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Diet and Nutrition

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    The Veggielante Meets MoKaBe's Coffeehouse

    The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to proselytize ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    The Ten Best Vegetarian Restaurants in St. Louis

    Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    New Initiative Promotes Produce, not Chips, at Corner Stores

    Step away from the brown banana. Don't touch the bruised apple. And forget about that slimy hard-boiled egg you grabbed from the cooler. When was the last time you stopped at a convenience store for a snack and didn't see "healthy" fare that looked more congealed than what's in the back of your frid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Scientists Figure Out How Red Wine Keeps You Young

    The glory days of Mad Men, when doctors prescribed regular cigarette smoking and judiciously-administered (daily) glasses of alcohol, are, sadly, long gone -- except for red wine, that miracle drink that keeps us young and healthy while also getting us drunk. Good Lord how we love it! For a long ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Flintstone's Chewable Heroin?

    ​An 11-year-old Madison County girl found some mysterious capsules on a dresser in her home and asked her mother, Nicole L. Edwards, what they were. Mom told her they were vitamins and left it at that -- she also left the capsules with her kid. The girl, who was smart enough to recognize that most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    The Veggielante Visits Atomic Cowboy

    The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to proselytize ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    The Veggielante Puts Three Kings Public House to the Test

    ​The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to prosely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    1,050-Calorie "Steak Gorgonzola Alfredo"? Michelle Obama Says Yes, We Can!

    ​Gut Check ain't exactly nostalgic for the good ol' days of the George W. Bush administration. Still, a phrase that Dubya once used has stuck with us over the years: "the soft bigotry of low expectations." He was talking about education, but you can apply it to all sorts of things.Like, say, the h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    #60: Raw Veggie Burger at PuraVegan

    Bryan PetersNo buns allowed, no buns needed.​St. Louis is no stranger to veggie burgers -- from the divine at SweetArt to the pedestrian at too many places -- and it's important to understand this context. In fact, the owners of PuraVegan first started making veggie burgers at their old restau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Elie Harir of The Mediterranean Grill: Recipe for Tabbouleh

    This is part three of Emily Wasserman's Chef's Choice profile of chef Elie Harir of the Mediterranean Grill. Part one can be found here. Part two, a Q&A with Harir, is published here. Kelly HoganAn assortment of Mediterranean salads and dips, including Harir's tabbouleh​Elie Harir knows good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Vitamin D Can Ease Pain of Breast Cancer Treatment, Wash U Finds

    ​Vitamin D is enjoying a serious moment in the sun lately, if you'll pardon the pun. The vitamin, which we produce naturally when we're exposed to sunshine, has been shown to be crucial in maintaining bone health and immune function. It may help keep hair and eyes healthy. And mushrooms that have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Calorie Consumption Rises When Counts Are Posted? Makes Sense to Us

    A Big Mac? Yes, thank you. And can you please super-size me?​So this week, we get the news that the policy of forcing fast-food restaurants to prominently post calorie counts for menu items has been a giant bust. A study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and New York City shows that cus ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2011

    Take Me to Your Feeder: Welcome to the world's largest candy convention. Be advised: Resistance is futile.

    A Big Mac? Yes, thank you. And can you please super-size me?​So this week, we get the news that the policy of forcing fast-food restaurants to prominently post calorie counts for menu items has been a giant bust. A study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and New York City shows that cus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    The Veggielante Puts The Royale to the Test

    ​The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to prosely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    St. Louis Girl is the "Cutest Vegetarian," says PETA

    Madeleine Smith, the cutest vegetarian in all the land, according to peta2.​Peta2, the young adult version of the often-controversial animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, announced Monday the two cutest vegetarians in the country. And the cutest vegetarian girl in all t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    The Veggielante Puts Barrister's to the Test

    ​The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to prosely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Eat Less, Live Longer

    image via​Some people will do just about anything to live longer -- eat less meat, eat more chocolate, give up alcohol, drink a glass of red wine every day -- but that's all based on anecdotal evidence. A group of researchers at Washington University, though, may have made a breakthrough in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Chocolate Milk is Served in Schools - Everyone Panic!

    Wikimedia Commons​ This week, we've zeroed in on the cause of all the ills in America's children - it's chocolate milk served in school cafeterias! Chocolate milk! ABC News reported yesterday that dentists are joining some nutritionists in decrying the horrors of chocolate milk. Even the U.K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    ADHD and Food Dyes: Seven Videos That Make the Connection

    There's been a lot of back-and-forth recently about the connection between artificial food dyes and attention deficit disorder. Some studies link food dye to ADHD; they're making the children unhinged little maniacs! Others, like one done by the Food and Drug Administration, suggest that parents ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Step Away From the Pork Chop: Great American Meatout Saturday

    For friending, not eating.​Quit eatin' meat, wouldya? It's no good for you or the planet. That's the message the St. Louis Vegetarian Society would love for you to get on Saturday. That's the date of the annual Great American Meatout, a day vegetarians across the planet -- in all 50 states and two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Uber-Vegan Author Will Tuttle Speaks Tomorrow

    ​Author Will Tuttle makes the case in his book The World Peace Diet that society's ills share a common root cause: maligning animals for food. Hear him hold forth on veganism saving the world tomorrow at the Christ Church Cathedral courtesy of the St. Louis Vegetarian Society.Tuttle's 2005 tome lo ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    Something stinks: Cops take aim at dogs (again) and complaints persist over E. coli in waterways

    ​Author Will Tuttle makes the case in his book The World Peace Diet that society's ills share a common root cause: maligning animals for food. Hear him hold forth on veganism saving the world tomorrow at the Christ Church Cathedral courtesy of the St. Louis Vegetarian Society.Tuttle's 2005 tome lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning to Work Takes on New Meaning at Hardee's

    The Hardee's logo of our youth.​St. Louis-based fast-food chain Hardee's announced yesterday a new menu item -- hand-breaded chicken tenders -- and while we'll let Ian determine whether the new dish is worth your money, you can be sure the new commercial is annoyingly quotable. (See video belo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 5.28

    Ohio's nervous about the effect of companies removing high fructose corn syrup from their products. According to U.S. News and World Report, corn for sweeteners is a $2.1 billion industry with 1,700 refining employees and 2,500 corn formers in Ohio. "'Farmers are extremely concerned,' said Fred Yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 5.28

    Ohio's nervous about the effect of companies removing high fructose corn syrup from their products. According to U.S. News and World Report, corn for sweeteners is a $2.1 billion industry with 1,700 refining employees and 2,500 corn formers in Ohio. "'Farmers are extremely concerned,' said Fred Yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Analysis Argues KFC Double Down Unhealthier Than You Think

    Ian Froeb​You can say many things about the KFC Double Down "sandwich" of bacon and cheese between two fried (or grilled) chicken-breast fillets -- Gut Check called it a triumph of marketing over substance, and we might have been kinder than the average response -- but at 540 calories, you can't s ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 9, 2009

    Weed Eaters: A raw-food movement is beginning to sprout in St. Louis

    Ian Froeb​You can say many things about the KFC Double Down "sandwich" of bacon and cheese between two fried (or grilled) chicken-breast fillets -- Gut Check called it a triumph of marketing over substance, and we might have been kinder than the average response -- but at 540 calories, you can't s ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 1, 2009

    Where's the Beef?: Has Allison Burgess created faux food, fad food — or a groundbreaking meat substitute?

    Ian Froeb​You can say many things about the KFC Double Down "sandwich" of bacon and cheese between two fried (or grilled) chicken-breast fillets -- Gut Check called it a triumph of marketing over substance, and we might have been kinder than the average response -- but at 540 calories, you can't s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2009

    Get Herbal at Herbie's

    Ian Froeb​You can say many things about the KFC Double Down "sandwich" of bacon and cheese between two fried (or grilled) chicken-breast fillets -- Gut Check called it a triumph of marketing over substance, and we might have been kinder than the average response -- but at 540 calories, you can't s ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2009

    Fat No More: Unreal talks weight loss and Spanks with a top local loser

    Ian Froeb​You can say many things about the KFC Double Down "sandwich" of bacon and cheese between two fried (or grilled) chicken-breast fillets -- Gut Check called it a triumph of marketing over substance, and we might have been kinder than the average response -- but at 540 calories, you can't s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Panera Ranked Healthiest Fast Food by Health Magazine

    St. Louis' own Panera -- a.k.a. St. Louis Bread Co. -- has been dubbed the healthiest fast-food chain in the country by Health Magazine. How did the magazine determine Panera's standing?Using criteria that was created with the help of our expert panel, we scored the chains on such factors as the us ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 2008

    Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival

    2 p.m. Wednesday, July 23. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Review Preview: Gioia's Deli & Shapiro's Market

    2 p.m. Wednesday, July 23. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    Thanksgiving Comes Early!

    2 p.m. Wednesday, July 23. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights

  • Dining

    October 17, 2007

    Sipahh Milk Flavoring Straws Cookies and Cream artificial flavor

    $2.00
    Schnucks
    6600 Clayton Road
    Richmond Heights

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Hardee's Offers Something to Tide You Over Until Your Lunchtime Thickburger

    $2.00
    Schnucks
    6600 Clayton Road
    Richmond Heights

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 8/22

    $2.00
    Schnucks
    6600 Clayton Road
    Richmond Heights

  • Dining

    August 15, 2007

    Promise Activ Peach SuperShots

    $4.65
    Straub's
    302 North Kingshighway Blvd.

  • Dining

    February 14, 2007

    Enviga

    $1.39 (estimated)
    Arrived via media kit

  • Dining

    January 31, 2007

    Vault

    99 cents
    Shell
    6211 Delmar Boulevard

  • Dining

    January 18, 2006

    Bean There

    Hummus? Mediterranean omelets? Eye-opening jolts of java? At the Oasis, you can have it all.

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    This Gland Is Your Gland

    Unreal snags the rare prostate interview, drops in on a lawyer's blog and cracks open a can of Dinty Moore beef stew (the linchpin of the Pontoon Beach Diet); plus, how many Post reporters does it take to tell us it's really frickin' cold?

  • Film

    May 12, 2004

    McRibbing

    A man eats fast food for a month -- guess what happens

  • Dining

    January 14, 2004

    Michelob Ultra vs. Guinness Draught in a Bottle

    Racanelli's Pizza, 12 S. Euclid Avenue, 314-367-7866

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Takeout Counter (Grocery Division)

    Whole Foods Market

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Cheese Counter

    Whole Foods

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002

    Best Health-Food Store

    Natural Way

  • Restaurants

    April 17, 2002

    Soups

    St. Louis Bread Co.

  • Dining

    October 17, 2001

    Side Dish

    The new Whole Foods Market is a treasure trove for foodies

  • Dining

    March 1, 2000

    Fat Chance

    A new low-fat cookbook lands itself on the "enemies of gastronomy" list

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