Tag: calories
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Changes coming for Nutrition Facts labels on food products: emphasis on calories, added sugar and serving size
Associated Press By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Nutrition labels on food products will undergo a facelift over the next two years. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized plans...
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Peanut butter can be a healthy choice, but you have to read the labels; gimmicks to improve taste not the best for nutrition
Peanut butter has long been considered a healthy food choice, and for the most part it still is, but with the advent of low-fat brands, flavored peanut butters and companies...
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Americans are eating fewer calories, but need to cut back more if they want to combat the obesity epidemic
Americans are eating fewer calories for the first time since the government began keeping track, more than 40 years ago. While that’s a step in the right direction, one researcher...
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Study finds kids eat too much pizza, too often, and it’s bad for their health
While pizza consumption is lower than it used to be, kids are still eating too much of it, and it’s affecting their health, Roberto A. Ferdman reports for The Washington...
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Japan approves a high-fiber version of Pepsi as a fat blocker
Let’s start here: Way too much of Kentucky is way too fat. And, let’s add this, we drink lotsa sugary beverages. Why, our intake of Mountain Dew alone is legendary....