health
HAPIfork tracks your eating habits, encourages healthier eating
Launched on Kickstarter this week, the HAPIfork is a smart eating utensil that tracks the speed at which you consume a typical meal in order to encourage slowing down for healthier digestion. Specifically,... Read More »
Product Spotlight: Coromega Omega 3
Their story: It all started when a little girl in Norway wouldn’t take her fish oil. Norwegians don’t handle such news well. So her grandfather, who happened to be a... Read More »
Map: Look How Quickly the U.S. Got Fat
This shows the percentages of the U.S. population medically defined as obese, which means a body mass index of 30 or greater. BMI isn’t an ideal metric to evaluate obesity,... Read More »
‘LIT’ is a social fitness tracker for the adventurous
LIT is a new kind of activity tracker, designed for those living in action sports. It measures distance, paddles, rotations, airtime, turns, jumps, G-forces, duration, intensity and more. In addition... Read More »
Consumers overestimate benefits of organic produce
Shoppers assume organic food taste better and is healthier than non-organic foods based on labeling alone. Consumers see a lot of value in organic foods and new research has found... Read More »
SuperFood Ingredient Trends 2015
The Insights Media research team has put together a report for Functional Ingredient Trends 2015. In the report we researched natural ingredients from around the world to identify which will... Read More »
Whole Foods getting into the resort business
Healthy lifestyle education will be the focus of the company’s first luxury resort in Texas. You may soon be able to have a relaxing day at Whole Foods. Not the... Read More »
Why snacking at night is bad for you
The body tends to turn more food into fat at night, while turning it into fuel during the day. Eating that bowl of Cocoa Puffs at night may be much... Read More »
Beer Industry, Science Claim Beer Belly a Myth
Despite what your budding waistline might tell you, the beer industry keeps insisting that beer does not contribute to weight gain. And if you’re not inclined to believe them, here’s... Read More »
Caffeine increases recognition of positive words
Turns out, those of us who need a cup of coffee in the morning to even crack a smile are completely normal. In fact, science has proven that people who... Read More »
