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8 Belly Busting Burritos From Your Favorite Fast Food Joints

May 21, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

Burritos have a lot of calories. That’s not exactly “news at eleven,” but even the most calorie-conscious among us would be surprised by how quickly the numbers add up between the flour-tortilla folds. Sure, we could cut out the shredded cheese and even the tortilla itself and save a few calories, but that’d be ignoring one important fact—life is short. Too short, in my opinion, to waste it worrying about the occasional foil-wrapped indulgence. (Unless “occasional” means multiple times a week, in which case you probably don’t give a flying fiesta bowl about calorie counts.)When it comes to burritos, I say go big or go home. And at these Mexican fast-food chains, it’s hard to do otherwise.

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TFIG Red Pepper

May 21, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

Orange juices put to a taste test

May 21, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

Orange juice is like liquid sunshine, and Americans quaff 1.6 billion gallons, on average, every year. To weed out the, er, lemons, the Good Housekeeping Research Institute tested 12 different orange juices—some with pulp, some without. See which ones our testers chose as their main squeeze.

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What sugar is doing to your skin

May 21, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

We all know that indulging our sweet tooth can wreak havoc on our waistline. But now, skin-care scientists have found another surprising side effect: sugar can speed up signs of aging, too. The process is known as glycation, and it’s capable of damaging the very structure of your skin, allowing premature wrinkles and sagging to set in.

Read more here: The bitter truth about sugar and your skin

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Amazing but unnecessary kitchen gadgets

May 21, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

A typical toaster costs $15, and does a fine job of crisping your crusts. But for just $285 more dollars, you can watch your bread burn from behind a double-paned glass window. Unnecessary? Definitely. But boy is it fun watching the bread brown. Here’s the toaster of the future—and three other expensive, over-the-top, but still awesome kitchen gadgets.

Read more here: 4 Amazing But Completely Unnecessary Kitchen Gadgets

Ronald McDonald under fire

May 21, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

Retire Ronald McDonald? No way.

That’s the message McDonald’s Corp.’s CEO Jim Skinner gave Thursday to the red-haired clown’s critics who say the cartoon promotes unhealthy eating and should go the way of the Marlboro Man and Joe Camel.

“The answer is no,” Skinner told a room full of shareholders who gathered for a meeting at the company’s headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, Ill.

Read more here: McDonald’s says no way Ronald will retire