Diet and Nutrition

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Two Americas, Continued

Ask the Food Critic: How do Locals Get a Hold of Local Fruit?

Is "Healthy" Food Healthier than "Fast"? Not Always

Baskin-Robbins' Death Shake: Drink Up!

Weird Science

The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.

It's Tea Time, Dude

The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.

You Are What You Read

The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.

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East Coast Burrito Factory

Best Health Food Store

Whole Foods Market

Best Health-Food Store

Nutrition Depot Discount Vitamin Centers

Best Vegetarian Restaurant

Low Fat No Fat Café

Best Meal for Cheapskates

Who's on First Gourmet Deli

Arts and Eats

Who's on First Gourmet Deli

McRibbing

A man eats fast food for a month -- guess what happens

Gold in Boca

A man eats fast food for a month -- guess what happens

Foodstuff

Esposito's Pizza Restaurant

Foodstuff

Power Smoothie

The Doctor Will Sell You Now

Supplied by Rexall Showcase of Boca Raton, doctors and other distributors are pitching alternative forms of medicine that may not work in ways that may not be legal

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Fred's Ultima Café & Market

Rockstar Zero Carb Energy Drink: Surprisingly Drinkable

After nearly two solid decades of heavy caffeine consumption, I count myself nearly immune to the wonder drug. While my morning coffee/Diet Mountain Dew regimen gets me back to normal, sometimes that's simply not enough. So I've decided to start trying out the bevy of energy drinks on the market to ... More >>

NOS Energy Drink: Like an Orange Creamsicle Rollercoaster

​After nearly two solid decades of heavy caffeine consumption, I count myself nearly immune to the wonder drug. With a thousand different kinds of energy drinks on the market, I've decided to find out which ones work, and which should just be mixed with vodka and evacuated a few hours later. This ... More >>

Top iPhone Apps for Losing Weight After the Holidays

​Happy New Year everyone! Now that the imbibing is done, the holidays are past, and we're looking at the next decade, you might be looking at what you did to over-indulge this holiday season. Let the New Year's resolutions and weight loss promises begin!To help you with your plans to lose the holi ... More >>

Fast-Casual Tex-Mex Tijuana Flats Rolls Out New Menu

Courtesy of Tijuana Flats​ Burrito lovers rejoice! With their biggest menu roll out in their 15 year existence, fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurant Tijuana Flats welcomes half a dozen new menu options to the South Florida Mexican food-loving masses starting today. All six new items were featured items ... More >>

The Five Most Horribly Fattening Items From Tex-Mex Chains

Photo by Flickr user serlingrod​Hidden in President Obama's health-care initiative is a regulation that requires chain restaurants to begin posting nutritional information on the food. This may seem like trouble for burger joints, but it might be Tex-Mex burrito purveyors that face the most troubl ... More >>

The Five Healthiest Fast Food Options

Wikipedia CommonsPlease, just don't eat this.​​Face it, you can't always eat healthy.Now don't argue. There are times when you can't hit up the specialty market to make the gourmet salad. Next option? McDonald's!Yes, we know that's not the best idea. But there are things you can eat to make sure ... More >>

Trata Greek Taverna in Fort Lauderdale: Great Food, No Gimmicks

Wikipedia CommonsPlease, just don't eat this.​​Face it, you can't always eat healthy.Now don't argue. There are times when you can't hit up the specialty market to make the gourmet salad. Next option? McDonald's!Yes, we know that's not the best idea. But there are things you can eat to make sure ... More >>

DNA Energy Drink Seeking Spokesmodel

​I was stoked when my editor threw this little gem of an assignment into my lap: Boca Raton-based DNA Energy Drink is searching for Miss DNA 2011, which means that I get to thumb through multiple indexes of relatively attractive women as part of my research process. At least that's the story I'm ... More >>

Q & A with Davionne Dobson of Remnant Affairs Catering: Vegan Catering in Fort Lauderdale and South Florida

flickr: NorwichNutsVegan food can be rich and delicious ​A personal chef is like a life coach for your belly. If it seems like an out-of-reach luxury item, let us introduce you to Davionne Dobson, proprietor of Remnant Affairs Catering. Meals made by the local vegan chef and caterer are a gift of ... More >>

Vegan Potluck Party and Storytelling at Sweat Records Saturday

​Whether it involves sifting out the gravelish bits of ham hock from "meatless" baked beans or finger flicking the bacon bits from the community salad, holiday potluck parties can be disappointing and dodgy territory for vegans. This is why, if there's ever a time when vegans can ge ... More >>

Q & A with John Lenhard, Chef at Sublime in Fort Lauderdale

Photo by Michele Sandberg​When one of my chefs tells me about a place I just "have to try", I go running. I couldn't wait to speak with John Lenhard, Culinary Team Leader at Sublime in Fort Lauderdale, because my fascination with the vegan lifestyle. I am awed by the ski ... More >>

Six Hangover Cures (Courtesy of Your Local Bartenders)

Photo by Samantha Levine"Woohoo!"​ With so many South Florida drinking establishments serving till the wee hours, it's easy to wrap up a seemingly good night, only to wake up with a nasty banging headache that feels like tiny angry elves are hammering away at your temples rudely reminding yo ... More >>

Oprah Winfrey: Vegan Ally

Alan Light / flickrOprah is a friend to veggies everywhere.​​Whether it was going to court to face the beef industry in the late '90s, dedicating episodes of her talk show to behind-the-scenes looks at factory farms, or taking viewers on a grocery-store run for dairy-free junk food with Alicia S ... More >>

Confessions of a Marlins Cheerleader

Denis BancroftJen the Mermaid​Sure, some of us have been hitting the gym, but unfortunately it takes more than an express session on the treadmill to terminate that spare tire. Baseball season is imminent (Marlins spring training begins February 27 in Jupiter) and I recently had the pleasure of in ... More >>

Raw food expo coming to Broward County Convention Center

​If the statement of 'you are what you eat' holds true, then right now I am a warm and gelatinous pile of vegan biscuits and gravy with a handful of Sour Patch Kids clinging to the curvier bits of my exterior. But if I had the discipline, I'd much rather resemble the long and slender stalk of ... More >>

Chef to Chef: Q&A With Raoul Valle, Owner of Green Wave Cafe

Photo provided by Green Wave Cafe Over the past few years, there has been a heightened focus on food and where it comes from. Books like Fast Food Nation and Kitchen Confidential have been huge popular hits. If you're having nightmares about where your food comes from and how it's been proce ... More >>

Yummy in My Tummy: Is Organic Baby Food Worth It?

Michael StanleyHappy customers spread the word about organic baby food.​ Enter the Yummy in My Tummy storefront in Sunrise and you're sure to find more than just baby food. You may, like I did, find babies rolling on beach balls. It's baby yoga time! What exactly is going on here?

"New Times" Cupcake Battle: Q&A With Yvette Sanchez of Skinny Chic Desserts

flickr.com: lamantinThe New Times Cupcake Battle at the 2011 Las Olas Wine & Food Festival begins at 7:30 tonight!  Clean Plate Charlie interviewed owners of the participating bakeries and Skinny Chic Desserts completes our Q&A countdown.We emailed Yvette Sanchez, owner of Skinny Chic ... More >>

PETA Names Sublime's Apple Crumb Pie The Best Vegan Pie in America

PETA Sublime's apple pie - delicious and cruelty free.​People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals just named Sublime's Apple Crumb Pie ala Mode the best vegan pie in America. The pie, made with an oatmeal streusel, Granny Smith apples and currants, is totally vegan, as is the ice "cream" ... More >>

Michelle Obama and USDA Say Food Pyramid Out, My Plate In

flckr/ Rapid City Public LibraryThis food pyramid is old news. America, it's time for a new food lesson...​ Remember that food pyramid you learned about in grade school and kept seeing around the place? Well, it's outta here. The United States Department of Agriculture has launched a new visual i ... More >>

Six Chain Restaurants That Serve Over 1,000 Calories in ONE Dish

trifter.com​Forget super-sized fries, Angry Whoppers, Kentucky-fried chicken legs and grilled, stuffed burritos. Some of the worst calorie sins aren't committed at your favorite drive-through, fast food restaurants. No, the real hidden calorie killers: chain restaurants.From a rack of ribs dr ... More >>

Vegan Athlete/Vega Creator Brendan Brazier Coming to Whole Foods

​If you still have the image of Rocky Balboa guzzling down six raw eggs for breakfast before heading to a boxing session at the meat-packing plant as your guide to optimal muscle mass, it might be time to get acquainted with Brendan Brazier. As a vegan professional Ironman triathlete, best-selling ... More >>

Q &A with Raw Foods Chef Christopher Slawson of Christopher's Kitchen

Photo provided by Christopher's Kitchen Chef Christopher Slawson Raw food has been dubbed as a revolution, a movement, a diet, a trend. But Chef Christopher Slawson is so dedicated to eating raw foods -- or as he calls them, "living foods" -- that he has opened a raw foods eatery, Christophe ... More >>

Epic Meal Time: The Epic Chicken Burger Combo (Video)

Epic Meal TimeWith 81,310 calories, this is one death-defying dinner.​Harley Morenstein and his epic buds are back for a little post-holiday snack, Epic Meal Time-style.In this new...uhhhh....recipe for death and destruction, Harley and the guys round up some of fast food's best chicken burgers. A ... More >>

Fat, Sodium, Calories: Ten Dense Dishes

weheartit.comDoes your food want you to die?​You see them on TV, you drive past them on the way home - chain restaurants that offer food, fun and convenience. We know its difficult to ignore their siren songs of cheap food and menus that weight more than a toddler.  In order to make your food ... More >>

Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde Closes Her Ohio Restaurant, Citing Bad Economy

Chrissie Hynde has closed her vegan restaurant.​Chrissie Hynde closed her vegan restaurant on Sunday, citing a bad economy.  The Akron, Ohio, restaurant was open four years and was voted one of the top five vegan restaurants in America by Business Week.The Vegiterranean served vegan dishes wi ... More >>

Ellen DeGeneres And Portia de Rossi To Open Vegan Restaurant

ABCEllen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi plan to open a vegan restaurant in California​Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have plans to open a vegan restaurant on Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, reports The Hollywood Reporter.Other investors include rocker Chrissy Hynde and entre ... More >>

Binge Drinking in Florida? Feds Say Not Here

​The Onion has penned many parodies of this state, including Florida Legalizes Taking Guns to Work; Florida State University to Phase Out Academic Operations by 2010; and 'Ravaged' Named Florida's Official State Adjective. Though it reads like it, this stat is no parody. According to the Centers f ... More >>

School Lunch Changes Mean Fewer Animal Crackers And No Canned Fruits

​No more animal crackers for iron at your kid's cafeteria. In the first overhaul of school food in fifteen years, all schools must be in compliance of the US Department of Agriculture's school food rules by July 1, 2012. Florida schools have prepped for the changes by switching control of the scho ... More >>

Energy Kitchen in Fort Lauderdale Opens Friday

​Attention, health fiends and Meatless Mondayites: Energy Kitchen, a health-conscious concept in which no menu item is more than 500 calories, opens Friday. Does under 500 calories mean healthy? Peruse a McDonald's menu and a slew of items fits that bill: a hamburger (250), cheeseburger (300), dou ... More >>