WASHINGTON (AP) — Trail mix. Potato chips. And now gum.With a growing number of foods boasting added caffeine for an energy boost, the Food and Drug Administration says it’s time to investigate their safety.The FDA’s new look at added caffeine and its effects on children and adolescents is in response to a caffeinated gum introduced this week by Wrigley. Called Alert Energy Gum, it promises “The right energy, right now.” The agency is already investigating the safety of energy drinks and energy shots, prompted by consumer reports of illness and death.Michael Taylor, FDA’s deputy commissioner of foods, said Monday that the only time FDA explicitly approved the added use of caffeine in a food or drink was in the 1950s for colas. The current proliferation of caffeine added to foods is “beyond anything FDA envisioned,” Taylor said.”It is disturbing,” Taylor said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We’re concerned about whether they have been adequately evaluated.”Taylor said the agency will look at the potential impact these “new and easy sources” of caffeine will have on children’s health and will take action if necessary. He said that he and other FDA officials have held meetings with some of the large food companies that have ventured into caffeinated products, including Mars Inc., of which Wrigley is a subsidiary.Continue Reading… … Read More
New Lay’s Potato Chips: Chicken & Waffles, Cheesy Garlic Bread, Sriracha
NEW YORK — The next Lay’s potato chip will taste like chicken and waffles. Or cheesy garlic bread. Or Sriracha, a hot sauce often used in Thai dishes.
Lay’s is letting potato chip lovers decide which one of the three will be its newest flavor. All of them will be sold at retailers nationwide starting next week. After trying them, fans have until May to vote for their favorites. The flavor with the most votes will stay on store shelves.
Color Photos Of Paris In 1900 (PHOTOS)
Prepare to see the City of Lights like you’ve never seen it before.
Incredible photographs of early-20th-century Paris have been unearthed by blogger Nicolas Bonnell, who runs the site Paris Unplugged. The images were taken between 1907 and 1930 by photographers such as Léon Gimpel, Stéphane Passet, Georges Chevalier, and Auguste Léon. They offer a rare glimpse — in color! — at France’s capital before it was ravaged by World War II.
According to Bonnell, the photos were produced using Autochrome, an early technology patented by Louis Lumière in 1903 that used dyed potato starch sandwiched between glass panes. Some of the images were recolored based on their original colors.
Nina Burleigh: On Super Bowl Sunday, Nachos, Beer and Bashed Brains
I can’t get enough of the quarterback’s soaring arc of a pass. But the price paid by brain-injured boys and teens, and by grown men reduced to the possibility of shuffling around with early-onset Alzheimer’s, is a pretty bill to pay for couch-potato thrills.
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School lunches: What foods are in and what foods are out
The Agriculture Department is proposing new nutritional rules that would apply to most all foods sold in schools. The rule would apply to “a la carte” lines in school cafeterias, vending machines, snack bars and any other food sold regularly on campus. It wouldn’t apply to fundraisers, after-school concession stands, class parties or foods brought from home.
Most every food sold in school would be subject to fat, calorie, sugar and sodium limits. Snack foods would have to be under 200 calories and have some nutritional value. All drinks would be limited to 12 oz. portions in high schools and middle schools, and 8 oz. portions in elementary schools.
Some examples of what could be in and out under the rules, provided the items meet or don’t meet all of the requirements:
WHAT’S IN
Baked potato chips
Granola bars
Cereal bars
Trail mix
Dried fruits
Fruit cups
Yogurt
Whole grain-rich muffins
100 percent juice drinks
Diet soda (high schools)
Flavored water (high schools)
Lower-calorie sports drinks (high schools)
Unsweetened or diet iced teas (high schools)
The Stir: Cheesy Garlic Chip Dip Recipe Will Make You Flip
This cheesy roasted garlic dip is the perfect indulgence. It’s a ridiculously delicious mix of cheese, garlic and wonderful creaminess. With some salty potato chips to dip in it, I can’t think of any better way to welcome 2013.Read More…
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Jennifer Lawrence Hot And Lazy? Actress Admits She Loves ‘Junk Food And Reality TV’
Jennifer Lawrence might be the “most desirable woman” in Hollywood, but the actress credits junk food and “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” for her incredible physique. That’s right.The “Silver Linings Playbook” star admits she’s a couch potato, saying she’d much rather lounge all day than head to the gym or go out partying with friends.Read More…
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