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Mike Bloomberg, Health Cop: Where's The War On Wheaties?

Mayor Mike Bloomberg has declared war on sodium, baby formula, sugar and, most recently, soda. But if Hizzoner is so concerned with your health, where's the war on Wheaties?Wheat is actually pretty horrible in terms of its ability to turn people into unhealthy fatsos. And unlike soda, it apparently ... More >>

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The Doctors TV Show Rips Paula Deen

Here's the picture of Deen shown on this morning's The Doctors. First thing on this morning's episode of the CBS show The Doctors, the panel lit into Paula Deen. They first criticized her for knowing she had diabetes three years ago and still promoting unhealthy meals on TV, noting "80 percent of ... More >>

The Mayor and Health Department Will Keep Scaring You With Gross Obesity Ads

Mike Bloomberg thinks that it's perfectly OK to scare you into behaving -- at least when it comes to what you eat. The mayor's office and health department say that their in-your-face public health ads -- one of which features a fake amputee -- are necessary shock tactics to get people to make heal ... More >>

Lexington Brass Chef Franklin Becker on Diabetic Cooking, Paula Deen, and Light Super Bowl Bites

Photo courtesy Franklin BeckerFranklin Becker still loves chicken wings on game day...but grilled ones​Yesterday we spoke with Franklin Becker, the chef at both Abe & Arthur's and Lexington Brass, who told us all about revamping the menu at Abe & Arthur's and what food trends are here to stay. ... More >>

Did Paula Deen's Diet Cause Her Diabetes?

This article delves into the possibilities, wondering, "How can bacon-doughnut egg burgers possibly be good for you?"

Paula Deen, Southern Butter Belle, Confirms Diabetes Rumors

Paula Deen has diabetes, but the Southern belle of butter intends to keep on eating the fatty, sugary, salty foods linked to the disease, according to Time.

Almost Everyone in America Is Too Fat

​Good morning! Are you enjoying a delicious donut with this blog post? Do you have full-fat milk in your coffee? Did you get your full intake of pizza-as-vegetable last night? Maybe so! According to two new research from the American Heart Association, Americans are getting fatter and sicker f ... More >>

Foreskins Are Saving Lives!

​Next time you're face to face with an uncut, cheesy noodle, don't scoff! That thing could be medically useful! Or at the very least cosmetically so. According to research, human foreskin fibroblasts can be used to help restore cells for everyone from diabetics to burn victims. And I'm not ... More >>

Do Diet Sodas Make You Fat? A University of Texas Study Seems to Say So

​Do Not Drink? It was too good to be true - the idea that you could drink massive amounts of diet soda and suffer no ill consequences. The NY Post reports today on a University of Texas medical school study that shows that people who drink diet sodas are 70% more likely to suffer an increase ... More >>

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Imperial No. Nine's Sam Talbot on Being a Chef with Diabetes and Why Chefs Need to be Ego-Free

Photo courtesy Sam TalbotGo fish, Sam Talbot.​ Yesterday we spoke with Sam Talbot, who is now helming sustainable seafood restaurant Imperial No. Nine in the Mondrian Hotel. Today he talks about growing up with diabetes and how that's influenced him to write a lifestyle-focused cookbook.

Elderly CUNY Professor Faces Death Threats from Glenn Beck Fans; Southern Sudan Votes to Secede

​Today, it's advisable that you stay the hell inside again: it'll be a high of 24. Get prepared for tomorrow, which won't even break 20 degrees. Frances Fox Piven is a 78-year-old liberal CUNY professor. She's also now the recipient of death threats as a result of Glenn Beck's efforts to paint he ... More >>

Reviewing Whisky Made From Diabetics' Urine

Mmmmmm​It's like your mother always said: you don't know if you like it until you try it. Think about how much you enjoy brussels sprouts now. And they sort of smell like pee, too! BoingBoing was kind enough to point us in the direction of the special Gilpin Family single malt blend, which is ... More >>

Gilpin Family Whisky Brings New Meaning to the Term 'Piss Drunk'

Gilpin Family WhiskySort of like turning water into wine, but not really.​Today in news guaranteed to to promote regurgitation, an industrious entrepreneur has started making whisky from the urine of elderly diabetics.

MAD AS HELL

Jamie Kilstein has some ideas for Obama

Simon Nunez, Missing Bronx Man, Found

We mentioned that Simon Nunez was missing yesterday. Good news: The 74-year-old Bronx man, who suffers from Alzheimer's dementia and diabetes, has been found at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Nunez was about five miles from his Beach Avenue home when he apparently became disoriented and wandered ... More >>

Simon Nunez, 74: Missing

​If you're in The Bronx, please keep an eye out for Simon Nunez, 74. He was last seen at Bainbridge Avenue and East 205 Street, just north of Bronx Park and about five miles from his Beach Avenue home. He was wearing a black jacket, green pants, a black baseball hat, blue shirt, a beige sweate ... More >>

And In Strange Studies: Pecorino, For Your Health

​A group of American and Italian scientists have put their resources and expertise to good use studying the long-term effects of Pecorino Romano cheese on human health. One usually thinks of formaggio as a fatty indulgence, but, apparently, the researchers have found that small amounts of the ... More >>

Quick Hits

​ Avenue D and 10th Street ca. 1937. h/t The Bowery Boys. Four men dressed as the Super Mario Brothers beat up and robbed a cabbie in Staten Island on Halloween. The Staten Island Advance has the story and some bizarre footage. A mysterious powder was found on the floor of a New Jersey Tra ... More >>

Marion Nestle on Calorie Counts, 16 Months In

When the New York City Department of Health regulated that chain restaurants must post calories, they promised huge health gains--calorie labels would prevent 30,000 cases of diabetes, they said, and reduce the number of obese New Yorkers by 150,000. Of course, it's too early to know whether or not ... More >>

Top Chef Now has its Own Holiday

Repeat After Us: I Will Stop Eating Candy in 2007

She gave up her addiction to strawberry laces and Milk Duds, and lived to tell the tale

Thousands Still Searching for Kin in New Orleans

Has anyone seen Alphonse? Julia Mae?

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One Dead in Ohio

An Inmate's Death Casts Doubt on the Company Picked to Run the City's Prison Health System

Profit Prophets

Wonks Predict Stormy Health Care Ahead