Posts Tagged ‘alcohol’

Can’t See the Pink Elephant

September 14, 2015 — Hiding behind headlines about how diet sodas are linked to eating more junk food is a huge pink elephant that health reporters are ignoring. Though the notion of diet sodas being some sort of gateway to junk food had more zing, that same study found a five-fold bigger increase in daily calories linked to alcohol consumption. That’s […]

Is That Martini Making Me Eat More?

July 1, 2015 — That strawberry martini might be giving you extra calories in more ways than one. Not only does each martini give you a little more than 150 calories, new research published in Obesity suggests that it may lead you to eat more by heightening your physiologic response to food aromas. Researchers at the Indiana University School […]