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Pizzeria Uno’s Pizza Skins: A Whole Day’s Calories

  • Spence Cooper
  • May 21, 2012

According to an 18-month study conducted by the Rand Corporation, 96% of main entrees sold at top U.S. chain eateries exceed the daily limits for calories, sodium, fat and saturated fat recommended by the USDA. "If you're eating out tonight, your chances of finding an entree that's truly healthy ar... Read More »

Sweeteners – The Complete Guide

  • Spence Cooper
  • April 19, 2012

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is the most common sweetener used today, and is incorporated in virtually everything on grocery store shelves, including soft drinks, cereal, bread, ketchup, pancake syrups, unnatural fruit juices, fruit-flavored and frozen yogurts, and barbecue sauces. Additionally,... Read More »

Diet Soda Increases Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack

  • Spence Cooper
  • March 13, 2012

A recent study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, suggests drinking diet soda daily significantly increases the risk of developing a stroke, heart attack and other serious vascular issues. The study monitored soda drinking in 2,564 north Manhattan residents (36% men, mean age 69... Read More »

Cancer Risk Linked to Coke and Pepsi

  • Spence Cooper
  • March 7, 2012

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a consumer health group in Washington, said in a statement that Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Diet Coke, and Diet Pepsi contain high levels of 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), a known animal carcinogen. The chemical is responsible for the artificial caramel c... Read More »

Spice Market’s All Natural Sodas Make at home!

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • February 9, 2012

I am not a soda drinker. I used to be. I stopped drinking soda for various reasons including the high caloric intake and the amount of harmful ingredients in your standard brands of soda. I would make an exception for something like Spice Market's homemade sodas. Spice Market mixes seltzer with fre... Read More »

PepsiCo Claims Mountain Dew Will Disintegrate a Mouse Carcass

  • Spence Cooper
  • January 4, 2012

The Record, a weekly legal journal covering the Madison and St. Clair County Civil Courts in Illinois claims that in 2009, Ronald Ball filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo Inc. after finding a dead mouse in his can of Mountain Dew. Ball claims he bought the can of Mountain Dew from a vending machine loc... Read More »

Studies Show Soda Linked to Pancreatic Cancer

  • Heidee
  • April 8, 2010

A new study has found another negative related to sodas. Researchers at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health decided to cull through data from the Singapore Chinese Health Study, assessing whether sugar-sweetened soft drinks and juices had a noticeable effect in a different populati... Read More »

Sugar’s Back in Town

  • Shari Ilsen
  • March 27, 2009

We all tremble in fear.  The smooth, sweet, and tantalizingly tasty villain who plots to increase our blood glucose, stuff us with calories, and raise our obesity rate is a constant shadow over our collective dietary happiness.  Sugar.  Oohh, goosebumps. Sugar has been cast as a nutritional evil... Read More »

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