World’s Biggest Cheeseburger Contains 4.1 Million Calories

Let’s talk “PORTION DISTORTION!” A Minnesota casino has cooked up a world-record bacon cheeseburger that’s 10 feet in diameter and weighs more than a ton.

The mammoth burger was served at the Black Bear Casino Resort near Carlton. It tipped the scales at 2,014 pounds.

Guinness Records representative Philip Robertson verified the record for biggest burger. He called the feat a result of “remarkable teamwork” and said the burger “actually tastes really good.”

Black Bear’s burger included 60 pounds of bacon, 50 pounds of lettuce, 50 pounds of sliced onions, 40 pounds of pickles and 40 pounds of cheese.

It took about four hours to cook the patty. A crane was used to flip it.

Should we aim to get the biggest bang for our buck when it comes to restaurants and our food?

Most restaurant portions today are several times larger than portions were in the 1960′s.  When served, we eat most of what is in front of us.  Why?  Because we used to have to sit at the dining room table as young kids until we cleaned our plate.  We have been conditioned from a very young age to eat everything in front of us including today’s 1500 calorie plate of fettuccine Alfredo serving at your favorite restaurant!  Your body won’t know what to do with all that excess fat, calories- it will work overtime to get everything to it’s right place and the next time you go to eat it will crave more.  And more.  And more.

Dietitians and doctors estimate that the average person miscalculates their calories consumed each day by as much as 25%.  Think about this- if you underestimate your daily intake of, say, 1800 calories by 25%, you are eating an extra 450 calories per day!  It will only take you a little over a week to gain a pound.  (3500 calories=1 pound)

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What do you like to eat to stay healthy? The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic plays his newest food game, Serve, Taste or Trash to reveal the world’s most loved and hated foods.

Meet Mr. Divabetic on the red carpet at Plus Night Out – NYC, New York, NY, Divabetic – Makeover Your Diabetes in Philadelphia, PA the American Diabetes Association Expo in Pittsburgh, PA and the Taking Control Of  Your Diabetes Health Fairs & Conferences in San Diego, Ca and Austin, TX in Fall 2012. For more glitter, games and glucose advice visit: www.divabetic.org Original music by Douglas Clay: www.douglasclaymusic.com

Fashion’s Night Out 2012 with Mr. Divabetic

Now in its fourth year Fashion’s Night Out promises to be bigger than ever with more than 4,500 outlets in 20 different countries hosting events simultaneously on Thursday September 6, 2012.

Divas, it’s time to “GLAM MORE, FEAR LESS!” 

New York, of course, is where it all started, and the city doesn’t disappoint, with an array of events to coincide with the start of fashion week.

From a performance from Cyndi Lauper at Manolo Blahnik, a karaoke sessions at Michael Kors, to Mr. Divabetic‘s roving red tomato carpet at the Yotel this year’s FNO will see the industry’s power players let their hair down.

Vogue Fashion Director Grace Coddington has created an exclusive line for Balenciaga in honor of the event.

Macy’s will feature  appearances from Kourtney Kardashian‘s long-term beau Scott Disick, and Barneys will become a buzzing street fair with salsa lessons for all.

The fun is not limited to the East Coast either. Over in LA Kendall Jenner will be kicking off proceedings at the Berverly Center while the Porsche store on Wilshire Boulevard will be serving up free glasses of bubbly all evening.

Launched by Anna Wintour in New York in 2009, the global initiative sponsored by Vogue and the CFDA was aimed at giving the fashion industry a boost during tough economic times and this year a special T-shirt will be on sale to help raise funds for the New York City AIDS fund.

LISTEN NOW: Diabetes Podcast inspired by  Whitney Houston

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What do you like to eat to stay healthy? The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic plays his newest food game, Serve, Taste or Trash to reveal the world’s most loved and hated foods.

Meet Mr. Divabetic on the red carpet at Plus Night Out – NYC, New York, NY, Divabetic – Makeover Your Diabetes in Philadelphia, PA the American Diabetes Association Expo in Pittsburgh, PA and the Taking Control Of  Your Diabetes Health Fairs & Conferences in San Diego, Ca and Austin, TX in Fall 2012. For more glitter, games and glucose advice visit: www.divabetic.org Original music by Douglas Clay: www.douglasclaymusic.com

Bad New for Movie Fans Who Love To Snack

The blood curdling scenes in the film, ‘Possession’ can’t compete to the horrors US popcorn farmers have seen as stifling, triple-digit temperatures and weeks without rain have withered their crops.

“This is the worst season we’ve ever had,” said third-generation popcorn purveyor Mark Shew, who runs the family’s farm in Vigo County. “In some places, they’re going to be down to counting kernels at the bottom of the storage bins.”

The situation has had popcorn buyers – from small mom-and-pop shops to larger food chains – scrambling for months to line up their supplies for this fall. Their options are limited.

Retail prices have jumped this summer: from about US$20 (S$25) for a 50 pound bag to US$30 or higher, said Tim Caldwell, owner of Pop It Rite, an Illinois-based popcorn industry expert and snack foods consultant. Wholesale prices have started to creep up, too, he said.

The popcorn industry – which sold US $985.7 million in 2010 worth of unpopped kernels, down 2.2 per cent from five years earlier – is barely an economic nibble out of the country’s corn world. Most of the popcorn consumed worldwide is grown in the United States. Export demand for the fluffy, crunchy snack has been slowly rising in recent years from China and Russia.

LISTEN NOW: Diabetes Podcast inspired by  Whitney Houston

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/divatalkradio1/2012/08/07/diabetes-roundtable-inspired-by-whitney-houston

What do you like to eat to stay healthy? The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic plays his newest food game, Serve, Taste or Trash to reveal the world’s most loved and hated foods.

Meet Mr. Divabetic on the red carpet at Plus Night Out – NYC, New York, NY, Divabetic – Makeover Your Diabetes in Philadelphia, PA the American Diabetes Association Expo in Pittsburgh, PA and the Taking Control Of Your Diabetes Health Fair & Conferences in San Diego, Ca and Austin, TX in Fall 2012. For more glitter, games and glucose advice visit: www.divabetic.org Original music by Douglas Clay: www.douglasclaymusic.com