Recipes and Posts Tagged fast food
Boycott Fast Food Restaurants
There is a growing movement to increase the minimum wage paid to workers in the fast food also known as quick serve industry. Not only are millions of people paid a wage that hasn’t kept up with inflation and the cost of living, they are usually part-time employees not eligible ... more
Read moreNew Video Series Premiering December 2104
Fast Food Operating Room (OR), is a new series of videos premiering in December. This series of videos reveals what really makes up popular fast foods and processed foods manufactured and sold in the United States and around the world. Learn why many of these foods are truly junk foods ... more
Read moreNational Burger Month-May 2014
Yes, May is in National Burger Month in the United States. Hamburgers are the backbone of many fast food restaurants. But like most fast food food items the humble hamburger has morphed into a demonic source of saturated fat and sodium. The original fast food hamburger 50 years ago had a ... more
Read moreAmerican Heart Association List of High Sodium Foods
The American Heart Association publishes a list of foods providing high levels of sodium in the American diet. USDA sodium limits for Americans are 2,300 mg per day if you are 50 or younger and 1,500 mg per day if you are over 50, African American or have high blood ... more
Read moreWhere’s The Nutrition Facts?
Cooking shows and celebrity chefs prepare mouth watering, delicious recipes in 30 to 60 minutes. Cookbooks and websites feature these recipes and 100s of satisfied home cooks preparing recipes high in calories, saturated fat and sodium. One thing that is usually missing is nutrition information and for good reason. If ... more
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