Back in October last year we blogged about KFC’s Double Down Chicken Sandwich: bacon, swiss cheese, pepper jack cheese and the “Colonel’s special sauce” sandwiched between two fried breaded chicken fillets instead of buns.  On Monday they are finally releasing the sandwich.  Nutrition for You thinks it’s a serious waste of calories
Clearly, there is no nutrition benefit in replacing two buns, which are equivalent to 2 grams of fat and 160 calories, with two fried chicken fillets. The KFC Double Down sandwich has an …

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Manuel Villacorta’s #1 San Francisco Weight Loss Clinic MV Nutrition and DIAKADI Body Personal Training and Wellness Center are looking for obese residents of the San Francisco Bay Area who have a desire to lose weight and embrace a healthier lifestyle in 2010.  As part of the Commit-to-Fit Contest, one winner will be chosen to receive a year’s worth of one-on-one personal training and nutrition coaching.  To apply, applicants must send in a three-minute video of themselves explaining how a total body transformation would …

Is KFC following the low carb trend?
It seems like it with their latest high-calorie creation, the Double Down Chicken Sandwich: it’s bacon, swiss cheese, pepper jack cheese and the “Colonel’s special sauce” sandwiched between two fried breaded chicken fillets instead of buns.
Clearly, there is no nutrition benefit in replacing two buns, which are equivalent to 2 grams of fat and 160 calories, with two fried chicken fillets. The KFC Double Down sandwich has an astounding 590 calories, 31 grams of total fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 190 mg …

by Manuel Villacorta
The current buzz about brown fat is actually yesterday’s news.  Brown fat is not a new discovery and scientists have known about the good and the bad types of body fat for a long time.
White or visceral fat is bad fat that one gains from overeating.  Excessive visceral fat in the body may result in a variety of health problems that include diabetes, hypertension and cancer.  Brown fat, on the other hand, is good fat that drives the body to burn white fat and generate heat.  Infants carry …

Nancy L Snyderman, M.D. and BeWell.com worked closely with Nutrition for You founder Manuel Villacorta MS, RD, CSSD to provide nutrition advice on a number of topics.  Links and excerpts below.
“Dr. Nancy L. Snyderman is Chief Medical Editor of NBC News. Previously, she was Vice President, Consumer Education, at Johnson & Johnson where she headed a new educational initiative, Understanding Health, which focused on educating and informing the public about health and medicine.”
Topic: Family Fitness Makeover: Getting Grocery Smarts
Excerpt:
“Like many working moms, Kathleen Beck knows she hasn’t been able …

by Dennis Allio
There was a great article on the web today from Fooducate.com on “Mott’s is Watering Down Kidding Drinks“.
“They’ve [Mott's] introduced a line of juices for young children – Mott’s for Tots, with 40% less sugar, but 10% more expensive. Not a lot of food science went into this formulation. Mott’s simply replaced 40% of the juice with good old water. Marketing science – yes.”
This is a good article that first describes how fruit juice is really condensed fruit.  You can frequently find four servings of fruit in a …

by Dennis Allio
Something we see every day, but  the folks over at Medical News Today wrote a nice summary of a study by a Dutch study published in the open access journal, BMC Public Health.
“Overall, all the groups had significant weight loss and reduced their fat intake, but those in the phone group lost the most weight and had the greatest improvement in diet. There were no overall significant differences between the phone and internet groups and both groups that received counseling lost more weight than participants who …

by Manuel Villacorta
You may have heard the alarming statistics about America’s weight problem: 65% of Americans are obese or overweight.  Ten years ago about 10-15% of the nation was labeled obese today it is 20-29%.   So, what should we do?  Should we wait until a pharmaceutical company discovers a magic pill?  Or should we learn how to eat properly and control our self-destructive behaviors?
Pharmaceutical companies have spent millions of dollars researching the “magic pill.”  Many have been released on the market only to have dire consequences.  These companies propagate the …