Junk Food

Debate Over Gatorade and Other Sports Drinks in Schools

There's a debate raging over whether sports drinks and "energy" drinks like Gatorade, Powerade, and VitaminWater should be sold in school vending machines and snack bars.

Diet Soda Linked to Heart Disease

Diet soda has been found to increase heart disease risk just as much as regular soda.

Italians, Nutella, and Trader Joe's to the Rescue

Fun factoid: Most Italians consider peanut butter to be schifoso. That's Italian for "really, really freakin' gross and disgusting."

Peter Pan Peanut Butter Recall

I know the contaminated peanut butter situation is very serious. Two people have died and many people have gotten sick. However, I can't help but be a bit obnoxious and declare that

7Up - Natural or Unnatural?

7Up and its makers Cadbury Schweppes have been trying to convince everyone with a new advertising campaign that 7Up is "100% Natural." However, they've left in the very unhealthy high fructose corn syrup.

What Are Trans Fats?

We all hear about how bad trans fats are for us, but most of us don't know exactly what they are or why they're so bad. With the recent news that McDonald's fries are higher in trans fats than previously...