Ok, maybe I’m being a tad harsh — heck, I’ve never counted calories as part of a diet anyways. However, a recent study conducted by researchers at Tufts University found that the foods they studied (frozen foods and restaurant meals) contained waaay more calories than claimed. We’re talking 8% more for prepared foods, and 18% to 200% more on some restaurant items. Does that mean that 1,000 calorie hickory burger from Ruby’s can actually be 2000+ calories?!  Read the full article here.
My opinion: the fact that some (or many) restaurants lie …

Looks like it’s not just the generous amounts of sugar in soda that makes it bad for you. A recent investigation of 30 soda fountain machines in Roanoke Valley, Virginia found alarming amounts of bacteria spewing (or “squirting” as the article graphically describes) out of these fountains into our XXL plastic cups. Oh no, it’s not just your average, albeit dangerous, e. coli type, but a specific fecal kind called coliform bacteria. And lots of it too. 70% of the samples contained bacteria, which 48% contained the coliform type. YUMMY.
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