So, the FDA finally got around to realizing that the serving sizes listed on many foods Americans eat are complete bullshit and often deceptive to even conscentious shoppers who are purposely looking at nutritional labels.

( Cut for food triggers. I know calorie counting can be hard on some folk. Sorry I haven't cut tagged for this previously with warnings. )

This would be a great article except for this little bit:

That being said, anyone who goes into a Thai restaurant asking for "no spice" deserves to be kicked out on their ear. Asking for "no spice" at a Thai restaurant is akin to going to a steakhouse and asking for a veggie burger. It smacks of that very American tradition of "the customer is ( Read more... )

I find this site amazing and kind of scary: Fancy Fast Food. Someone takes a fast food meal and re-processes it without adding any extra ingredients into something fancy.

Turning A BK breakfast croissanwich into a really good looking quiche is just...wow. I mean, I know that the food there is evil incarnate and filled with god-knows-what kind of ( Read more... )

Today is the first day this week I haven't gotten up and gone walking/jogging. Lately, I've been doing it at, like, 6:45 in the morning. But that's because Andrew leaving wakes me up and so I just stay awake. Plus, it's been very cool in the mornings (in the 60's!), so I figure, make hay while the sunshines.

Also, saw a cool meme via desperance. 100 Foods ( Read more... )

Mr. Softie is trying to KILL ME WITH THEIR ICE CREAM. It's like they're trying to push me towards a diabetic coma or something. Is it weird I almost typed that out as comma ( Read more... )