Sustainability when eating out
Restaurants are a huge contributor to food and packaging waste. The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that 1/3 of the United States solid waste, is product packaging. This includes water...
View ArticleSustainable grocery shopping
Practicing sustainable nutrition is not only a way of ensuring our own good health through food, but also a way to conserve the resources we use on our one and only planet. This Sustainable Nutrition...
View ArticleSustainable Cooking
Think about the last time you ate out. Maybe it was a nice sit down restaurant or maybe it was a quick jolt through the drive thru. In the “green” mindset, compare that experience to a homemade meal....
View ArticleWhy we should be more sustainable with our food choices
Over the past three weeks, I have covered a range of ways to be more sustainable with our food choices. When you think about it, each day we make thousands of choices. For most of us, at least 3 of...
View ArticlePicking healthier packaged foods
A new study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, shows that packaged food purchases from mass merchandisers is up, but unfortunately consumers are selecting options with less...
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Health benefits of white wine
For quite some time the scientific community has been united in the stance that resveratrol from red wine provides heart healthy benefits. It’s now come to light from recent studies, that white wine...
View ArticleLower risk of diabetes by eating homemade meals
A new study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015, examined data from 58,000 women and 41,000 men, for up to 36 years. The research showed that subjects who ate about 2...
View ArticleWhat are Fortified Foods?
Have you ever wondered why some foods are fortified? Food fortification is the processing of adding essential micronutrients to packaged foods to improve the nutritional content. Food fortification was...
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