Friday, the 5th of April
Avoid These Morning Breakfast Mistakes
In my years working with patients, I’ve found that for some people with good intentions, there seems to be a disconnect with what they consider a healthy breakfast. [read more]
Mediterranean Diet Could Decrease Costs
Not only can eating a Mediterranean diet lower your risk of heart-related disease and even help you live longer, it could also improve food security among people who rely on food banks for groceries, a new study suggests. [read more]
Restaurant Refuses To Serve Police Officers Because Of Their Guns
An employee at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Manassas, Va., refused to serve a group of police officers last Wednesday because their guns were on display. Denying service to cops is not the company’s official policy. [read more]
A New Pay-What-You-Want Experiment
Order a bowl of turkey chili at a St. Louis-area Panera Bread cafe and it’ll cost you a penny. Or $5. Or $100. In other words, whatever you decide. [read more]
Thursday, the 4th of April
SA Food prices soar above inflation rate
Already cash-strapped and struggling to put food on their tables, consumers have been facing food price increases significantly higher than the rate of inflation. [read more]
High-Protein Breakfast Helps Prevent Unhealthy Snacking
According to a new study published in he American Journal of Clinical Nutrition people who enjoy breakfasts high in protein are less likely to consume foods high in fat or sugar later in the evening. [read more]
Go Vegetarian 200 days per year! #healthbenefits
For years now we have been hearing how healthy the Mediterranean diet is. The recent study in New England Journal of Medicine confirmed what we already knew: This type of eating is good for the heart. [read more]
Restaurant gets $59,000 bill
Ever been totally flabbergasted by a bill? We’ll bet most of us have been there, but the recent experience of a New Jersey restaurant owner might take the cake. [read more]
Wednesday, the 3rd of April
U-turn for Cape Town liquor act
In a u-turn this morning, it was announced that one aspect of the controversial liquor law – no selling for off-consumption on Sundays in Cape Town – would be put on hold. Officially, it is still in place, but according to the Cape Times ‘enforcement of the law will be suspended.’ [read more]
Beer Pong Arcade Machine Is a Real Thing
It’s called Beer Pong Master, and it’s made by the dudes at Bay Tek Games, the same dudes who put similar, less booze-themed machines in your local kid-friendly arcades (think about the games you see at Chuck E. Cheese’s). [read more]
What 2,000 Calories Looks Like
What does 2,000 calories look like? The folks over at BuzzFeed decided to investigate. [read more]
Student Wants To Open Cafe That Serves Discarded Food For Free
Turkey meatballs, organic Greek yogurt, fair trade coffee. It sounds like the makings of a persnickety shopper’s grocery list. But it’s just one batch of fresh food that Maximus Thaler retrieved from a dumpster outside of a Massachusetts supermarket. [read more]
Tuesday, the 2nd of April
Win a hamper of Jamie Oliver Spices worth R1,000 with @Eat_Out
One lucky Eat Out reader can win a hamper of seasonings and grinders from Jamie Oliver’s new range. [read more]
McDonald’s Nutritionist: Our Food Is Healthy
Just days before a study from the Center for Science in the Public Interest lambasted fast food restaurants for the nutritional failures of their children’s meals, McDonald’s director of nutrition, Cindy Goody, defended the chain’s menu offerings as healthy. [read more]
All the Food Facts you need to know about Easter
It’s full of Easter facts and is put together in a great colorful design. Did you know that the world’s largest chocolate Easter bunny weighed three tons? Or that there are around 90 million chocolate bunnies made every year. [read more]
10 Unhealthy Foods You Think are Healthy
Like some of us learned in Chemistry class, fat is supposed to be more healthy the more liquid it is, therefore it’s commonly believed that all vegetable oils are healthy. And hey, they’re from plants, too! So this sounds about right. [read more]
