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After years of contributing to the world’s growing waistlines, Mars Chocolate in North America thinks that candymakers should step up and propose ideas to combat the obesity epidemic. What would make a company that benefits off of your sweet tooth so eager to help make the country healthier? No, it’s not a burgeoning conscious. It’s their bottom line, of course. More
I still remember how my mom would occasionally give me an extra fifty cents to buy an ice cream cone or a cookie during lunch. It was a once-in-a-while thing — she didn’t let my brothers and I have a ton of junk — and always felt super special. In recent years, however, I’ve noticed that more and more kids come to school and wind up eating purely the fattiest, sweetest stuff they can get their hands on. And it’s really easy, too: the school is the one selling it. More
Childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease are the most commonly discussed side effects of eating fast food. But a new study says that’s only the beginning: Fast food could be a cause of asthma and eczema for kids, too. This is clearly terrible news for kids reared on vending machine snacks and Happy Meal dinners, but in the long run, it might actually help Americans wake up and change the way they eat. More
In a country where millions of people are well over the line to obese, where a salad will almost always cost less than a high-fat burger, it is painfully obvious that something needs to change. It’s widely recognized that there has to be something to battle this ever-growing problem. The question is, what? Take the poll and let us know what you think of the steps (or lack thereof) that should be done to combat obesity. More
If you, like millions of other Americans, resolved to start 2013 by refocusing on your health, meet your Antichrist: Guy Fieri. While most new food products released this time of year cater to calorie counters, his new “Fresh n’ Frozen” frozen food line–which includes an “S’mores Indoors Pizza,” and “Crispy Cheeseburger Ravioli Bites”–is all but a “f**k you” to anyone who’s trying to watch their waistline or lay off the disgusting party food they’ve been eating since Thanksgiving. More
If you are at risk for colon cancer, a new study has provided some interesting and important information: You can lower your risk of getting this disease by avoiding certain foods.
Researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands evaluated 486 people with Lynch syndrome–a genetic disorder that predisposes people to cancer, and leaves 70% of them with colon cancer. More
Ketchup chips and pickle chips cause serious potato chip flavor debates, but it seems fair to say that Lays chips new Pepsi Chicken potato chip flavor is unanimously disgusting. More
A new study analyzing what happens to your brain when you eat fatty food confirmed that not only are donuts and fries not great for your arteries; they’re also not the best brain food, either. They found that junk food actually changes your brain, spiking certain chemicals and and possibly causing symptoms of anxiety and depression. And the worst part is that cutting yourself off from fatty food can also cause withdrawal. More
All of you Honey Boo Boo mamas out there who were planning on giving your six-month-old a bag of Cheetos and some beef jerky for breakfast may want to rethink your menu. Because garbage food is not good for babies. Babies don’t have teeth or debit cards or access to cars that they can drive tp the party mart, which is the main reason why babies don’t usually eat Doritos washed down with Red Bull, but also because it isn’t very healthy. According to the Herlad.IE: More
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It’s not often that a snack food so takes hold of the junior high crowd’s collective conscious like Flamin’ Hot Cheetos have. Not only are the radioactively-colored, preservative-and-salt-filled curls are a staple on my bus route and in school yards, they’ve inspired Facebook fan groups, and even widely-viewed mash notes about them on YouTube. But unfortunately for the teenage devotees of this terribly unhealthy snack, The Man has finally caught on, and it wants to harsh their mellow by banning them. Which is probably a good idea, because they are seriously junk. More
If you side with “hungry” high schoolers and uninformed lawmakers who care about business more than the health of our kids, you may think that new regulations on school lunches, which are designed to to cut down on junk food, are just too nanny state-ish. But it’s not just Michelle Obama who’s worried about the crap our nation’s students are eating. Retired military officers–yes, veterans–also believe passionately in the issue. They’ve released yet another report, called “Still Too Fat To Fight,” which states that junk food is still leaving America’s students too unhealthy to have a strong military presence. More
Swedish fish and Cheez-Its. Those are the junk foods, that, no matter what, I’m just not willing to give up. Normally, my diet is filled with healthy foods like spinach and quinoa and Greek yogurt, but sometimes I’ve just got to plunk down on my couch and eat some chewy, sugary red fish. You know? I know you know—because I asked some health-conscious women what processed foods they crave, and they all had plenty to say. After all, eating healthfully is great; but we all need a splurge now and then, too. I was fascinated by some of the answers I got (chocolate is hardly represented at all!). Here’s the dish. More
Oh, good. I was beginning to worry that America was getting too healthy, but Cinnabon has stepped in to do their civic duty to keep us all obese. The food court staple has decided to expand their product line with…are you ready for this? Pizza. It’s called a Pizzabon, and it is exactly what it sounds like. Kind of. More
If you were just to look at sites like Pinterest and Tumblr, you’d think everyone on the planet is always either eating in lavish restaurants, or making beautiful, artful, organic, sustainable meals for themselves. But The Eatery, which Blisstree staffers are using to log our meals this week, has made me realize a more truthful reality: That sometimes I eat some pretty weird foods which I may not want to share on the internet, and that I’m probably not alone. More
