International Food Information Council made a survey on the attitude of consumers toward food.
The important finding include the following:
- In the last 12 months, Americans have changed their diets trying to improve their weight either by making their diets healthier or reducing portions that they eat.
- Only a small number of the respondents know the ideal number of calories per day that a person should consume depending on his age and weight.
- Trans fat is getting more and more notorious for many.
- And as the title of this post has mentioned…
Eighty-eight percent of Americans considered taste to be priority when buying food, while 72% believed price was most important and 65% put the emphasis on whether the food was healthy.
Indeed, there’s more room for nutrition education in the US. Or should the advertising companies should get more whips?
via FoodNavigator
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Are you a Starbucks frequenter? Or do you always go gaga over gourmet coffee?
I don’t go to Starbucks every so often because it’s too costly and I got accustomed to relishing my Mom’s home-made coffee. Ok, actually, it’s just instant coffee that she concocts with a secret proportion of sugar and coffee especially for me.
And I can gulp coffee like there’s no tomorrow everyday especially during crunch time with my home based gigs. However, on average, I drink three cups of coffee everyday. This I’m sure has contributed to my gaining of extra weight every now and then, most particularly during cramming days when I’m left with nothing but computer work and not much bodily activity that would allow me to sweat out.
So yeah, if you’d ask if coffee has anything to do with one’s gaining weight, YES! The sugar on coffee is the very reason behind why coffee can make you fat according to experts.
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Runner’s World shared their 20 Best Weight Loss Foods, which include a wide variety of healthy foods that they recommend for someone struggling to get rid of the bulge. 
The list has consists of food for those under weight loss programs starting from breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner and yes, even dessert.
Here are the two desserts that made it to the best foods list of a site for runner’s. You thought runners don’t eat dessert? 
Haagen-Dazs chocolate sorbet
Description: Who ever thought Haagen-Dazs would make it into this article? But it does. This richly chocolate frozen treat manages to taste creamy without containing any fat at all. Sure, it’s sugary, but at least you’re getting some protein and fiber as well.
You’ll Save: 100 calories and 15 grams of fat per serving compared with HD’s chocolate fudge ice cream.
Chocolate Dreams cookies
Description: A meringue-type version of the traditional chocolate chip cookie, this one lets you gobble down 5 cookies for under 30 calories and no fat. Bonus: You get two grams of protein as well.
You’ll Save: At least 150 calories and 9 grams of fat compared with just 3 regular chocolate chip cookies.
The food feature mentioned that it’s the antioxidant content of chocolate that got it in. Sweet, eh?
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