “Organic Agenda,” Fight For Right To Be Unhealthiest State

Mississippi Lawmakers Worry Over "Organic Agenda," Fight For Right To Be Unhealthiest State

Guys, I’m as anti-nanny state as the next red-blooded American. But this. is. just. stupid. It’s the legislative equivalent of the Heart Attack Grill. It’s a defensive, destructive plan from a state that routinely ranks as one of the fattest and unhealthiest in the nation. And it violates the very freedoms it purports to protect. More »

The FDA Is Crashing Your Party, One Cocktail Calorie Count At A Time

The FDA Is Crashing Your Party, One Cocktail Calorie Count At A Time

When I was a Miller Lite Girl (ahem, “promotional representative”), one of the things we were supposed to stress was how many calories and carbs the beer had (96, and 3.2, if you’re curious). Our main interactions were with groups of drunk men watching football, so I was never quite sure of the soundness of this as a marketing strategy. It was amusing, however, asking them how many calories they thought were in a bottle. 50? 100? 200? Most had no idea. More »