Kevin's Natural Foods is a health food brand that makes and markets Paleo and Keto Certified prepared meals for people who want to eat healthier but don't have the time for home-cooked meals.
Abstract The central problem in quantifying carbohydrates for ketogenic product claims is the continued dependence on legacy calculation approaches that conceal both analytical uncertainty and person-to-person variability in metabolic response. This review reevaluates the difference method used for net carbohydrate labeling and shows how its stepwise subtraction of macronutrients and non-digestible fractions introduces cumulative measurement error, erases structural detail about specific...
During the past decades, the prevalence of obesity in the United States has grown steadily without showing any signs of slowing down. According to statistics from the CDC, "the prevalence of obesity in the United States has increased substantially since the 1960s.
The food packaging we use today is often seen as a necessary evil. Almost every consumer appreciates that packaging is designed to make food safe, reliable, and clean. The brands that make and market perishable food items certainly value the fact that packaging can increase the shelf stability of the food product while allowing a unique opportunity for marketing. However, the vast majority of food packaging today is designed for single use. Worldwide, around 380 million tons of plastic are...
Over the past couple of years, there has been no shortage of discussion surrounding the meat-based vs. plant-based diet debate. On one side of the debate, regenerative agricultural farmers and ranchers state emphatically that animals raised on rotational pasture management offer a healthy, nutritionally dense food alternative that can regenerate soils and store vast amounts of excess atmospheric carbon in our world's agricultural soils. On the other side of the debate, advocates for a...
Dozens of online resources have suggested that guar gum is a hidden source of glutamate, but this appears to be nothing more than a simple case of blatant misreporting and regurgitation of bad information.
The Paleo Diet has gone down in popularity over the years, while other diets like the keto diet or carnivore diet have risen. However, popularity has never been a good index of whether something is safe, feasible, and effective. Although fewer people may be on a Paleo Diet, researchers have continued to study it because of the potential health benefits it may have to offer. The Effect of the Paleolithic Diet vs. Healthy Diets on Glucose and Insulin Homeostasis: A Systematic Review and...
!What is Allulose? Everything You Need to Know in 300 Words or Less Allulose is a low-calorie (0.2 kcal/g) monosaccharide present in some foods in very small amounts, and is currently mass-produced through enzymatic conversion of fructose (the enzyme tagatose 3-epimerase converts fructose to...
Low-carb/keto cardiologist Dr. Blair O’Neill MD, FRCPC, discusses the health benefits of the Ketogenic Diet, the need for more long-term research, and the hybrid Keto-Mediterranean Diet he recommends to his patients.
For health food brands, nutrition labeling thus offers an opportunity to attract consumers looking for healthier food options. Furthermore, the increasing interest in healthier food options also allows health food brands an opportunity to engage with potential customers via their labeling and packaging messages. Unfortunately, the federal government´s nutrition labeling requirements can be confusing to navigate. For many food brands, non-compliance with nutrition and other labeling requirements...
