Diet Reviews

The freak show, haunted house, and Skull-Crushing Terror Drop of Impending Death—all child’s play, hardly more than cheap thrills. If you want to see something truly frightening, you go to the smug-faced guy with the top hat and oversized scale, the one who promises to give you a stuffed monkey if you let him guess your weight in front of a gaping crowd of onlookers. That guy scares the bejesus out of most of us, and for good reason: Most Americans are overweight or obese.

The irony is, even as we bury our heads to scuttle by the guess-your-weight guy, we still end up walking away from the concession stand with armloads of fatty foods and belt-breaking confections. But why? M

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Recently, The Washington Post reported about the FDAs reluctance to make a decision about gluten-free labeling. Under a 2004 law Congress gave the FDA until 2008 to establish a standard for food manufacturers who want to use the term gluten-free in their food label.

Alessio Fasano, medical director of the Center for Celiac Research and one of the authors of new research proving the existence of gluten sensitivity at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, feels it is a no-brainer. Fasano believes that the incidence of Celiac disease is skyrocketing in this country because changes in agricultural practices have increased gluten levels in crops.

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Pizza Chili is what you eat when you love, love, LOVE pizza but can do without the crust. Its a hearty soup, a pizza in a bowl, and a versatile family favorite. Its one of those wow-why-didnt-I-think-of-that? recipes. And its simple. Everybody loves pizza chili, even busy moms!

Its also the perfect avenue for getting nutrient-dense organ meats past picky palates. The last time I ordered my grass-fed beef in bulk, I asked the processing facility to grind the organ meats for me so that I could sneak them into our ground beef dishes on the off chance that their flavor wouldnt be noticeable. Good news!

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This is part two of two articles on the economics of obesity. If you havent already you can read part one here:  Why The Food Industry Needs Us To Overeat- The Economics Of Obesity Part One

The influence of the American food industry doesn’t stop with convincing Washington to promote their interests, but reaches deep into our very hearts and minds through omnipresent advertising. Cut throat public relations campaigns are essential in an environment where there is such an overabundance of product. Our enormously high food production rates here in the United States brings about fierce competition among brands. So mu

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In 2007-2008, the prevalence of obesity in the American population was a staggering 32.2% among adult men and even higher at 35.5% among adult women. It isn’t a secret that the overabundance of food and the propensity towards overeating are key contributing factors to the lofty numbers of obese and overweight men, women and children here in the United States. But few understand the economics of what brought us to this unfortunate juncture in our health history. Weight problems and the collection of metabolic related diseases that accompany them stem mainly from eating more calories than we need. It might seem a simple cause and effect relationship but is personal weakness really the issue behind our tendency to overeat, or are there significant external factors? A

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