Diet and Nutrition

Whole Lotta Whole Foods

No, Seriously. A Chocolate Fountain.

Whole Foods By Half, More or Less

Sprouts Spouts in Dallas, At Last

Whole Lotta Nuthin'

Want the Greenville Ave. Whole Foods? Here's Your Head Start.

Boot Scootin'

Why is Italian food so popular?

Hot Dish

Why is Italian food so popular?

Neander-Guy

Ray Audette hunts with a hawk and eats like a caveman. He says his meaty diet stopped his hair from falling out, cured his diabetes--and will make you healthy too

Hot Dish

Ray Audette hunts with a hawk and eats like a caveman. He says his meaty diet stopped his hair from falling out, cured his diabetes--and will make you healthy too

Best health food store (tie)

Whole Foods Market & Roy's Natural Market

Fat City

Does anybody eat low-fat/no-fat ice cream?

Best Health-food Store

Ann's Health Food Center

Best Dish Name

Square Meal at Dream Café

Best Chicken Salad

Whole Foods

Stay Hungry, Live Longer: the Science Behind the Calorie Restriction Diet

An SMU biologist thinks the secret to the fountain of youth may be found by putting fruit flies on a diet.

Stealth Health

Barnes & Noble hosts the Sneaky Chef

Fat-Bustin' Bob

Barnes & Noble hosts the Sneaky Chef

Futureheads

Futureheads (679)

McRibbing

A man eats fast food for a month--guess what happens

A Slice of Pizza Face

School lunch competes for student tastes, government dollars

Fat Like Me

Nothing our rotund reporter tried could help him lose weight. Finally, he attacked his belly through his melon. That's right. He's been hypnotized.

Free-ranging deli

Can eating at Whole Foods make you a better person?

Food For Thought 4.8.09

"Coke's messages were totally unacceptable, creating an impression which is likely to mislead that Coca-Cola cannot contribute to weight gain, obesity and tooth decay." (From a statement released by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission regarding an advertising campaign run by the Atl ... More >>

Food For Thought 4.14.09

"Stevia is supposed to offer a non-dangerous natural alternative to sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners, and that's why it's supposed to do well. It doesn't have the calorie punch of sugar; it doesn't have the bad image of HFCS." (Marcia Mogelonsky, senior research analyst with ... More >>

Girls On Girls

"Stevia is supposed to offer a non-dangerous natural alternative to sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners, and that's why it's supposed to do well. It doesn't have the calorie punch of sugar; it doesn't have the bad image of HFCS." (Marcia Mogelonsky, senior research analyst with ... More >>

Pho From Home: Dishes To Fit Your Resolutions

Mi Hoanh Thanh (wonton noodle soup).​City of Ate reader, Margie, comments, "Oh, and I'd like to add that this rash of dieting talk all over the web and TV is making me sick. My resolution is to eat more and drink more and have more fun doing it. Saying 'hell' more than 'damn' is another one I thi ... More >>

Table Setting

Mi Hoanh Thanh (wonton noodle soup).​City of Ate reader, Margie, comments, "Oh, and I'd like to add that this rash of dieting talk all over the web and TV is making me sick. My resolution is to eat more and drink more and have more fun doing it. Saying 'hell' more than 'damn' is another one I thi ... More >>

Table Setting

Mi Hoanh Thanh (wonton noodle soup).​City of Ate reader, Margie, comments, "Oh, and I'd like to add that this rash of dieting talk all over the web and TV is making me sick. My resolution is to eat more and drink more and have more fun doing it. Saying 'hell' more than 'damn' is another one I thi ... More >>

Domino's Slims Down Pizza for Schools. Yes, Our Culture is Dying.

​No matter how many talented chefs Michelle Obama invites to the White House, or how many vegetable costumes Jamie Oliver dons, it seems unlikely school nutritionists will ever be able to strike pizza from their cafeteria menus. "You can't stop buying pizza for kids," says Sherry Brokenberry, ... More >>

School Lunches: How Can Something That Taste Like One be so Hard to Make?

Low-sodium sauces​Editor's note: Apparently, feeding kids is a lot more complicated than tossing them a box of Pop-Tarts and a 3-liter jug of root beer. Who knew? For the breeders among you readers, here's a wrap-up of newsy, nutritional items Hanna shipped in from the School Nutrition Associa ... More >>

Roy's Natural Market: So Long to the Man with Wheat Grass Miracles

Roy Beard is closing Roy's Natural Market come August.​Used to get a lot of sore throats, from, well, let's just call it "cigarette" smoking. That was back in the '80s when I, well, let's just say smoked. Invariably, the tickle in my throat would progress to soreness, which would progress to a ... More >>

Offshore's Nextdoor: Happy Hour Begins at Nap 30.

Roy Beard is closing Roy's Natural Market come August.​Used to get a lot of sore throats, from, well, let's just call it "cigarette" smoking. That was back in the '80s when I, well, let's just say smoked. Invariably, the tickle in my throat would progress to soreness, which would progress to a ... More >>

Tim Love Hates Vegetarians and Their Roasted Pumpkins

Nick RalloTim Love's Dirty Love Burger is all dirty with glorious meat​Could Tim Love be the unnamed saboteur who copped to bathing vegetarian entrees in lamb's blood? It's highly unlikely, but the Fort Worth celebrity chef isn't shy about carnivorous sermonizing. He last week shared "Five Reason ... More >>

High-End Dallas Chefs Devise Vegan Dishes

The vast majority of fine dining dishes are fraught with ingredients that give vegans the willies. High-end chefs instinctively saturate their food with butter and cream, costuming even the most innocuous vegetables in animal products. No animals were harmed in the making of this dish.​But for on ... More >>

As Obama Signs Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, White House Sends Endorsement From DISD

In March '08, Dora Rivas testified before a House committee on the need for better school nutrition.​Back in August we sneak-peeked the Dallas Independent School District's new-n-improved school menus, which offer a few more healthier alternatives than in recent years. But the district has long sa ... More >>

New Culinary Textbook Tells Chefs to Put the Flavor and Some of the Fat Back in Nutrition

​While a new culinary nutrition textbook is geared toward chefs working in professional kitchens, a co-author says the book's advice would be equally appropriate for amateurs charting new diet plans for 2011. "Moderation and variety is the key," says Cathy Powers, a former Culinary Institute ... More >>

Eating Healthy at Asian Markets: All You Need is Willpower and a Taste for the Unusual

Bitter melon is good for what ails you, if you can stand it.​As exhibited by my tribute to junk foods post last month, I don't always have the best buying habits whenever I make my Asian grocery store visits. Fortunately, aside from the occasional evil treats, Asian market aisles can also harb ... More >>

Five Diets Just as Bad as The Heart Attack Grill

Tic Tacs and copious amounts of coke are all you need to have a body like a super model. And beriberi.​I have spent about 17 minutes of my entire life dieting. I did it to teach myself healthy eating habits so my body doesn't explode on my 25th birthday, when my metabolism is supposed to scree ... More >>

Dear Food Diary: I Hate You

Maybe they should include simple check boxes for Slim Jims and Doritos.​It's hard to find people who agree with me here, but food diaries are worthless. A food diary is a log of everything you ate, where and who you ate it with and what you were feeling as you ate it, (Everyone who jots down ... More >>

Do Melatonin Brownies Actually Do Anything? An Unfair Park Special Report.

No pot references here, no sir.​"You're going to eat that now?" the guy at the head shop asked. He looked worried. "That's not a good idea. I don't take 'em in the daytime. It renders me non-functional."Well, shit. It was Friday afternoon, and I was about to drug my co-workers.A little background, ... More >>

UNT Goes Vegan With Mean Greens Cafeteria

Courtesy UNT​When UNT's fall semester gets rolling in a couple weeks, vegetarians, vegans and meat-haters across Denton will have cause for celebration. Mean Greens cafeteria, formerly one of UNT's five beef/pork/poultry/fish-infested eateries, has recently converted its menu to adhere to an ... More >>

Vegans Rejoice: Texas State Veggie Fair Fried Food Competition

Sylvia ElzafonFried vegan Bob Armstrong queso won Texas State Veggie Fair's Most Creative title in 2010.​The State Fair of Texas offers a millionty delicious fried food options, but if you're vegan, food-wise you're pretty much limited to sniffing second-hand funnel cake fumes.Well, fuck all that. ... More >>

What You Eat Is Just As Important As When You Choose To Eat It

Flickr​ I'd been thinking that keeping an eye on the total amount of calories I consume, regardless of when I eat was the key from not gaining weight. Eat a huge meal here, skip one there and things will all balance out, right? Turns out a simple calorie count may not be the only key to maint ... More >>

A Note To Men: Your Date is Making You Fat

They've been eating out quite a bit.​Turns out who you sup with could effect your waistline as much as when and what you eat. The Huffington Post points us to a recently released study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. In doing the study, researchers hoped to gain unders ... More >>

Ten Ways to Celebrate Vegetarian Awareness Month

navs-online.org​ October is Vegetarian Awareness Month. It's true. Vegetarians do exist, even in Dallas. And not only that, they should be celebrated, if for nothing else than for eating all the world's tofu so you don't have to see it. Here are a few ways to help make everyone aware of your ... More >>

Deep Ellum Urban Gardens Could Get a Major Boost from a Local Woman's Stuffed Peppers

​As an avid runner and cook, Lindsey Cook of Dallas loves to create healthy dishes, like her quinoa and turkey stuffed bell peppers. Easy, versatile and full of deliciousness, Cook was so smitten with the recipe that she entered it in the Aetna Healthy Food Fight contest. From there, the dish ... More >>

Meatless Monday Is Harder Than I Thought

​Ed. note: Along with our booze correspondent, food critic Scott Reitz is trying his mouth at going meatless on Mondays. They'll occasionally relay their experiences. So far Scott sucks at it. It sounded soooooooo easy. Drop meat on Mondays -- it'll help save the world and shit. And it's only ... More >>

Chick-fil-A Courts Your Babies, As Long As They're Straight

Test​Chick-fil-A is rolling out a new Kid's Meal, according to a recent news release, aimed at fighting childhood obesity and promoting good nutrition. Comprised of grilled chicken nuggets, low-fat milk and fruit, either in a cup for finger-eating, or pureed in a bag for squeezing, the meals t ... More >>

Mumtaz's Indian Lunch Buffet Was Built for Meatless Monday

Via Facebook​Weary of soy protein and veggie burgers from Meatless Mondays gone by, I had set my sights this go around on exotic flavors and spices. My search for bargain vegetarian nirvana took me to Mumtaz, an Indian restaurant located in a generic Richardson strip mall at Campbell and Centr ... More >>