For Many School Cafeterias, Chocolate Milk Is A Sacred Cow — But Its Days Might Be Limited
San Francisco is officially banning chocolate milk starting in elementary and middle schools this fall and expanding to high schools in the spring. Meanwhile, a study by UC Berkeley finds that sense of smell may influence the way the body burns fat.
San Francisco Chronicle:
SF Schools No Longer Sweet On Chocolate Milk In Cafeterias
In many districts, it is the sacred cow of school cafeterias and among the more controversial issues in education, with the debate typically centering on whether chocolate milk is better than no milk, nutritionally speaking. In San Francisco, district officials have decided the answer is no. (Tucker, 7/10)
San Francisco Chronicle:
Just Smelling Food Can Make You Fat, UC Berkeley Study Says
A study by UC Berkeley researchers found that a sense of smell can influence the brain’s decision to burn fat or store it in the body — or a least the bodies of mice. Researchers Andrew Dillin and Celine Riera studied three groups of mice — normal mice, “super-smellers” and ones without a sense of smell — and saw a direct correlation between their ability to smell and how much weight they gained from a high-fat, “Burger King diet,” Dillin said. (Graham, 7/9)
And in other news —
Ventura County Star:
16-Year-Old Ventura Girl Survives Coma, Fights Brain Cancer
The two tumors at the base of Kate Rose Miguel's brain led to a 17-day coma, forced her parents to think about unthinkable decisions and stole her ability to speak. What the malignancies haven't done is won. Three years after the now 16-year-old girl was diagnosed with a childhood cancer called medulloblastoma, she's still here, back home in Ventura after nearly seven months in Los Angeles-area hospitals, sitting on the edge of her bed in a pink T-shirt that compares her to Snow White, Pocahontas, Jasmine and other princesses. (Kisken, 7/7)