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F.D.A Allows a 20% Margin of Error on Food Labels.
I expect a margin of error at restaurants and I realize that even in an automated system the production and packaging of foods is going to have slight variances, but 20%??? That is not a small margin of error. And then, according to the F.D.A., no one verifies the accuracy of these calorie listings. The system essentially…
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Home Dehydration and Calories Question.
I searched the forums to see if this question had been posed before, but the search engine decided to "autocorrect" my search and I got a list of tons of threads on being dehydrated instead of dehydrators. I dug out my ancient dehydrator when my mother gave me a giant bag of apples. She said she was burned out on them. Now…
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Interesting Fast Food/Non-Fast Food Price Nutrition Comparis
A small graphic comparing one fast food meal with two homemade meals. I found it interesting especially considering how many people I know who say that they are too broke to buy food at the grocery store so they get fast food because it's cheaper. http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/images/NYTfoodgraphpicfull.jpg Not sure if this…
