What’s Eating Our Kids? Fears About ‘Bad’ Foods

Sodium - that’s what worries Greye Dunn. He thinks about calories, too, and whether he’s getting enough vitamins. But it’s the sodium that really scares him...those who have lived through a disorder fueled by an obsession with healthful eating say that the experience can be agonizing.

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What’s Eating Our Kids? Fears About ‘Bad’ Foods

Sodium - that’s what worries Greye Dunn. He thinks about calories, too, and whether he’s getting enough vitamins. But it’s the sodium that really scares him...those who have lived through a disorder fueled by an obsession with healthful eating say that the experience can be agonizing.

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Best argument for eating well

As explained by monkeys.

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Tyson Injects Chicken Before Hatches, To Claim No Injections

Tyson Foods Injects Chickens with Antibiotics Before They Hatch to Claim "Raised without Antibiotics"

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America’s 10 Healthiest Supermarkets

1. Whole Foods (279 stores in 38 states and Washington, D.C.) - We figured this natural-foods chain would make the list, but who knew it would hands-down top it? “It’s the Rolls-Royce of healthy eating,” says Kate Geagan, a nutritionist in Park City, Utah, and one of our judges.

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Red wine weight loss wonder drug lets you eat junk food

A drug inspired by red wine could allow people to eat as much junk food as they like without putting on a pound. The couch potato's dream, it could also provide the benefits of exercise without moving a muscle.If that were not enough, the pill, which mimics the action of resveratrol, the 'wonder ingredient' in red wine, may also prevent diabetes.

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Money Is Tight, and Healthy Food Is Too Expensive

How much does it really cost to eat a healthy diet? Economists, health researchers and consumers are struggling to answer that question as food prices rise and the economy slumps. In the United States, the daily food-stamp allowance is typically just a few dollars per person, while the average American eats $7 worth of food per day.

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19 Drinks and Cocktails Named After Movies

You'd be surprised at some of the concoctions that people have come up with and have made popular, over the years. Below is a list of some interesting cocktails that have been named after movies, that you may expand your drink knowledge, though we wouldn't recommend ordering a "Star Wars" if there are any ladies within earshot.

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Food Rules: Labels Must Now Give Origin

New regulations at U.S. supermarkets are giving consumers the knowledge they have been asking for—where the fresh food they buy originates.

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Yum Brands to add calorie info to menu boards

Curious about how many calories are packed into that burrito or fried chicken you crave? Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. says it's taking the guesswork out of counting calories.The parent of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Food said Wednesday it will voluntarily...

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The 7 Most Completely Bizarre McDonald's Commercials

McDonald’s is pretty much as wholesome a slice of Americana as we have. Only, not so much when you take a look at some of these perturbing commercials throughout McDonald’s history.

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Can a family eat on $100 a week?

As a test, MSN Money puts a household's food budget on a strict diet. The experiment has its downsides (no more rice, please!) but shows how to take a bite out of grocery bills.

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Olive Oil Consumption Leading to Serious Environmental Probs

Growing demand for olive oil is leading to concerns over drought in parts of Europe, a report warns.

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Small Packages Trick People to Eat More

Two new marketing studies found that some people tend to consume more calories when junk food portions and packages are smaller. For some, it's because they perceive small packages to be ... get this ... diet food.

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Pepperoni Hot Pockets Recalled For Containing Plastic

What's that tasty new flavor in your Hot Pocket?

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F.D.A. Allows Irradiation of Some Produce

The change in policy for fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce marks the first time the F.D.A. has allowed any produce to be irradiated at levels needed to protect against illness.

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Choosing the Right Wine for Fast Food

Forget rack of lamb, what wine goes with a White Castle double double cheeseburger?

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Choosing the Right Wine for Fast Food

Forget rack of lamb, what wine goes with a White Castle double double cheeseburger?

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Absinthe Goes From Banned Drug to Legal Liquor

In the 20,000 years or so that humans have been getting piss-drunk, no spirit has earned a worse rap than absinthe.

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Whole Foods Recalls Previously Recalled Meat. Wait What?

Whole Foods apparently never got that June memo to chuck recalled Nebraska Beef contaminated with E. coli. The posh man's bodega announced yesterday that they are recalling the previously-recalled beef, which was somehow sold between June 2 and August 6

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