Even McDonald’s doesn’t recommend eating their food! A website providing “Life Advice” for McDonald’s employees was taken down by the company after the media caught on to the fact that it was advising its employees to make healthier food choices, which (shockingly) advised against hamburgers, fries and fast food in general. Continue reading
Here’s our continuation of the highlights (and lowlights!) in food, nutrition and health from the last 12 months. From food additives to continuing “miracles” and fad diets, the final installment of our 2013 in review awaits! Continue reading
We couldn’t resist! Here’s a second part to last week’s public shaming of grocery store items we consider to be highly abnormal. Whether because of food industry trickery or simply being desensitized from prolonged exposure, we all too often forget that a lot of what we see in the grocery store can only be loosely … Continue reading
“Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” Michael Pollan Every time I go to the grocery store, I am struck by the sheer volume of food housed in the middle aisles… and I use the term “food” rather loosely. It seems as if the outer edges of the grocery store, where fresh foods … Continue reading
The food industry loves to promote unhealthy foods as healthy. At No Baloney, we find this practice unethical at best and down right harmful at worst. Sacrificing the health of others to make a profit is unacceptable. With this in mind, we will continue to occasionally post “Exposing Healthy Foods” articles (you can view our … Continue reading
Vindication is sweet [pun intended]! Nutella settles a class-action lawsuit over those “healthy” claims, which we debunked in November. It is never just a matter of knowing, it’s a matter of doing: parents are well-aware of dietary risk factors for pediatric obesity, but knowledge alone does not prevent obesity. Interestingly, diet choice as a risk … Continue reading
In our first Exposing “Healthy” Foods we revealed the less marketed highlights of commercial smoothies, cauliflower-enhanced Kraft Dinner ®, veggie chips, Nutella ® and sugar-coated granola cereals. In addition to the bagels, granola bars, commercial muffins and innumerable others out there masquerading as “healthy” options, here’s another batch of foods that may be marketed as … Continue reading
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