Facts, Figures and Life’s Toughest Questions

Did you know?
“According to the research firm Productscan Online, the food industry introduced 2,225 sugarless or sugar-reduced products in the United States last year. This is more than double the amount of two years ago and represents 11 percent of all new products introduced in 2004.”
- Melanie Warner / The New York Times - May 2005

Do you know?
With so many “diet” products out there, why haven’t they come up with a low-calorie chocolate bar yet? Where are the good for you gummi bears? Who overlooked my zero-cal French fries? With all the innovation we are capable of these days, why are we focusing on making watermelons seedless and peppermints calorie-free? Do those foods even matter?!

Did you know?
Women generally have smaller stomachs and slower metabolisms than men of similar sizes.

Do you know?
How it’s possible that (hormonal excuses aside) I can eat an entire half-gallon of ice cream, yet my boyfriend can’t?

Did you know?
That birds eat quantities of food that are multiple times their body weight every day. Using energy at the rate of a hummingbird, a human would have to eat 340 pounds of potatoes every day.

Do you know?
How I can become a bird?