DEBRIS.COMgood for a laugh, or possibly an aneurysm

Here’s a handy tool for your inner health fanatic. (Yes, you have an inner health fanatic. It’s down inside there, behind the brownies.)

CalorieKing.com offers a searchable database of nutritional information for produce as well as packaged foods… everything from amaranth to zwieback.

The search engine is nice. Enter ‘trader’ to see a selection of Trader Joe’s products. Enter ‘avocado’ to see a choice: California or Florida? Enter ‘Subway’ to see a 5-page list of what appears to be the restaurant chain’s entire menu.

The database contains basic stats on protein, fat, calories, fiber, cholesterol, sodium, etc.

On a related note, I found a great quote about the role of the food industry in American society’s obesity epidemic, in a Harvard Magazine article called The Way We Eat Now: Ancient bodies collide with modern technology to produce a flabby, disease-ridden populace. (linked from Kottke.org)

There’s the incessant advertising and marketing of the poorest quality foods imaginable.

Something to think about when the next Cheetos or Taco Bell ad comes on.