Dining Out vs. Home Cooked Meal

An interesting infographic showing who spends the most money eating out vs. eating in. I think their waistline could prove most of this! (thanks to flowingdata.com/)

Is Consumption Consuming You?

A fantastic article. Here are a few callouts from it. Read the entire story, it's very insightful and honest.

"Manufacturers love to tweak products in ways that leave our diet largely unchanged, but allow for new "hot buttons" to be added to the product packaging to create a "health halo" and seduce you to buy more of whatever junk it may be. "


"The health care industry makes more money treating chronic diseases than it does preventing them. And the circle of business goes round and round, with us dizzy with confusion."


"The appeal of convenience, low price, added flavor and enriched nutrients is all an illusion to cover up the compromised quality of food."

"With fat, sugar and salt you can make cardboard taste exciting to the palate."

Organic Eggs: More Expensive, but No Healthier

Seems short-sighted to disregard the issue of animal cruelty and agricultural best practices.
Very biased article, I'm afraid.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2002334,00.html

Top 10 Worst Fast-Food Meals

From Time.com: "Tasty? Yes. But would knowing the calorie counts in these items steer us away? Health advocates — and now the Senate — think so"

Check it out:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1905549_1905546_1905424,00.html