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...carb-obsessed nation, formerly known as the fat-obsessed nation, is as hungry as ever for new ways to fight the growing obesity problem—no, wait, epidemic. It’s gotten to the point that we’re almost out of puns and clever alliterations involving food and fat. My attempts to tie in the Garfield movie with a piece on pet obesity weren’t met too favorably by my editors, however. I suppose that’s a good thing...
...lies in China, the U.S. market remains easily the most profitable. Even in the down-and-dirty beer business, the recent skirmishes between Miller and Bud have been notable for their aggressiveness. With more and more Atkins-conscious beer drinkers watching their waistlines and Anheuser's Michelob Ultra low-carb beer taking off, Miller launched ads in late 2003 pointing out that Miller Lite had half the carbs of Bud Light. Then, in April, Adami upped the ante with the humorous President of Beers campaign. Once it became clear that Miller's well-crafted messages were having an impact, Budweiser...
...next big thing out of California is 18 in. high, weighs about 50 lbs. and is capable of traveling up to 70 m.p.h. Meet the pocket bike, a scaled-down motorcycle that is selling faster than low-carb hot cakes across the Golden State--and causing nightmares for traffic police...
...CALORIES COUNT. It's not low fat vs. low carb. You can eat fewer calories by eating less food--which is why you can lose weight on any diet that restricts entire categories of foods or limits portion sizes--but you may get hungry and gain it back. Fat has 9 calories per gram, but protein and carbohydrates have only 4 calories per gram, so when you eat less fat, you consume fewer calories without having to eat less food. So eat less fat and fewer simple carbs...
...carb craze may be affecting sales of Krispy Kremes, but the doughnut is finding new life as a high-end dessert. Pastry chefs are now filling their after-dinner menus with doughnuts and fritters fresh from the fryer, like the Drunken Doughnuts at New York City's Maloney and Porcelli, left, which come with three tiny jars of liquor-spiked jams. Also in Manhattan, at the Red Cat, pastry chef Rebecca Masson offers risotto fritters with gingered blueberries and wildflower honey semifreddo, while diners at Riingo are treated to doughnut holes filled with green tea jam. At Grace restaurant...