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Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats.

Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats
by: Steve Ettlinger
publisher: Hudson Street Press
, released: 01 March, 2007

price: $16.29 (new), $14.25 (used)

Low-carb diet beats other diets in study

The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all. A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to …

Bees’ disappearance may lead to higher food cost

Food prices could rise even more unless the mysterious decline in honey bees is solved, farmers and businessmen told U.S. lawmakers Thursday.

Rich, poor gap in Asia putting children’s lives at risk: UN

UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency, said that more than 40 percent of the world’s children who died before their fifth birthdays in 2006 lived in the Asia Pacific region, and that great improvements …

Pandas: Evolution’s big fat (adorable) mistake?

The recent death of Ling-Ling, the only giant panda owned by Japan, sent the world into mourning.

Goal Setting - Without it We Just Might Fail

The most important step in accomplishing anything is setting a goal to do so. Respected motivational speaker Zig Ziglar asks “how can you hit a target you can’t even see?” We are destined to fail if we don’t …

Study: Restaurant kids’ meals loaded with calories

Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation’s top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public …

The Top Ten Worst Snack Foods

It’s always interesting to sit down with someone and hear what their philosophies are about how to lose weight.

The Soy Myth

When it comes to soy protein there are a lot of misconceptions. Some say it will lower your testosterone levels, others have stated it is not a good quality protein when compared to whey and meat protein …

Low-carb diet beats other diets in study

The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all. A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to …

Gallo: Financial tips for Sprewell

Latrell Sprewell has more reasons than ever to grimace these days. And his company, Sprewell Motorsports, hasn’t paid its credit card bills since September.

Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Celebrates National Farmers Market Week

Farm Markets Offer Fresh Foods, Travel Destinations HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Consumers looking for fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods and wine, can find it all at Pennsylvania’s …

Growing Rich-Poor Divide Threatens Child Health in Asia-Pacific

While child survival in Asia and the Pacific - where half of the world’s children live - has improved considerably, deepening economic disparities have meant that the region’s poor are often unable to access …