Food shortages mean fitter people
Could the current problems with food prices and shortages have a healthier effect on the population? When you think of it, the price of food has been low this has lead to an attitude that you can buy more, eat as much as you can and anything left over can simply be thrown away.
However, [...]
July 18, 2008Burgers hit Paris, big time!
A few years ago eating a burger in the French capital was limited to visiting one of the popular US based chains, but even then these were considered to be for the tourists as the Parisians do not eat messy food with their hands.
However, it must be a sign of the times because these [...]
July 16, 2008A special fruit for all
There is a little known fruit heading for the shelves of our supermarkets which is set to give a new meaning to healthy eating.
The fruit from the African Baobab tree has been given permission by the EU to enter the European stores for the first time.
It may not look much from the outside, [...]
July 3, 2008The first shopping mall in the UK
For many of us the sight of a giant shopping mall is a thing of the late twentieth century, yes there have been streets of shops for centuries but nothing that could resemble a shopping centre at all.
But archaeologists in Wales have found what they think could be the first shopping centre in [...]
July 2, 2008Six hundred Starbucks stores to close
They may have been an icon of the nineties and to be fair they probably still are for some people, but unfortunately for Starbucks, they appear to have become a victim of their success. With many rival brands opening up along side the famous Starbucks coffee stores, the market is booming but the profits have [...]
June 19, 2008Credit crunch means healthy lifestyle
Despite the so called credit crunch having an effect on virtually every walk of life in some way, it is hard to think that something good could be coming out of it, but in reality it is an ideal opportunity to have a massive spring clean of your life and home.
If you are one [...]
June 10, 2008Saving money in the kitchen
Eating healthy and saving do not often go together, but in this case they really do, however the diet that is produced through the money saving ideas that have been placed below come from My Paleo Kitchen, these seem to be following more of a semi survivalist plan, which is ok if you are that [...]
June 3, 2008Shopping for suicide
There are many people who would want to commit suicide, for whatever their reasons there will always be this problem. But today there is help for everyone and the even for a subject like this, there is information out there, which is a little worrying to say the least.
But in Japan, there is an [...]
May 29, 2008What dangers lie in processed foods?
When you take a trip around the supermarket you will notice that the fresh foods are being squashed down into smaller spaces, while in the rest of the supermarket the shelves are full of processed foods.
This trend is said to follow the buying habits of the general public, but it is in fact a [...]
May 23, 2008Be an organised shopper
This is for people who are those shoppers who when they get home after visiting the supermarket find that they have bought all of the wrong things and either end up having to go out again later in the week or if they have bought too much food it normally ends up in the freezer.
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Burger King goes extra super sized
Staying in line with most other fast food suppliers, Burger King has been working hard on developing their products in order to cater for today’s market, and the theme of the market today is going large!
Which is probably why they have come up with this new super sized burger, which initially looks like a [...]
May 20, 2008Super foods to buy
There are group of foods which are aptly named “Superfoods” these are foods which offer into the daily the diet a variety of nutrients, yet are also the sort of foods which you can eat knowing full well that this diet is doing your body good.
What are the super foods?
Spinach
Walnuts
Honey
Salmon
Oats
Dark Chocolate
Blueberries
Of course [...]
May 19, 2008Kids TV promote veggies
If there was anything that could be done to make the kids of today eat all of their veggies up, it would be regarded as a great thing. Well in fact there is and is quite successful at it. So what is the marvel, it is in fact a TV show that kids in over [...]
May 5, 2008Foods you cannot buy in some places
The tide is turning on the way that food is made and indeed at the same time some foods that are considered to be a little old fashioned. These changing habits in the way that people are eating are having an effect on the cost of food too.
Food prices are creeping up all of [...]
April 16, 2008Basic foods prices at record levels
There is a growing world problem which could if left uncontrolled plunge the whole world into chaos. Basic food stuffs are in great demand and as such the prices are rising to all time highs and as such there are shortages occurring in the places where food is already in short supply.
While other stories [...]
April 14, 2008Worldwide food bills
Its fascinating how the price food or rather what the price of feeding an average family costs around the world, it would seem that there are regional variations that mean it is hard to make a direct comparison as the foods available and in fact the diet that they prefer.
Germany: The Melander family of [...]
April 11, 2008Are Vitamins good for you?
Next time you pop down to the local health food store for some vitamins, it may be worth checking out the actual worth of vitamins and whether or not they really do anything for you.
This has come about because despite the billions of people who spend billions of pounds each year on vitamins [...]
March 25, 2008Starbucks to pay out tips
There are not many cities around where you cannot find a Starbucks coffee shop, in fact they do seem to be popping up on every street corner, which just proves one thing and that is, we like to get a coffee from this brand. But when you leave a tip you expect this to go [...]
March 14, 2008Buying supplements can be bad for your health
Most people who visit the health food store to buy certain vitamins and supplements think that these are doing them good, and why not the adverts that are all over the TV and press are all telling them so. But as we have seen TV and other advertising can sometimes be slightly misleading.
So as [...]
March 5, 2008Strong Drinks removed from store shelves
It seems that the effects of seeing so many drunken people walking around or some cases falling down on streets which have not really made a great impact on the people who like to keep our towns and cities clean and tidy.
So in an effort to try see if they can help the authorities with [...]