Does the additional 2.5 grams of fiber convert this product to a health food? Whether Froot Loops really is a better choice than a doughnut, as the Smart Choices program contends, seems debatable. If I read the Nutrition Facts and ingredient list correctly, Froot Loops cereal contains:
- No fruit
- Sugar as the first ingredient (meaning the highest in weight–41%)
- Sugar as 44% of the calories
- Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil and, therefore, trans fat (although less than half a gram per serving so the label can read zero)
—“Kellogg’s Asks for a Froot Loops Correction,” Marion Nestle, Food Politics
Yesterday, Cartrain told The Independent: “I went to the Tate Britain and by chance had a golden opportunity to borrow a packet of pencils from the Pharmacy exhibit. That same day I made up a fake police appeal poster advertising that the pencils had been removed from the Tate and that if anyone had any information they should contact the police on the phone number advertised. “A few weeks later I went out and I returned home to find out the art and antiques squad from New Scotland Yard had called round with a warrant for my arrest.” —“Damien Hirst in Vicious Feud with Teenage Artist Over a Box of Pencils,” Arifa Akbar, The Independent
World job market improving, but young workers are a “lost generation”;
John Doe & Dave Alvin– “See How We Are” (via);
Pixar sued over its lamp (via)
Three years ago, I proposed a major health insurance program to the Congress, seeking to guarantee adequate financing of health care on a nationwide basis. That proposal generated widespread discussion and useful debate. But no legislation reached my desk. Today the need is even more pressing because of the higher costs of medical care. Efforts to control medical costs under the New Economic Policy have been Inept with encouraging success, sharply reducing the rate of inflation for health care. Nevertheless, the overall cost of health care has still risen by more than 20 percent in the last two and one-half years, so that more and more Americans face staggering bills when they receive medical help today. —“Special Message to the Congress Proposing a Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan” (1974), Richard Nixon, Kaiser Health News
“Is Human Rights Watch’s Anti-Israel Investigator a Nazi-Obsessed Collector?”;
the ten most pirated ebooks;
why the Easter Island statues wear red hats (via);
finally: film of tiny parrots
