Full disclosure: People will make healthier choices if restaurants provide nutritional data

As more and more Americans eat meals outside the home, the country also faces an epidemic of obesity. An association between eating out and weight-related diseases has led to demands for nutritional labeling of restaurant foods. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the potential benefits of such labeling.
“Using only the sense of taste, smell, and sight to accurately estimate the levels of calories, saturated fat, trans fat, and sodium found in a typical restaurant food serving is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for most consumers,” write authors Elizabeth Howlett (University of Arkansas), Scot Burton (Sam M. Walton College of Business), Kenneth Bates (University of San Diego), and Kyle Huggins (James Madison …

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Gluten Free Products : Bob’s Red Mill

Gluten Free Products. This week we will check into Gluten Free Products created from Bob’s Red Mill. Bobs red mill make’s a broad selection of flours, Meals, Oat’s, Grain’s and factory-made bread blends. From brownies to biscuit’s you are able to discover a more inexpensive choice to buying premade gluten free products on the store shelves. Whole grains are on the up rise in fame after being called attention in the Department of Agriculture guidelines to consume at lowest 3 portions of whole grains daily. Bob’s red mill has been developing whole grain and gluten free products for over 25 years. At their internet site you’ll be able to discover recipes of all types in …

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