They Don't Call 'em Meat Markets for Nothing
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered that women tend to prefer men who eat meat, reports the British newspaper the Daily...
Beer, It's Good for the Brain
Here's a head-turning passage from the USDA's recently released 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Moderate alcohol consumption also is associated...
Toxic Waste Candy Recalled for Being Toxic
The irony here couldn't be deeper. A candy imported from Pakistan and marketed under the brand name Toxic Waste has been recalled by importer City Circle...
Fatheads
I Recent research from the New York University School of Medicine indicates that obese individuals have shrunken brains. To be precise, the brains of...
A Different Sort of Grab-and-Go
The Duane Reade pharmacy chain is willing to be flexible in order to fit into New York City neighborhoods where there is resistance to chain stores, reports...
If You Can't Beat 'em, Eat 'em
REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation), a conservation group seeking to preserve marine ecosystems, has come up with a novel strategy for combating...
Number of the Month 30,000
the number of calories in the Christmas meal consumed by Donna Simpson, a New Jersey resident whose ambition is to become the fattest woman in the world....
Tunnel Vision
It sounds like the premise for a Monty Python skit: a food supply system that uses container capsules shooting through underground tubes to move food...
Festivus Adherent Ruled “Not Kosher”
An inmate in the Orange County (CA) jail thought he had a great strategy for forcing the sheriff to give him meals more to his liking: he claimed he was...
Not So Happy Meals
A Brazilian court has ordered McDonald's to pay a former franchise manager in Sao Paulo $17,500 because he claims he became obese from being forced to...
The Fat of the Land
This gallery of nutritional horrors at the www.health.com(!) website purports to list the fattiest food associated with each of the 50 states. The delicacies...
Quote of the Month
It's painful to eat. It's hot enough to strip paint. Gerald Fowler, pub owner and evil genius behind the Naga Viper, the chili pepper he is referring...
Junk Food Diet Leads to Weight Loss
Ever hear of the Twinkie Defense, a form of insanity plea that says a steady diet of sugary junk foods could lead to loss of control (and therefore lack...
Meat Markets
Can tiny Luxembourg beat the big ol' USA at anything? Looks like they can. The data accompanying the chart at this site indicates that the people of this...
Diet Plan of the Month
When Just Desserts last visited the Heart Attack Grill (January 2007 issue), we noted the Chandler, AZ, restaurant's madcap flaunting of mainstream nutritional...
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