Food

If you need help eating healthy food- you can get your friends involved. There's a new app that allows you to photo-document what you eat--you rate it from fit to fat..and then share with your friends for their feedback. The developer says the Fit or Fat app provides you with an overall view of your habits, it collects your data and puts it into charts and graphs, to let you see what you're really eating and when you're most likely to give in to temptation. Find more on the app from the Boston Globe .

Cities and states have talked about doing it, putting an extra tax on food that's not good for you.  Now, one country has taken the step. In, Denmark it is now more expensive to eat fattening foods. There's a tax that kicks in when the saturated fat content of a food is more than 2.3 percent. The goal isn't necessarily weight loss, but to help people live longer. Read more about it through the reporting of the Los Angeles Times.

The U.S. District Attorney's office announced that a Wichita couple that owned a grocery store and a food stamp recipient have pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud.  Entering guilty pleas were:         Muhammad Qadeer Akram , 46, Wichita, Kan., the former owner of Alnoor Grocery Store, 5220 E. 21 st in Wichita, one count of conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud, one count of food stamp fraud and one count of wire fraud.         Shama L. Qadeer, 38, Wichita, Kan., Muhammad Qadeer Akram's wife, who was a co-owner of the grocery store,  one count of conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud, one count of food stamp fraud and one count of wire fraud.

The Kansas Food Bank is celebrating a record.  The Food Bank received its largest matching grant ever. Helping hands filled boxes to the brim with dinner essentials.  Lending her hand at the Kansas Food Bank Friday was Ann Gillis.  She's a new volunteer. "Some of my neighborhood friends come here regularly, and, they asked me if I would like to come along, and I said sure,” Gillis said. Gillis' giving spirit is the kind of attitude helping the Kansas Food Bank fight hunger with some serious buying power.  In its largest matching grant yet, "Cargill Cares" donated more than 137-thousand dollars to the Kansas Food Bank.

Cheyenne County Emergency Management said Tuesday that food that has been recalled due to contamination was distributed within Cheyenne County starting last Friday, August 19th. The product may contain Listeria. Emergency Officials are warning if you have the following products not to eat and discard immediately. Recalled products: Rojo's Ultimate 7 Layer Dip, 36 oz 35196-44162 with a use by date of 09/16/2011 or before Fresh Food Concepts 5 Layer Dip, 32 oz 29358-11272, with the use by date of 09/16/11 or before Please call your healthcare provider, local health department, or hospital is you have eaten any of the above product and are experiencing the following symptoms; fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or severe unusual headache.

Food for Kids is a local program providing meals and snacks for kids who may not otherwise have a stable source of food. The program is sponsored by the Kansas Food Bank, Dillons, Fugate Enterprises and KWCH. The Food for Kids backpack program puts together back-to-school backpacks with nutritious and kid-friendly ready-to-eat foods. The backpacks are meant to provide weekend food and snacks for kids who rely on meals that are provided at school, and may not get regular meals at home during the weekends.

Wichita police are investigating two separate armed robberies at fast food restaurants this weekend. The first happened at 11:00 Sunday evening at the Long John Silver's in the 1100 block of W. Pawnee.  Police say the gunman went into the store as employees were closing.  He ordered the two workers to the ground, then forced one of them to open the safe at gunpoint.  He got away with cash. Police say the suspect in that case was a hispanic male dressed in all black with a hat that said "316" on it and a bandana with marijuana leaves on it. The second robbery happened at the McDonald's restauraunt in the 7300 block of W. 21st Street.

The first of 13 defendants indicted March 1 for food stamp fraud has pleaded guilty to obtaining cash in exchange for food stamp benefits. 33 year old Angela N. Norwood of Wichita, pleaded guilty to receiving about $150 cash in exchange for about $300 worth of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, more commonly called food stamps.   Her sentencing is set for August 18.          Several of the defendants are expected to enter similar pleas in the next few weeks.

Cooking up BBQ is how Brian Choy makes his living at When Pigs Fly.  "I've always been passionate about providing food for people," he said.  So when he heard about the devastating tornado in Joplin, he had an idea.  "I thought well we have a trailer, we could cook food and take it down there.  Before I knew it, we were going," Choy said. Before he could leave, he cooked one thousand hot dogs expecting to feed the masses in Missouri.  "They probably don't have a hot meal, you know what I mean and that's something we can provide to them," he said.  He's not the only one wanting to provide.  When his vendors got word about what he was doing, they donated buns and chips.  Then customers started showing up with cases of water, hand wipes and diapers.  "It's been fantastic, the outpouring of help," he said.

After a month of junk food I am relieved and excited to say the diet is officially over. Cookies, chips, ice cream it was all fair game on the junk food diet. Here’s the catch: you can have any type of food on the diet however you have to manage your calories. For somebody like myself I should take in 2500 calories on an average day. On the “junk food diet” I was only allowed approximately 1250 calories a day. I think the easiest meal of the day for me was breakfast; it usually consisted of chocolate milk and a brownie or cookie.