It seemed like a good idea at the time: As part of the University of Vermont's greening effort, the university decided to stop selling bottled water in its vending machines. Instead, it would be installing more filtered water fountains and selling re-usable water bottles. Everyone drinks water, no more plastic bottles, everybody wins. Right?

No, someone loses: The International Bottled Water Association. They're claiming the "water bottle ban" (because BAN always sounds MEAN! and NEGATIVE!) is "failing" college students. But I think the university is just giving students what they want.

Welcome to your new life, Paula Deen. You'll never be able to eat a cheeseburger in public again without being harassed! Ever since Paula revealed that she's had diabetes for the past three years -- and has signed an endorsement deal for controversial, $500-a-day diabetes med Victoza -- people have been watching everything she eats. And giving her hell for it.

This week she was caught on video eating a cheeseburger while on a cruise. I can haz cheezburger? Not if you're Paula Deen, bitchez! But is that really fair?

It seems the longer your to-do list gets, the harder it is to make yourself sit down to a healthy meal at the beginning of the day. We all have heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet it's much easier to skip than dinner -- which is what you eat before collapsing at the end of a long day. But it's totally true!

Just in case you need a reminder as to why you should wake up and nourish your body, here are 10 reasons breakfast really is the most important meal of the day.

Bison, It's What's For DinnerIn case you haven't heard of the latest food trend that requires you eat like a caveman, I'm here to explain it all to you. The Paleo diet -- or "lifestyle" -- aspires to treat your palate as if electricity, heat lamps, drive-thrus, and processed sugar was never invented. In other words, what man ate during the Paleolithic era (around 2.5 million years ago -- @10,000 years ago), when he was in that whole hunter-gatherer stage.

The idea behind eating like a caveman, is that your body is genetically predisposed to digesting foods available during that time period such as grass-fed meats, vegetables, roots, fish, fruits, and nuts. Big no-nos for Paleo diet are basically anything processed, grains, dairy products, legumes and refined sugar.

Some people swear by the Paleo diet, and not unlike the Atkins diet, you will be decreasing your sugar load, so that's always a good thing.

Here are five recipes and websites to help you go ancient.

Yet another blow to Paula Deen. I've been trying hard not to jump on the anti-Paula bandwagon and show some compassion and perspective, but she's made it awfully hard. And it looks like I'm not the only one struggling over my feelings for the Queen of Butter. Her publicist has quit!

Nancy Assuncao, Paula's top publicist, told the Daily News she just couldn't get behind her client's latest enterprise. She gave her notice back in October when she first heard about Paula's deal with diabetes drug Victoza. "I couldn’t understand why they thought this was really good for the brand. I’ve been in this business for 34 years, and I just didn’t see it.” All I can think now, is, when your publicist quits on you it's time to re-evaluate your plan.

Paying full-price for my dinner, but only being allowed to eat half may -- at first -- seem like a huge rip-off when I go out to eat. After all, I'm already paying for a babysitter, maybe valet parking (hey, it's L.A.! I can't escape it), and a huge mark-up on my glass of wine. Yet, as an avid restaurant-goer, it hasn't escaped my notice that most of the time I'm shoveling in a heck of a lot of food. Unless I'm going for sushi or dining at an ultra modern joint, it's usually too much for me to finish. Mind you, I have been known to finish, especially when what I'm eating is so delicious I don't want to stop myself. And that, my friends, is not a great idea.

You know what else isn't a great idea? Me just leaving the leftovers on the plate for someone to throw in the garbage. Which is how this whole idea of Halfsies came about, and I'm all for it. Yes, please! Take half of my food, even though I've paid for all of it. It's actually a win-win. Here's why:

What has moms all over the country shrieking (quietly, to themselves) as they reach into the dairy cases? There's an organic milk shortage going on. At some stores, cartons are dwindling, and at others, the prices are rising -- and it looks like we're just getting started. Within the next few weeks, organic milk may go up as much as $1-2 a gallon at some stores.

This is bad news for a lot of families committed to drinking organic milk -- like my family! I know we go through nearly two gallons of milk a week -- for two adults and one kid. It's our 8-year-old son who's the milk-guzzler in our family. But that demand at home is all the more reason why, even if prices go up for us, we'll keep buying organic.

In the wake of the Paula Deen scandal comes a new series on the Food Network: Fat Chef. We all toss around that saying, "never trust a skinny chef." But Food Network is putting the spotlight on the opposite: people whose lives revolve around food as their profession, their passion, and maybe even their addiction.

When I first saw this series title I felt a little prick of defensiveness on behalf of non-skinny chefs. What the hell?!? So now we're shaming chefs with a little meat on their bones? Well, maybe not -- at least it doesn't look like that's what Food Network is after. They're focusing on chefs with serious, medically-defined obesity, who work with health consultants to grapple with their food addiction. I think it's an intriguing idea.