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...place to find healthy food but there is general agreement that Iowa's famous fair - held for 11 days in mid-August - is offering a few more nutritious options, including more foods cooked in trans fat free oil. The trick is finding the stuff - and getting more fairgoers to eat it. The lousy economy also may not be helping. "It's a growing trend that as consumers are looking for and demanding more options that are lower in calories and fat, smaller portions, more healthful, the vendors are responding," says Ruth Litchfield, State Nutrition Specialist for Iowa State University...
...just the obvious culprits that are an issue but the way food is prepared (deep-fried veggies), served (corn with gobs of butter, fresh fruit with whipped cream) and portioned (one-pound turkey legs.) "Even good foods can be not so good if you eat excessive amounts," says Litchfield. This year, portion control is not in vogue, she suspects, due to a poor economy that has some vendors responding to increasingly cash-strapped fairgoers by offering larger portions for the same price (an often high price to begin with.) "I would have preferred to see a lower price...
Then there's the challenge of creating something portable to cater to fairgoers' desire to eat-and-walk - which explains the mounting number of foods on-a-stick (50 this year, from pickle on-a-stick to chocolate-covered cheesecake on-a-stick.) "How are you going to be able to hold a drink in one hand, your salad in another and still try to eat?" says McCubbin. (See pictures of what the world eats, part...
...Tale of Two Cattle How did your hamburger get to your plate - and what did it eat along the way? The journey of beef illustrates the great American food chain...
Diet: Grass Niman's cows eat only grass, along with a smattering of hay. That's the normal diet for cattle. Their rumen, a digestive organ, can break down grasses we'd find inedible...