Sucrose vs Sucrose.

I was thinking of people that use honey vs white refined sugar for some odd reason. Maybe it was an email that reminded me or something. Anyway, People seem to think that using honey as opposed to white refined sugar is more healthy because it is all natural. People who have had nutrition or Chemistry know that this claim is kind of bogus. Sugar is sugar. It is the same chemical and has the exact effect on a persons body physiologically as the other.Sucrose is Sucrose. Even if it wasn't sucrose, your body would break it down into the same pieces to convert into Glucose anyway. Its like comparing two different types of drain cleaner. They both clean your drain. DER!

Radio Active Bananas and such...

Okay so I was watching NCIS tonight and I heard something about bananas having a radioactive signature. I was wondering why this was. I thought to my self, I am never eating bananas again. Turns out that the potassium is slightly radioactive. So here was the situation on NCIS. A nuclear weapon was stolen, and the best way to smuggle it past the geiger counters was to hide it in a truckload of bananas to give a false positive, so it could be effectively hidden. Bananas are radioactive....watch out!

Olive Garden

Last Night I went to the Olive Garden for my 22nd birthday. Needless to say, I ate much more than my normal caloric intake. Salads then breadsticks, and then appetizers,  oh no! I was already almost all the way full by the time my entree came out. I ate half of it anyway, and saved the other half for today's lunch and I must say, that particular dish tastes much better when food is not coming out of your ears.

Some words about Functional Foods.

How is food functional? I thought eating food and it giving me energy was food's function. Well reading through my handy nutrition textbook, I read that a food is functional when it "gives a health benefit beyond basic nutrition." So eating carrots for their benefit to eye health would be a nice example. I sometimes eat other things for their health benefit, because the Lord knows I can get my calories from something much tastier. Things in plants that are like this are called phytochemicals or plant chemicals, which may have health benefits, but humans don't need them to live.
Have you ever looked at the ingredient list on some of the foods that you eat? Do some of the ingredients bother you because you dont know what it is or even how to say it? Some of these things are called direct additives and are not necessarily good for you. The only specifications that the FDA requires is that  doesnt harm humans and that it performs it intended purpose. These additives are not neccessary for human health, but do make foods taste better, last longer, ship easier, and what ever else may be.


All of this stuff seems pretty speculatory.  I believe that the best way to stay healthy is to eat a balanced meal that meets your own nutritional needs and exercise everyday. Everything else is a waste of time.