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Scientists (Sort Of) Explain Why We Overeat
A new study may shed light on why obese people overeat, but, as Dr. David Kessler explains to Salon, most people struggle with overeating regardless of their size — and the problem may be more mental than physical. More »
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By Anna N.Comment by Zombie MissSkittles is not your kind of lady: That does NOT explain how, in the 40s, when most people thought sugar was GOOD for you because it would... 25 Responses | Other threads
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How Should Restauarant Owners Weather The Recession? Being Women.
Female restauranteurs are beating the recession, odds, eggs. (Sorry.) More »
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By SadieComment by Penny: Suzanne Goin is my culinary hero, although she doesn't own a "mini-empire." 4 Responses | Other threads
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New Book On Overeating: Should We Treat Mac & Cheese Like Cigarettes?
"I wanted to understand why it's so hard to control what we eat," explains David Kessler of his new book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. More »
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By DodaiComment by schweppes: Without making it illegal, they could certainly cut down on advertising and regulate packaging (like they do with cigarettes &... 82 Responses | Other threads
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Teen Urges Obama Girls To Push For Veggie Meals
Wyntergrace Williams is a 14-year-old vegetarian who is campaigning for healthier school lunches. That's why she has penned a letter to Sasha and Malia Obama. More »
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By DodaiComment by pax: I really worry about restricting kids' diets in almost any way when they're that young, unless they've been specifically told... 62 Responses | Other threads
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Why Must A Person Possess Ovaries To Enjoy Yogurt?
Have you ever seen a man eat yogurt, with your own two eyes? Are you a man who has eaten yogurt? Do men eat yogurt? More »
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By DodaiComment by The HZA. [member of the zombie nation]: I don't think I have ever seen a grown man eat a popsicle. 21 Responses | Other threads
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The Ethics Of Eating: Veganism, Food & Fashion
Today's New York Times features a piece on Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, a former psychoanalyst, Freudian scholar, vegan activist, and author of the new book The Face on Your Plate. More »
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By Intern KatyComment by lonewolfer: I did read a quote from someone once (not sure who) who said that the only way to remain vegan... 92 Responses | Other threads
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pranks
It's...Bacon!
No! It's Vilhelm Lillefläsk's Squeez Bacon! "Fully cooked 100% bacon...Each serving is as healthy as real bacon, and equivalent to 4 premium slices of bacon." [Random Good Stuff]
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By SadieComment by tscheese: THIS THREAD IS NOW ABOUT BACON Sorry. I'm like, contractually obligated to say that every April 1. 23 Responses | Other threads
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German Restaurant Offers Tea & Sympathy For Eating Disorder Survivors
A restaurant in Berlin caters to a group with very special needs: recovering anorexics. More »
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Comment by badmutha: Are foods scary to anorexics and bulimics? Why can't they just call it "Rack of Lamb" instead of "ravenous?" Can... 27 Responses | Other threads
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Goodbye Kitty
Turn the tables on this Zombie Kitty and eat her brains: She's a cake! [BoingBoing]
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By DodaiComment by AthertonMerriweather: No thanks. I've already eaten enough pussy today. 11 Responses | Other threads
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I'm Not Fat, I'm Just Smart
The stress of thinking makes people overeat, potentially making "heavy thinkers" obese, according to a new report.
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By MargaretComment by tiny dancer: I was at my heaviest weight in graduate school. Nothing sitting still for hours at a time pouring over hundreds... 13 Responses | Other threads
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organics
Guy Eats Only Organic For 3 Years, Pees Pretty
In what the New York Times terms "a fascinating experiment," this California pediatrician, Dr. Alan Greene, has eaten nothing but organic food for three years. Hard? Yes. Expensive? Very. Worthwhile? Well...
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By SadieComment by N i s t h a: Hn. I thought bright urine was a sign of not drinking enough water. Or maybe that's cloudy urine? 22 Responses | Other threads
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Are Women "Chefs" Or Just "Cooks?"
"Only men have the technique, discipline and passion that makes cooking consistently an art". That's renowned chef Fernand Point in 1950, but apparently plenty of folks still adhere to this idea. The persistent school of thought, says Sophie Radice in The Independent, is that "men are chefs and women merely cooks," but in this age of Top Chefs, is that still true? And is it even a bad thing? Apparently, it might be.
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By SadieComment by Yitzhak: Huh, I'm surprised to read that Gordon Ramsay quote. I was impressed to watch an episode of "Kitchen Nightmares"... 17 Responses | Other threads
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"Barack Obama food
In Which I Wish Barack Obama Wasn't Such A Picky Eater
You know what's a turnoff? Men who are picky eaters. I'm not saying it's fun in women, either, but I haven't had to live as intimately with women for a while now. So it was kind of shocking to learn that Barack Obama, our dashing president-crush-elect, is apparently rife with food neuroses. Since the campaign post-mortems started coming out last week, we've learned that the President-elect has weird aversions, hang-ups, odd pancake behaviors and a strong abstemious streak — none of which his wife, Michelle, seems to share. As a woman who's lived with picky men, I can relate. As a voter, I feel somewhat blindsided.
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By SadieComment by ucelluccia: I always get pegged as a picky eater, when it's not so much any particular food that bothers me. I... 55 Responses | Other threads
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the jezebel diet
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman: Or, Women Like Eating Fish In Mint Green Rooms
FYI: You like meat. But you kind of feel bad about it, so menus have to trick you into ordering it. Oh, and you're really sensitive to harsh lighting, too. What, you didn't know? Well, according to the Times, every restauranteur does: it all comes out in a piece on the often "laughably clichéd" differences — traditional and otherwise — between diners of different sexes. More »
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By SadieComment by Poindextrous: Every man I go on dates with insists on being able to see the room, unless there's a banquette, in... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Where's The Beef
Burger Kings in London are selling a $200 hamburger. "Premium, prohibitively priced, Japanese-style Wagyu, flame-grilled, garnished with Italian truffles, Spanish cured ham, aged balsamic vinegar, Champagne onions and popped onto a saffron- and truffle-dusted bun." Proceeds go to charity, but some are up in arms. "To come out with this kind of hugely expensive and over-the-top burger and to have 80 million people going to bed hungry every night is just to shoot yourself in the foot," an anti-hunger activist said. Why does its being a burger make this more offensive to people? After all, folks spend far more than this on fancy dinners - and not for charity, either. However, if we're shelling out that kind of cash, it's not to chow down in the neon confines of a Burger King. [CBS]
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By SadieComment by Master.And.Everyone: In response to that idiot hunger activist: I have eaten Burger King through many a financial drought, and see homeless... more » | Other threads
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Worrying About Death Makes You Eat Cookies
According to a story in New Scientist, a study has found that thoughts of death make us eat more cookies. Naomi Mandel at Arizona State University, and Dirk Smeesters at Erasmus University in Rotterdam asked 746 students to write essays on one of two topics: their death or a visit to the dentist. The participants also filled out a questionnaire designed to gauge their level of self-esteem. Cookies were made available. The subjects with low self-esteem who wrote about death ate more cookies. Apparently consuming is a distraction (or salve?) for thoughts of death. "When you indulge in shopping or eating, it helps you forget yourself," says Smeesters. Surely right now you are thinking: Duh. More »
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By DodaiComment by Rooo sez BISH PLZ: @TruculentandUnreliable: That's what I thought. Stevia, margarine, agave nectar ... all reasons why I thought vegans had the best... more » | Other threads
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At What Age Is A Kid Too Old To Breastfeed?
Extraordinary Breastfeeding is a documentary that aired in England a few years ago and focused on the country's discomfort with breastfeeding. Issues raised in the film included the right to breastfeed in public, breastfeeding adopted children, and at what age children should be weaned off breast milk. (The average age around the world is four years old, and the World Health Organization recommends that children be breastfed until they are at least two and a half years old.) One woman in the documentary, Veronica, believes that children should decide for themselves when they want to stop. Her daughter is about to turn eight, still breastfeeds, and has absolutely no plans of stopping. Clip — which is somewhat NSFW — above. More »
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By TracieComment by distractedbyshinyobjects: yeah - I'm not sure about this, on the one hand, to each their own. On the other, if... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Oldies But Goodies
This ad from a 1981 issue of Teen magazine features an illustration of a white girl telling a black girl about a "tasty little treat." It's a "snack" made with natural ingredients and "perfect for picnics, hiking, camping trips, lunch and study breaks." Plus! The "snack" costs about the same as a candy bar and is only 100 calories. Can you guess what it is? Well, there's a reason the black girl looks freaked out. Click the picture for the full sized ad. [Vintage Ads] More »
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By DodaiComment by goodonpaper: unless you are missing a toof and sucking your food through the gaps with a straw, why the hell would... more » | Other threads
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annals of anorexia
Should Sites Like Facebook Ban Pro-Ana Internet Groups?
Happy National Eating Disorders Awareness Week! An eating disorder charity is calling on MySpace and Facebook to do something about pro-anorexia groups. "We believe that the sites should act responsibly," says Susan Ringwood of B-eat, an eating disorder charity. "They have acted to remove other content that is seen as 'dangerous', or could encourage young people to do dangerous things." Research shows that young women exposed to pro-ana websites feel more negative, have lower self-esteem and are more likely to compare their bodies with other women, reports BBC News. But a spokesperson for MySpace explains: "It's often very tricky to distinguish between support groups for users who are suffering from eating disorders and groups that might be termed as 'pro' anorexia or bulimia." More »
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By DodaiComment by porkchop2000: Personally, I think that having pro-Ana/Mia "support" groups on the internet is a bad idea. I don't doubt that shutting... more » | Other threads
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food for thought
"Plumpynut" is probably the best thing to have ever come out of Anderson Cooper's mouth, because we're immature and the name makes us giggle. But in all seriousness, last night we saw a segment on 60 Minutes in which Cooper reported on Plumpynut, an innovation developed by the Nobel Prize-winning group Doctors Without Borders to help save millions of children from malnutrition. Made of peanut butter, powdered milk, powdered sugar, and enriched with vitamins and minerals, it is a ready-to-eat literal lifesaver that doesn't require refrigeration, water or cooking, and reps at Doctors Without Borders say that it can cure a child half-dead from starvation in just three weeks time. Seriously, take a minute and watch Cooper's amazing, moving report here. [CBS News]
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By TracieComment by Rooo sez BISH PLZ: @Andalucía: I know. We can change him! Hee. Seriously. Nothing wrong with feeding the kids. I don't care what... more » | Other threads
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Weight-conscious teenage girls are not eating enough calories for their age group. Over one third of 13 to 18-year-old girls in the UK are on diets or have dieted recently, according to a new survey. 45% eat less than 1,200 calories a day — when the recommended intake for a person in that age range is 2,110 calories. And it's not just the girls who are undernourished: 14% of boys admitted to dieting and 25% ate fewer than 800 calories a day. Sigh! What ever happened to delicious after-school snacks? We were all about Oreos and milk. [The Independent]
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By DodaiComment by OneMartiniAway: So as not to make this a double post, I'll add a few more things on which Cheez Whiz tastes... more » | Other threads
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