Nutritional Round-Up

1) Blueberries Reduce Belly Fat and Diabetes Risk (source: Mercola.com)
“Eating blueberries could help you get rid of belly fat, and a blueberry-enriched diet could stem the conditions that lead to diabetes. New research gives tantalizing clues to the potential of blueberries in reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. The effect is thought to be due to the high level of naturally occurring antioxidants called phytochemicals contained in blueberries.”

2) Sugar Stacks: The Amount of Sugar In Your Diet (source: SugarStacks.com)
My friend at Simoleon Sense pointed out this intersting site, which shows the amount of sugar in foods that we eat. Now, you may be surprised by the amount of sugar in fruits and veggies, but these are complex, natural sugars and not the bleached substance we find in snack foods.

3) Louise Fresco on Feeding The Whole World (source: TED.com)
“Louise Fresco argues that a smart approach to large-scale, industrial farming and food production will feed our planet’s incoming population of nine billion. Only foods like (the scorned) supermarket white bread, she says, will nourish on a global scale.”