What happens when you label menus with calorie information? Turns out restaurants cut the calorie content of their food. Which suggests that it probably wasn't that hard to do in the first place, but they had no reason to cut calories, since people prefer calorie laden dishes—but only when they don't realize how many calories are in them.
But here's the snag: Turns out those calories aren't what they say they are.
There is, actually, sort of good news about obesity. But not for everyone.
College Vegan is a little annoyed. Why do eco-nerds eat meat anyway? (Maybe they haven't read Ezra's Gut Check, The Meat of the Problem.)
But there is one eco-nerd who has decided to forgo meat eating, despite the fact he loves the taste. Why?
The answer is simple: I have an 11-year-old son whose future—like yours and mine—is rapidly unraveling due to global warming. And what we put on our plates can directly accelerate or decelerate the heating trend.
But maybe you'd prefer to eat more chocolate.
On the other hand, veggies boost your brain power. Chocolate-dipped carrots, anyone?
If you eat whole-wheat pasta, it may help your blood pressure. But if it's cholesterol you're worried about, try peanut butter.
Did you hear about the cheese that went into outer space and then came back to Buckinghamshire? It landed about 10 miles from where I sit here blogging, I kid you not.
