Hey guys! I created a Power Point presentation on food- & obesity politics 101. It’s pretty rough, but if you download it, you’ll have my accompanying notes. I wanted to share this as a way to get people thinking and talking about the issues that are affecting our health AND civil rights on a day-to-day [...]

Hey guys! I have spent this week truly immersing myself in food policy and nutrition news by attending webinars on competitive food policy, attending conferences held by the Los Angeles Food Council and reading countless studies on food policy and school nutrition. Not only is it my job to know everything that goes on regarding [...]

If there is anything we can learn from the Nutella case, it’s that product manufacturers marketing their goods as healthful choices better be damn sure there is full transparency. In other words, they’re gonna have to stop this thing called “marketing” where they list all the “pros” of their product on the front and then [...]

Hey guys! In another case that’s got me scratchin’ my head, Ferrero – the manufacturer of Nutella – is now $3 million in the hole with half a mil going to a chick in San Diego who has sued the company for health washing and $2.5 mil going to class action recipients. From the Yahoo! [...]

Hey guys! This past Friday, I attended Natural Products Expo West (the world’s largest natural, organic, and healthy products trade show) as a member of the press (gotta love having a blog!). [source] This was my first time going and it was insane! It’s like Disneyland for health-conscious foodies! I had no idea how huge [...]

Hey guys! Below you’ll find a helpful guest post on what certain food labels actually mean. The post is written by James Kim, a writer for Texas-based Food On the Table, which is a company that provides online budget meal planning services. [Image via Food on the Table homepage] The Most Useful Food Labels by [...]

Hey guys! Did you get the memo that we’re all too fat? Of course you did. There is no place to escape the onslaught of “studies” and “research” and “credentialed” spokespeople telling us we’re going down in a fatpocalypse of dynamite-shaped donuts. Did I use enough quotation marks to make my tone apparent? And, you [...]

Hey guys! I’m sure you’ve heard that the USDA unveiled its new dietary guidelines yesterday, ditching the “MyPyramid” graphic  for the new “MyPlate” graphic (see comparison below). MyPlate versus MyPyramid Let’s face it – the previous pyramid graphic was incredibly confusing and this one seems a little more helpful in that it clearly illustrates that [...]

Amended Hey guys! You know how I said I was “reframing” my approach to health? I wish I had done it sooner. But forcing yourself to achieve mental clarity is like forcing someone to love you. In the end you only get half-ass, or false, devotion meant only to appease you rather than set the [...]

Hey guys! TGIF! Thanks for some very interesting feedback on yesterday’s post! I love respectful debates. So, yea, there’s way too much going on in the food world for me to hog all the info. myself. If you’re following me on Twitter, I’m sure you’ve seen me mention a lot of this stuff. If you’re [...]