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Country Unsalted

Friday, June 11th, 2010

The tip posted today is almost a dream – everyone in our country would eat 1,200 mg less salt every day. This public health campaign would save nearly $24 billion a day in subsequent care of our health directly impacted by eating salt. (NEJM, online 1.20.10).

How does a computer simulation (which is what this study is about) translate into real life America? I’m talking down-home country-style Alabamian biscuits and red-eye gravy, North Carolina-style BBQ, hushpuppies and slaw, and Boston’s sliders and fries. (I’ve lived in all these places.) How will our mouth react to half the salt in our be bim bap? Or (gasp!) French fries? (more…)

Tags: Packaged food, Restaurants
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Muffin Mania – or take 2 blueberry muffins and call me later

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

So many of my clients are busy folks and have a tendency to scout out breakfast options on their way to work. One client does a fairly good job of picking from the high fat options and orders a toasted English muffin with egg whites, no cheese, and a black coffee. While that’s certainly lower in calories than a Dunkin Donuts blueberry muffin (510 calories, 16 g fat, 51 g sugar) – or even the fat-free blueberry muffin (450 calories, 10 g fat, 45 g sugar), it doesn’t sound particularly appealing.

Were you surprised at the very little difference in calories between the regular and fat-free muffin selection?

What if I told you that 2 Dunkin Donut glazed donuts have 440 calories, 18 g fat and 24 g sugar? What? I can have TWO donuts or ONE muffin and still have LESS sugar? That’s right. Even so, all of these choices fill you with unwanted fat and sugar that crash down on your spinning, low-blood-sugar head mid-morning and it’s off to find more of the same. Can you say ‘carb and fat’ addicted? (more…)

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