http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore A blog dedicated to the discussion of food, restaurants and life Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:25:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/10/27/do-you-eat-with-fat-people-or-skinny-people/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/10/27/do-you-eat-with-fat-people-or-skinny-people/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:36 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=8439 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/10/27/do-you-eat-with-fat-people-or-skinny-people/feed/ 6 Our dining companions affect our own food choices http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/07/23/here-and-there-6/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/07/23/here-and-there-6/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:29:37 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=6938 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/07/23/here-and-there-6/feed/ 1 A look around http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/02/26/how-to-lose-weight/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/02/26/how-to-lose-weight/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:41:45 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=4395 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/02/26/how-to-lose-weight/feed/ 0 Say bye-bye to ingredient-based diets http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/04/10/belly-fat-and-dementia-youve-got-visceral-fat-and-youre-certifiable-too/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/04/10/belly-fat-and-dementia-youve-got-visceral-fat-and-youre-certifiable-too/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:31:01 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/04/10/belly-fat-and-dementia-youve-got-visceral-fat-and-youre-certifiable-too/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/04/10/belly-fat-and-dementia-youve-got-visceral-fat-and-youre-certifiable-too/feed/ 0 It’s bad enough that fat contributes to diabetes and heart disease, besides diminishing your hotness. Now, according to researchers with Kaiser Permanente, belly fat may also be a contributing factor in the development of dementia: In the Kaiser study, researchers looked at records from patients in their 40s and 50s who had their abdominal fat [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/03/19/a-new-documentary-explores-the-role-of-corn-in-our-food-supply/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/03/19/a-new-documentary-explores-the-role-of-corn-in-our-food-supply/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:08:45 +0000 Brooke Williams http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/03/19/a-new-documentary-explores-the-role-of-corn-in-our-food-supply/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/03/19/a-new-documentary-explores-the-role-of-corn-in-our-food-supply/feed/ 0 ITVS Community Cinema will host a preview of “King Corn,” a feature documentary written and produced by Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney, and Aaron Woolf, at the Decatur Library on Tuesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. The film, directed by Woolf, follows Ellis and Cheney, two Yale buddies concerned about America’s obesity epidemic, on a [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/01/07/advice-from-hot-chicks-and-skinny-bitches/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/01/07/advice-from-hot-chicks-and-skinny-bitches/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:06:30 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/01/07/advice-from-hot-chicks-and-skinny-bitches/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/01/07/advice-from-hot-chicks-and-skinny-bitches/feed/ 0 Jodi Lipper and Cerena Vincent, author of How to Eat Like a Hot Chick, blog on the Huffington Post now and then. Their most recent entry is titled “Don’t Eat At The Mall: What To Avoid When You Return Your Gifts.” They name five food vendors to avoid. Topping the calorific list is Cinnabon: These things [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/01/04/readin-writin-and-chubbin-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/01/04/readin-writin-and-chubbin-up/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:44:08 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/01/04/readin-writin-and-chubbin-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/01/04/readin-writin-and-chubbin-up/feed/ 1 The New York Times reports a possible link between proximity of fast-food restaurants to schools and obesity. Among the studies mentioned is one of Atlanta schools. Says the Times of a new national study: The study, published in the January issue of Health & Place, found that more than one-third of middle and high schools are [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/27/the-worst-food-in-america/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/27/the-worst-food-in-america/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:20:44 +0000 Besha Rodell http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/27/the-worst-food-in-america/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/27/the-worst-food-in-america/feed/ 0 Men’s Health magazine has named the worst food in America in a recent article titled “The 20 Worst Foods in America.” The article looks at the unhealthiest meals available at chain restaurants, rating them by calorie count and fat content. Once you start to get to the part where it says, “Downing this ‘personal’ pizza [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/26/did-you-ever-wonder-why-some-low-income-people-tend-to-be-unhealthy-and-overweight/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/26/did-you-ever-wonder-why-some-low-income-people-tend-to-be-unhealthy-and-overweight/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:51:39 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/26/did-you-ever-wonder-why-some-low-income-people-tend-to-be-unhealthy-and-overweight/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/26/did-you-ever-wonder-why-some-low-income-people-tend-to-be-unhealthy-and-overweight/feed/ 0 A couple of new studies may help explain why: In this land and season of plenty, low-income and rural Americans continue to have difficulty finding healthy foods that are affordable, a new study finds. One study shows that low-income Americans now would have to spend up to 70 percent of their food budget on fruits and vegetables [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/15/ill-have-the-supersalty-low-calorie-pig-out-portion-please/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/15/ill-have-the-supersalty-low-calorie-pig-out-portion-please/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:15:21 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/15/ill-have-the-supersalty-low-calorie-pig-out-portion-please/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/11/15/ill-have-the-supersalty-low-calorie-pig-out-portion-please/feed/ 0 Sometimes, those “healthy” choices on the menu seem a little too good to be true. The menu says you’re getting X tiny number of calories and you waddle out of the restaurant feeling quite sated, perhaps congratulating yourself for your remarkable self-restraint. Of course it could be that the restaurant misrepresented the number of calories it [...]