Not all red meats are created equal. Better phrased – not all red meats affect our health equally. These are the findings published recently in Circulation , the scholarly journal of the American Heart Association . Turns out that processed meats are far more likely to increase your chances of diabetes and heart disease, when compared to unprocessed. The study, a meta-analysis of previous research efforts, specifically bifurcated meats... 

Pollan nation: In what is ostensibly a five-book review for the June 10 New York Review of Books, journalist Michael Pollan has an epic essay charting the emergence and character of the food movement. Or, as he puts it, “‘movements,’ since it is unified as yet by little more than the recognition that industrial food production is in need of reform because its social/environmental/public health/animal welfare/gastronomic costs... 

Remember the proposed soda tax? The added penny per fluid ounce, generating $50 billion in funds to combat obesity in the next 10 years. Well, forget about it. Never mind obesity. To hell with diabetes. The beverage industry needs to grow its bottom line, and no one is going to to tax its products. Certainly not a bunch of do gooders on behalf of the “nanny-state”. You see, in this great democracy called America, money votes. And... 

credit: George Burns, Harpo Productions Today’s episode of Oprah is dedicated to type 2 diabetes. Over 24 million Americans are suffering from diabetes and a staggering 1.6 million are added every year. million of us are “pre-diabetic”, meaning we are on our way to fall off the cliff. This is crazy! There is a very strong correlation between obesity and diabetes, and that’s why creating good eating habits at a young age... 

Huntington, West Virginia is the sickest city in the country. The stats show that almost half its inhabitants are obese. Diabetes rates are very high; people are suffering from heart ailments and other assorted maladies. British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver , who has already revamped the UK’s school lunch system is now attempting to achieve same in the home country of fast food. Will he succeed? A new reality show, Food Revolution, will...