Greek FroYo & Frozen Kefir: Fad or Fab?

Send to KindleTweet Vermont-based activist food company Ben & Jerry’s has revealed a new line of frozen yogurt products based on Greek yogurt. The line up includes four flavors that will come in pint and snack-size containers. The product is said to have more protein and fewer calories than the standard B&J product. According to [...]

The Food Orgasm: Coconut Milk Frozen Dessert

Send to KindleTweet Love is the only reason I can justify spending $7 on a pint of frozen dessert. Tonight, when I brought my basket to the register at Garden of Eden, the checkout girl was dumbfounded when I responded $6.99 after the scanner failed to assign a price to my treat: Luna & Larry’s [...]

Cow Dung: Cali’s Next Power Source?

Send to KindleTweet The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and BioEnergy Solutions’ biogas-to-pipeline injection project in Fresno County, California has begun production of renewable natural gas derived from cow manure. The gas emitted from cow dung will be cleaned and transmitted via a PG&E pipeline, which the power giant will then use to make [...]

Read the Fine Print: Is Your Pharmacy Selling Expired Goods?

Send to KindleTweet Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is suing CVS Pharmacy for allegedly selling cough and allergy medicines, antacids, baby formula, energy drinks and dairy products past their expiration dates at 20 or more of its Connecticut stores according to ConsumerAffairs.com. Blumenthal’s investigators found the expired products on CVS shelves in the summers of [...]

Mediterranean Diet: A Shield Against Depression?

Send to KindleTweet Followers of the Mediterranean diet are less likely to develop depression according to the results of a recent study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, reports NHIondemand. The Mediterranean diet is based upon traditional diet of the Mediterranean Basin region. Researchers had over 10,000 healthy, depression-free adults follow the Mediterranean diet [...]