Organics

Considering today’s uncertain economy, it’s no surprise that a Nov. 2008 report from the ongoing Consumer Spending Indicator study by the NPD Group, Port Washington, NY, found 57% of consumers are cutting back on eating out to save money. According to NPD’s 2008 “Eating Patterns in America” report, it now costs an average of three times as much to eat ...

In America’s on-again, off-again love affair with weight-loss regimes, few have seen their fortunes wax and wane as much as the high-protein diet. But researchers have been reluctant to dismiss protein’s potential, and they’re building a body of evidence that may well confirm the macronutrient’s role in weight management. Wants vs. needs The idea that protein plays a role in ...

As far as our bodies are concerned, energy equals calories. When we say proteins and carbohydrates supply 4 kcal per gram, and fat supplies 9 kcal per gram, that’s another way of quantifying the energy that each macronutrient contributes to the metabolic functions that keep us running—literally and figuratively. How those macronutrients turn their kilocalories into usable energy is a ...

Although no Lance Armstrong, Hartley Pond, vice president of technical sales, FutureCeuticals and Van Drunen Farms, Santa Rosa, CA, and recreational road and mountain biker, knows how it feels to bonk. “When you bonk,” Pond explains, “your body recognizes that you’re getting dangerously low on glucose. To save what’s essential for your central nervous system and brain, the glucose is ...

Shelves are stocked with food bars designed to fit nearly any consumer desire, whether meal replacement, nutritional boost or snack. Ingredient emphasis ranges from whole grains and protein enhancement to nutrient fortification and energy production. There are bars for breakfast, bars for snacks and some target specific demographics like athletes, children or dieters. On the other hand, a typical family ...