December 10, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
As time goes on our skin ages; it becomes less elastic, more fragile, and the deeper layers of our skin lose fat. The skin begins to appear looser and the lines become more obvious. Most of us like to avoid the deep crevices of aging skin for as long as possible. Many of us know […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Healthy Eating
December 3, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
An October 15, 2013 report in Connecticut College News is causing a big stir in the food industry. Certainly a headline suggesting that Oreos are just as addictive as drugs (cocaine or morphine) is fodder for media and argument. Of course this is not the first time researchers have explored the issue of the possibility […]
Tags: addictive food design, Avoiding Junk Foods, Food Psychology, Foodland, Healthy Eating
November 12, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
On Thursday, November 7, 2013, the FDA finally got around to saying that trans fats aren’t safe in foods. Ya think? The FDA gave notice that trans fats will be removed from the GRAS (generally recognized as safe) list. It will be the second item to be removed from the list since the list was […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Food Economics, Foodland, Healthy Eating, heart health, Reduce cardiovascular disease risk
October 29, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
I like the term junk food; it’s so helpful. It gets right to the identification of the item as something that you’re not counting on to nourish yourself or your family. It says, “This is just a treat;” and “Too much of this stuff is not great for my health.” I belong to the Academy […]
Tags: addictive food design, Avoiding Junk Foods, Food-like substances, Healthy Eating, nutritionism
October 15, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
On September 11, 2013 Credit Suisse published a report on the impact of global sugar consumption. You can read a quick summary of their report done by WorldNow and ABC. Because I’ve already written so much about the use of sugar I’m not going to spend much time about the nutritional aspects of sugar intake. […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Food Economics, Foodland, Healthy Eating, nutritionism
October 8, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
In my own family cooking, I shop organic when it is natural, not processed, and not overly price-inflated; but I’m convinced that the term “organic” is increasingly being used to include un-natural substances and to justify increased prices. A good statement of the Organic Skeptic position is found in the Eden Foods website. They certify […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Food Economics, Food Psychology, Healthy Eating, nutritionism
September 3, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
The 2013 F as in Fat Report from the Trust for Americas Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows U.S. obesity leveling off. Before we get too excited and head for the ice cream parlor in celebration, we should note that extreme obesity has grown and the obesity leveling off is at the rate […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Weight Management
August 27, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
A small bit of information in this week’s food technology news caught my attention. Two reasons why this one stood out from the background of so much food engineering is first that there have already been short-term failures in creating new fat-like molecules in the lab (Olestra); and second, that following the creation of the […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Food Economics, Food-like substances, Foodland, heart health, nutritionism, Reduce cardiovascular disease risk
August 13, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
Some years ago, I enjoyed a conversation with a school food service director from the city in which my family and I lived. I’ve never forgotten her explanation of the challenges she faced in taking advantage of using the whole foods available from the USDA surplus school nutrition commodity program. She explained that when she […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Cooking & Baking Hints, fiber, Foodland, Whole Grains
August 6, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
Last week I read a story about a fruit breeder in Kern County – a rural part of California where I enjoyed shooting the rapids, floating down the Kern River and exploring the mountains during my preteen and teenage years. One on my numerous childhood memories of the ‘50s and ‘60s was the drive to […]
Tags: addictive food design, Avoiding Junk Foods, Diabetes, fiber, Healthy Eating, Weight Management