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FDA Tells Food Companies to Correct Labeling Violations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has notified 17 food manufacturers that the labeling for 22 of their food products violates the Federal regulations. The action follows an October 2009 statement by Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Margaret Hamburg, M.D., encouraging companies to review their labeling to ensure that they are in compliance with FDA regulations...

Will This Soda Give Me Pancreatic Cancer?

So, should you stop drinking soda? Yes, but not because of the risk of pancreatic cancer. You should mostly stop drinking soda because...

Food, Virtuous Food

I was openly curious about how the chemistry of raw food would change the chemistry of me...

Study Shows Vinegar Reduces Blood Glucose Levels

A new study shows vinegar reduces post-meal hyperglycemia in type 1 diabetics. While previous studies have shown that vinegar improves insulin sensitivity in healthy or insulin-resistant subjects, information on the effect of vinegar in type 1 diabetes has been absent....

Eating Abroad with Diabetes – Hong Kong

For the past year I’ve lived in Hong Kong, and while it is not exactly China, it is Cantonese. And there is a Cantonese saying, “Anything that walks, swims, crawls, or flies with its back to heaven is edible.”

Bring On The Buckwheat

As a child, I don’t think I ever thought of buckwheat as food. To me, Buckwheat was the character in the television show...

Soda Wars: Regular vs. Diet

I love the fact that Coke-Cola has managed to tie itself into the concept of “America,” and waving flags, and the 4th of July, and… polar bears. And such...

Eat Some Avocadodo

That's not a typo. I really did write avocadodo. It's what my son, Guy, says every time I ask him if he'd like to eat some avocado. He then continues to sing what he calls a blessing for the avocado. Guy happens to be a very enthusiastic kid, but he's also right. The avocado is so good for us, it deserves a blessing.

What’s For Dinner?

Eating is of such vital importance, not just for survival, but a part of our lives’ enjoyment and entertainment, that I set out to make sure that my taste buds were not insulted. The Christmas presents from me that year would be the top notch foodstuffs for a diabetic diet...

Fear of Food, A Hanukkah Diabetes Diagnosis

I began to understand that my upbringing, my entire childhood, had prepared me for exactly this moment. I grew up keeping kosher in Texas. I’ve always known how to be afraid of food....