(ISNS) -- In the kitchens of some of the nation's finest restaurants, top chefs design menus that pair expensive entrees with fine wines, inexorably linking good food with good drink. But according to a new study released this week, the connection between food and alcohol may be much less wholesome outside the halls of haute cuisine.
A team of researchers from several federal agencies have discovered that people who consume alcohol tend to eat differently -- and not necessarily to their own benefit.
"We found that people who drank more had poorer diets than people who drank less," said nutritionist Rosalind Breslow, who conducted the study for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism along with researchers at the Department of Agriculture and the National Cancer Institute.
The study, to be published next month in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, looked at a massive, multiyear survey of nearly 16,000 U.S. adults who were asked detailed questions about their previous day's diet. The surveys were extensive enough for the researchers to be able to determine the nutritional value of the meals the people ate and relate this to their alcohol consumption.
For reasons that the researchers do not completely understand, men who drank more than other men ate fewer meals containing whole grains or fruit. The study also showed that women who drink any amount also consumed more calories overall, and it found that the more people drank, the more fats and sugars they included in their diets.
Standard basic guidelines on nutrition generally outline the importance of a balanced diet, including foods like whole grains and fruits, and they recommend that people should limit their intake of dietary sugars and fat.
Experts said the link between heavy drinking and poor dietary choices is significant because it may help scientists to better understand the connection between food, alcohol, and health.
"This finding raises questions about whether the combination of alcohol misuse and poor diet might interact to further increase health risks," said Kenneth R. Warren, acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, in a statement released on March 25.
Heavy drinking and poor diet are already both independently associated with heart disease, cancer, and chronic health problems. Understanding how drinking and diet in combination affect human health may allow federal agencies to modify nutritional guidelines accordingly.
By Jason Socrates Bardi
Inside Science News Service
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Campbell's Healthy Choice Soups... update
A while back I wrote a piece about my thoughts on Campbell's Healthy Choice Clam Chowder soup. If you read it, you know I didn't have anything good to share. I thought the can was bad, as in spoiled. I received a lot of comments from readers agreeing with my assessment.
I've been sick and have been poor-poor-pitiful me-ing it for a little over two weeks now. After I finally started feeling like eating again I craved Campbell's Tomato Soup. I love their tomato soup with saltine crackers and cheese. My second favorite is mushroom soup with added broccoli and, again, cheese. Swiss or sharp cheddar in either is mmmm-mmmm perfect.
My wonderful hubby made a surprise run to the store and brought home two cans of each for me, plus some saltines and extra-sharp cheddar cheese. I was sooo looking forward to eating something solid, something I craved, until I noticed that he'd picked up Healthy Choice soups. He saw the look of dismay on my face, which I wasn't quick enough to hide unfortunately.
I hadn't tried the Healthy Choice tomato or mushroom soup. I figured what the heck, it couldn't be that bad. It's tomato after all. And I had enough of the "bad for you" cheese to cover the taste.
Wrong. It was horrible. I tried doctoring it up a bit, but you know I was craving real Campbell's tomato soup, not the kind that has all the taste, salt, and sugar removed.
I let my husband try it before I started adding stuff. The look on his face was priceless --- major "ugghhhly". He tried it again after I added a few things to it, made another face, and asked if I was going to attempt to eat the stuff. I said I hated to waste it and so would eat it. He looked at the bowl, looked at me, then dumped it down the garbage disposal.
The next day he took the remaining cans back to the store and exchanged them for the real deal. I had to tell him where to look to find them as most stores have huge displays with all the higher priced "healthy" stuff at eye level and they hide the good stuff on the bottom shelves. I think it's because they have to keep cases of the real soups so they need heavy duty shelves... plus Campbell's and others are trying to sell the higher priced soups so they want to make them enticing. Unfortunately there's nothing enticing about the prices or the taste in my humble opinion.
The lady who exchanged the soups for my husband commented that he wasn't the first to return the soups. They both joked about how they took all the good stuff out and charged more.
Once he returned from the store I happily ate a bowl of the new real soup... new because they've switched to sea salt to lower the sodium. I'm not sure whether it's just my taste buds 'cause I'm still on the mend or whether the changes they made to the "non-healthy choice" soup modified the taste somehow, but it still didn't quite taste like the soup I've enjoyed my entire life. I'm going to wait until I'm 100% better to have another bowl. I can live with the slight difference though, if it exists. I'll let you know when I eat my next bowl in complete good health.
Yesterday he stopped by the store and picked up four more cans of REAL Campbell's soup for me. Now I'm set for a while.
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Here's the blog post from our old food blog (County Cuisine):
It is 97% fat free and has 45% less sodium, which is a good thing. However, either the can I purchased is getting ready to be on the recall list, or it simply tastes bad.
I tried a bite and grimaced. Knowing Campbell's soups I thought it must be MY taste buds. I sipped some water and tried again. Then I tossed the bowl down the disposal.
I can't begin to describe the taste. It was not good. I drank some soda to get the taste out of my mouth it was that horrible.
I know not to expect a taste that matches the 'real deal' which has so many calories just looking at it adds inches to my hips. But I did think it would be palatable. Especially since I've had other Healthy Request soups and thought they were great.
My suggestion if you're craving New England style clam chowder? Make it yourself and cut whatever corners you can or eat a smaller portion of the regular clam chowder.
I've been sick and have been poor-poor-pitiful me-ing it for a little over two weeks now. After I finally started feeling like eating again I craved Campbell's Tomato Soup. I love their tomato soup with saltine crackers and cheese. My second favorite is mushroom soup with added broccoli and, again, cheese. Swiss or sharp cheddar in either is mmmm-mmmm perfect.
My wonderful hubby made a surprise run to the store and brought home two cans of each for me, plus some saltines and extra-sharp cheddar cheese. I was sooo looking forward to eating something solid, something I craved, until I noticed that he'd picked up Healthy Choice soups. He saw the look of dismay on my face, which I wasn't quick enough to hide unfortunately.
I hadn't tried the Healthy Choice tomato or mushroom soup. I figured what the heck, it couldn't be that bad. It's tomato after all. And I had enough of the "bad for you" cheese to cover the taste.
Wrong. It was horrible. I tried doctoring it up a bit, but you know I was craving real Campbell's tomato soup, not the kind that has all the taste, salt, and sugar removed.
I let my husband try it before I started adding stuff. The look on his face was priceless --- major "ugghhhly". He tried it again after I added a few things to it, made another face, and asked if I was going to attempt to eat the stuff. I said I hated to waste it and so would eat it. He looked at the bowl, looked at me, then dumped it down the garbage disposal.
The next day he took the remaining cans back to the store and exchanged them for the real deal. I had to tell him where to look to find them as most stores have huge displays with all the higher priced "healthy" stuff at eye level and they hide the good stuff on the bottom shelves. I think it's because they have to keep cases of the real soups so they need heavy duty shelves... plus Campbell's and others are trying to sell the higher priced soups so they want to make them enticing. Unfortunately there's nothing enticing about the prices or the taste in my humble opinion.
The lady who exchanged the soups for my husband commented that he wasn't the first to return the soups. They both joked about how they took all the good stuff out and charged more.
Once he returned from the store I happily ate a bowl of the new real soup... new because they've switched to sea salt to lower the sodium. I'm not sure whether it's just my taste buds 'cause I'm still on the mend or whether the changes they made to the "non-healthy choice" soup modified the taste somehow, but it still didn't quite taste like the soup I've enjoyed my entire life. I'm going to wait until I'm 100% better to have another bowl. I can live with the slight difference though, if it exists. I'll let you know when I eat my next bowl in complete good health.
Yesterday he stopped by the store and picked up four more cans of REAL Campbell's soup for me. Now I'm set for a while.
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Here's the blog post from our old food blog (County Cuisine):
Campbell's Chunky Healthy Request New England Clam Chowder... m' m' bad...
I love New England Clam Chowder. Being on a perpetual low-fat, low sodium diet I was very happy to run across Campbell's Chunky Healthy Request New England Chowder. Until I got home and took a bite.It is 97% fat free and has 45% less sodium, which is a good thing. However, either the can I purchased is getting ready to be on the recall list, or it simply tastes bad.
I tried a bite and grimaced. Knowing Campbell's soups I thought it must be MY taste buds. I sipped some water and tried again. Then I tossed the bowl down the disposal.
I can't begin to describe the taste. It was not good. I drank some soda to get the taste out of my mouth it was that horrible.
I know not to expect a taste that matches the 'real deal' which has so many calories just looking at it adds inches to my hips. But I did think it would be palatable. Especially since I've had other Healthy Request soups and thought they were great.
My suggestion if you're craving New England style clam chowder? Make it yourself and cut whatever corners you can or eat a smaller portion of the regular clam chowder.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Lemon Chalet Crème Girl Scout Cookie is safe!
Product is safe to eat, while some of the cookies may have an “off smell or taste”
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta has received telephone calls from some consumers of the Girl Scout Lemon Chalet Crème Cookie, reporting that there is an “off taste and smell”. “Product sampling was conducted and determined that although the cookies are safe to eat, certain lots contain oils that may be breaking down, which can result in an ‘off taste and smell’ and are not up to our quality standards,” says Don Davis, Vice President and General Manager of Little Brownie Bakers in Louisville, KY. No other Girl Scout Cookie varieties in the Girl Scout Cookie product line are affected by this quality withdrawal.
Fortunately, this is a taste issue, not a public safety issue. Girl Scout Lemon Chalet Crème Cookies are SAFE to eat; they may have an unpleasant odor from certain oils used to make the cookies. To maintain quality of the iconic brand of Girl Scout Cookies, LBB is choosing to proceed with a Quality Withdrawal and Product Replacement. “We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused to those who have supported Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta through the purchase of Lemon Chalet Crème Cookies,” says Gary Key, Vice President of Development, Marketing and Communication. “We have set up a customer hotline at 770.702.9135 to assist customers with replacement of the cookies with their choice of flavors.” This situation affects only 6.5% of Lemon Chalet Crème Cookies baked for the nation-wide 2010 Girl Scout Cookie Program. For more information, please visit our web site, www.gsgatl.org. In addition, consumers can visit the Little Brownie Baker website to obtain a Kellogg product coupon refund.
Of the affected 15 lots, 8 were shipped to our area: 7455882; 7455883; 7458522; 7457661; 7458521; 7459401; 7456741 and 7459403. The lot codes are printed directly on the bottom flap of the box of cookies.
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Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta has received telephone calls from some consumers of the Girl Scout Lemon Chalet Crème Cookie, reporting that there is an “off taste and smell”. “Product sampling was conducted and determined that although the cookies are safe to eat, certain lots contain oils that may be breaking down, which can result in an ‘off taste and smell’ and are not up to our quality standards,” says Don Davis, Vice President and General Manager of Little Brownie Bakers in Louisville, KY. No other Girl Scout Cookie varieties in the Girl Scout Cookie product line are affected by this quality withdrawal.
Fortunately, this is a taste issue, not a public safety issue. Girl Scout Lemon Chalet Crème Cookies are SAFE to eat; they may have an unpleasant odor from certain oils used to make the cookies. To maintain quality of the iconic brand of Girl Scout Cookies, LBB is choosing to proceed with a Quality Withdrawal and Product Replacement. “We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused to those who have supported Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta through the purchase of Lemon Chalet Crème Cookies,” says Gary Key, Vice President of Development, Marketing and Communication. “We have set up a customer hotline at 770.702.9135 to assist customers with replacement of the cookies with their choice of flavors.” This situation affects only 6.5% of Lemon Chalet Crème Cookies baked for the nation-wide 2010 Girl Scout Cookie Program. For more information, please visit our web site, www.gsgatl.org. In addition, consumers can visit the Little Brownie Baker website to obtain a Kellogg product coupon refund.
Of the affected 15 lots, 8 were shipped to our area: 7455882; 7455883; 7458522; 7457661; 7458521; 7459401; 7456741 and 7459403. The lot codes are printed directly on the bottom flap of the box of cookies.
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