From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Fast Food Bargains

Everyone loves a super value deal. But is it really a bargain when you end up buying unwanted fat, fat, calories, and sodium along with the bigger portion? A decade ago, an original burger, fries, and coke at McDonald’s contained 660 calories. Now a super-size value meal contains an incredible 1,450 calories, or more than [...]

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Fast Food- Eating on the run

Fast-food and take out restaurants are everywhere in North America, even in hospitals and schools. According to food industry statistics, fast food restaurants serve more than 60 million North Americans each day.Some critics blame this growing reliance on fast-food, which is typically high in fat and calories, and the super-sizing of portions for the fact [...]

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Additives used for ice creams

Storing ice creams presents a problem in the form of “heat shock.” You must have noticed, when ice cream is removed from the freezer, its surface melts. When we refroze it, ice crystals form, resulting in a crunchy texture that terrifies ice cream lovers if it happens on a marketing level in case of companies [...]

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Ice Creams-Nutritional Facts

We have talked about ice creams in general, and their calorie count in the previous post. Today, we will be discussing about their nutritional facts in a bit more detail. As you now know, ice creams have substantial amounts of calcium and proteins, they also have some vitamin A and riboflavin. The price for these [...]

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Ice Creams

Let us move towards some more interesting topic and talk about ice creams now. Summers are coming and so are the ice creams. Not only kids but even adults are fond of eating them, It’s another thing, if someone doesn’t like to confess that openly. So, Let us begin with ice creams today. As you [...]

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Nutritional Effects Of Alcoholism

Alcoholism can lead to malnutrition, not only because chronic drinkers tend to have poor diets, but also because alcohol alters digestion and metabolism of most nutrients. Severe thiamine deficiency (marked by muscle cramps and wasting, nausea, appetite loss, nerve disorders, and depression) is extremely common, as are deficiencies of folate, riboflavin, vitamin B6, and selenium. [...]

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