Subject: Diet and Nutrition

• Kid, You're Gonna Be a (Reality TV) Star!

  March 2, 2007

• It Was a Slow News Day Until We Suddenly Got All This Energy

  June 6, 2007

• Miss Pop Rocks Loves Some Whole Foods Boys

  March 10, 2008

• Rocket Fuel: Not Just for Adults

  May 1, 2008

• Is The Reign Of Whole Foods Over?

  August 6, 2008

• Whole Foods Recalls Ground Beef; Leaves Fancy Rhetoric Intact

  August 11, 2008

• Whole Foods Recalls Ground Beef; Leaves Fancy Rhetoric Intact

  August 11, 2008

• Sheryl Crow Has A Bag For You

  September 4, 2008

• Hurricane Ike Cuisine: Gourmet Canned Goods

  September 11, 2008

• Your New Eco-Friendly Water Transportation Device

  October 4, 2008

• Jennifer Lopez/Vitamin C

  J. Lo (Epic)/More (Elektra)

  April 5, 2001

• Best Tofu/Soy Products

  Whole Foods Market

  September 20, 2001

• Fat City

  Vegetarian soul food? Naturally Yours serves up "buffalo things" and smothered steaklet

  January 17, 2002

• Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy

  Ziggy's Healthy Grill

  October 10, 2002

• A Figure to Die For

  Community Health Systems cashed in big on the stomach stapling rage. It almost cost Kaye Parsley her life.

  January 2, 2003

• Houston's Darque Tan, Leading The Fight Against Cancer

  November 11, 2008

• Kale to the Rescue

  Times like these call for food superheroes: foods that are tasty, healthy, easy to fix and -- most of all -- cheap. And, if it's your thing, easy to grow, too. And that's where kale comes in. Kale is one of the more unappreciated leafy greens, playing second fiddle to its more well-known cousins like spinach and cabbage. And that's a shame, really. Kale is not only far cheaper, but it's just as simple to fix and delicious to boot.

  January 22, 2009

• The "Taco Man" Truck at Bubbles

  The egg and chorizo breakfast taco comes with a free roasted jalapeño and your choice of red and green homemade salsas at the taco truck parked behind Bubbles Carwash at Westheimer and Bering. The business is called the "Taco Man" and its run by two brothers from San Luis Potosi. The truck is one of those elaborate rigs popular in L.A. with the louvered skylight vents above the cooking area. Barbacoa and al pastor tacos were also available at 9 a.m. I went for a cup of black coffee, and was p

  January 27, 2009

• Anniversary Feast

  May 16, 1996

• Heaven, or Hell?

  May 30, 1996

• Breaking News: Candy Bars Can't Cure Alzheimer's

  Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced this morning that he's charging a Fredericksburg company called Nature's Candy with violating the Texas Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. (Woe to the person who violates the "cosmetic" part of the first act. Grandma with the eyeshadow, we're looking at you.)The company, Abbott says, sold bars in health-food stores and "improperly claim[ed] the products could treat such ailments as Alzheimer's and depression."Ripp

  February 5, 2009

• Oh Baby, Baby--King Cake

  It's King Cake season from now until Mardis Gras. We got this one at the Whole Foods on Magazine Street in New Orleans. The little baby looked sort of lonely out there naked in the cold. The little figurine of a baby used to be stuck inside the King Cake by the bakery. The person who got the baby was declared king or queen for the day and had to supply the next cake. But thanks to liability issues, the baby now comes on the outside of the cake--you insert it yourself. At Whole Foods stores i

  February 16, 2009

• $13 at A Moveable Feast

  Where: A Moveable Feast, 9341 Katy Freeway, 713-365-0368 What $13 Gets You:  A sandwich to beat Subway any day. $13 will get you more than a sandwich at this popular health food store cum restaurant named after Ernest Hemingway's memoirs.  And if sandwiches aren't your thing, you can fill up on a hearty bowl of delicious vegeterian chili or one of their many healthy entrees.  But if you're on the run, their sandwiches can't be beat.  Pick up a $4.99 ready-made sandwich from

  March 12, 2009

• 94 Percent Dogma-Free

  May 20, 1999

• High on Fat

  September 7, 2000

• Calorie Restrictors Stay Hungry in Hopes of Living Longer

  An SMU biologist searches to unlock the secrets to the fountain of youth

  February 19, 2009

• The Whole (Foods) Story

  March 11, 1999

• Get Grilled at Culinary Kreations Cafe

  October 2, 2008

• Sandy's Produce Market

  One healthy meal at Sandy's Produce Market will wipe away all of your high-cholesterol sins

  July 19, 2007

• Fit or Fat, Houston?

  January 19, 2006

• Doctor Nice

  July 21, 2005

• 2005 Resolutions Guide Listings

  January 20, 2005

• Think Thin

  Diet season is here -- which one will you choose?

  January 20, 2005

• Ground Zero

  Houston's been the No. 1 city in America in the obesity crisis. But hype doesn't mean help.

  November 18, 2004

• Best Atkins Chic

  September 23, 2004

• McRibbing

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

  May 13, 2004

• Hard to Stomach

  A penalized doctor blames a medical giant for botched weight-loss surgeries

  January 1, 2004

• Best Fish Market

  Whole Foods Market

  September 26, 2002

• Best Use of Eggplant

  Baked eggplant sandwich

  September 26, 2002

• Remembrance of Eggs Past

  Maybe nutrition isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition

  May 17, 2001

• Feasted Upon

  A health food store and restaurant falls victim to the movement it helped create

  March 22, 2001

• Caveat Vendor

  A converted cigarette machine peddles a new addiction: Miniature art

  February 8, 2001

• Best Bread

  Whole Foods Market

  September 21, 2000

• New Kellogg's Commercial Suggests You Give Your Child Diabetes For The Summer

  Photo by Katharine ShilcuttThe infamous sandwich itselfThe crack marketing team at Kellogg's recognized that with summer quickly approaching, a warm Pop-Tart fresh out of the toaster isn't necessarily appealing to people in warmer climates. As a means of keeping the toaster pastry relevant during those sweltering summer months, the company has introduced a new commercial into the American consciousness. While none of the culinary options presented by the commercial look particularly appetizing

  May 27, 2009

• More Junk from Whole Foods

  Photo by Robb Walsh​"We sell a bunch of junk," Whole Foods founder John Mackey told the Wall Street Journal when he announced the new focus on health foods that's supposed to be taking place at Whole Foods this fall. Mackey hopes to stop the decline in the sales of beans, nuts and whole grains, which is down from 15 percent of Whole Foods total sales to something like 1 percent. Mackey wouldn't promise that Whole Foods will stop selling junk like candy, cookies and other unhealthy foods, h

  August 31, 2009

• Top 5 Worst Food Fads

  Photo by thehoneybunny​Fusion "Fusion" food came into vogue decades ago and has informed the food we eat in ways we don't even realize. We have delicious things like banh mi and peach salsa thanks to fusion, but also borderline insulting innovations such as taco pizza. At what point do things go from "That sounds tasty, why not?" to the bastardization of culinary tradition? What exactly, is an "Asian Bistro," and what could possibly persuade me to step foot into one? Photo by lolololori

  September 11, 2009

• Calorie Posting and Houston

  Photo by Nemo's great uncle Bacon wins even in the calorie wars. Take that, egg!​A quick Google search of "America's fattest cities" will turn up a dozen lists with Houston in the top 10. It's a title our city has had to bear on our pudgy shoulders for years now. According to Men's Fitness , donuts are 132 percent more popular here than the average city. Houston also has the 6th highest number of donut outlets per capita in our survey. While that is a hilarious factoid, the donuts are

  October 9, 2009

• In the Little Stalls Behind Caninos: Got Guayaba?

  ​The first guavas of the season are starting to appear in the stalls behind Canino's. Guayaba is the Spanish word for guava. The fruit is native to North America, and the word derives from the Arawak tribe of the Caribbean, who called a guava tree a "guayabo." The green-skinned, white-fleshed kind they are selling now at the produce stalls are called apple guavas. The more exotic red guavas and strawberry guavas are more highly prized. I bought a dollar's worth, which amounted to six guav

  October 30, 2009

• Flaxseed Fad?

  ​Acai berries, whole grain, probiotics and fiber are about to be usurped by flaxseed. Once seen mostly in specialty health food stores and used as an additive to salads, breads and soups, flaxseed-infused products are making their way to the same store shelves that stock things like Cheez-Whiz and Captain Crunch. Ever since Jamie Lee Curtis started putting the regular in bifidus regularis, America has had an obsession with healthy digestion. Flaxseed is attractive to health nuts because

  November 6, 2009

• Vegetarian Thanksgiving

  Photo by Major Clanger There will be no Tofurky on this year's table.​Eating Our Words isn't a vegetarian (or -- perish the thought -- a vegan), but we have a lot of friends who are. And for those folks, Thanksgiving can be a nightmare of avoiding the main show (that dried out or deep-fried turkey) while navigating gloppy side dishes like green bean casserole, diabetic-coma-inducing syrupy sweet potatoes and dry, bland stuffing that is only partially palatable when drenched with a copio

  November 18, 2009