The traditional answer is, Don’t ask, but the new trend in wieners is to boast about the ingredients–organic, grass fed or nitrite free. Nitrites keep germs at bay and give dogs their hot pink hue but have been linked to various cancers. So the new uncured franks use natural preservatives instead, like celery juice and [...]
This is a true case of a japanese man from Gifu Prefecture who complains incessantly about a persistent headache. Mr. Shota Fujiwara loves his sashimi and sushi very much to the extent of trying to get them as “alive and fresh” as can be for his insatiable appetite. He developes a severe headache for the [...]
Big or small, there are many ways a new company can market its product, reports Peter Switzer TOM Mollison is a new kid on the fruit juice block with his Little Bottle of Juice company, which is squeezing fruit in the seaside suburb of Bondi. The man who has bred a virtual avalanche of fruit [...]
AMERICA’S RED-HOT CAFFEINE PEDDLER GIVES NEW MEANING TO “ADDICTION,” “PRECISION,” AND “BARISTA.” IF YOU DOUBT THAT COFFEE MEANS BUSINESS, CONSIDER: A LATTE AND SCONE PER DAY IS A $1,400-A-YEAR HABIT. As Americans, we have grown up thinking of coffee primarily as a hot, tan liquid dispensed from fairly automatic appliances, then “doctored” as needed to [...]
IT’S a marketing story that has surely never been in the tea leaves.Japan and China have taken a shine to an Australian version of their most revered tonic, green tea. In a project at a tiny research station on the NSW central coast, scientists have successfully grown 15,000 green tea cuttings that have won over [...]
Americans are putting more of the other-other white meat — fish — on the table than ever before. The average person eats 15 pounds per year, contributing to a $46 billion consumer seafood market, according to Seafood Choices Alliance. That’s probably good news for a country grappling with growing rates of obesity and heart disease. [...]
Phil Gainous is in a sticky spot. The board of education in Montgomery County, Md., decided this was the year when sugary sodas and non-nutritious snacks must disappear from high school vending machines, replaced by healthier options. Gainous isn’t against promoting healthy habits. But as the veteran principal of Montgomery Blair High School, the county’s [...]
The bread aisle isn’t what it used to be. Like toothpaste, vitamins, and cell phones, breads have acquired a dizzying array of bells and whistles. What used to be a simple, 30-second decision (whole wheat, white, or rye?) has morphed into an exercise that requires the patience of Job, not to mention strong reading glasses. [...]
Why whole grains are better for your health–and how to identify them at the grocery and add them to your diet. IT’S TIME FOR AMERICANS to stop going against the grain. The government’s latest recommended dietary guidelines and recent research show that eating more whole grains in place of refined grains is better for all [...]