 Tuesday, January 27, 2026 | | |
| | | | | BY MEG WINGERTER Once you start noticing it, it's everywhere: restaurants and food manufacturers are leaning hard into protein. And as I'm wont to do, I started having questions, including how people can know if they're getting enough protein and whether the pumped-up snacks have any value. Dieticians told me that while individual needs vary, odds are that you're getting enough protein if you eat some at each meal. And while protein-enhanced ice cream may sound healthier than the original version, it might not be if the manufacturer had to add more sugar and fat to make it taste good. Check out my article for the nuances on protein and how it gives a
"health halo" to products that shouldn't be mainstays of your diet. | | | | Protein is having a moment, with federal guidelines significantly raising the recommended amount people should eat and products from coffee drinks to Pop-Tarts touting enhanced levels of the nutrient. | | | | | The judge said he’d decide later whether the money is to remain in place while a challenge to cutting it off works its way through the courts. | | | | | A federal grand jury indicted Thomas Sandgaard, 67, a Castle Rock resident, and Anna Lucsok, 39, a Denver resident, with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, securities fraud and mail fraud. | | | | | Both Children’s Hospital Colorado and Denver Health stopped prescribing puberty blockers and hormonal treatment to patients under 18. | | | | | Denver officials are warning consumers that they have found edible products made with psilocybin mushrooms for sale, illegally, at local gas stations and smoke shops. | | | | | Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold. | | | |
