Fun Friday: Staying thin while selling cupcakes

Ever wonder how some people can work at sinful bakeries AND stay thin? Rebecca at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? finds out how two cupcake store owners do it… too funny! Now I know the trick.

Tags: bakeries, cupcakes, Food & Nutrition, weight

News Nugget: Healthy ice cream? Scientists give it a go

What would you like with your bowl of ice cream? How about some fiber, antioxidants, or probiotics? Scientists are trying to turn ice cream into a functional food with these ingredients. While functional foods are very popular right now, personally, I’d rather just have a little bit of the plain stuff – ice cream or [...]

Oikos prize pack winner!

Congrats to FatFighterTV member – geralynj – for winning last week’s giveaway for the Oikos prize pack. Enjoy!

Tags: Food & Nutrition, giveaway, Oikos, organic, winner, yogurt

Oikos prize pack giveaway

Since I recently switched from the artificially sweetened brands of yogurt to the creamier, healthier, preservative-free Greek yogurts, Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt (made by Stonyfield Farm) has been one of the brands I’ve been buying.

Tags: Food & Nutrition, giveaway, Oikos, organic, yogurt

The great pumpkin shortage

I first heard there was a pumpkin shortage from Lori over at Finding Radiance. Now, I keep seeing stories about it everywhere, like this one that says people in some parts of the country may have a hard time finding Halloween pumpkins.

Tags: Food & Nutrition, pumpkin shortage, pumpkins

5 healthy store-brand foods as good as (or better than) big brands

I’ve tried a few store-brand foods in the past that I haven’t liked, so for awhile it made me hesitant to try again. But lately, it seems they’re getting better. In the latest issue of Consumer Reports (CR), trained testers took part in blind tests and compared national brands with store brands [...]

News Nugget: Can ice cream really control your brain?

This may be worse than brain freeze – ice cream controlling our brains??? Scientists from UT Southwestern Medical Center say fat from foods like ice cream and burgers goes to the brain and can control it. Their study shows once the fat molecules are there, they trigger the brain to send messages to the body’s [...]

News Nugget: Food prices falling

Remember when the costs for ingredients and fuel were so high, food makers raised their prices or shrank package sizes to make up for it? Now, we may finally see a little relief from the higher prices. A new report shows retailers are dropping prices to pass along savings from lower ingredient and gasoline costs. [...]