Tag: food safety
H20: All Tapped Out
Water, water, everywhere. But how much do we pay attention to how we drink or shower or wash our cars? Do you refill your water from the water cooler at the office and think you’re safe from BPA because you use a recyclable, aluminum water bottle? We’ve written about water for last year’s Blog Action [...]
Hara Hachi Bu: Homemade Pate
To follow up on ZomppaPatty’s tips for increased longevity, I echo reading The Blue Zones.There have only been a few books that changed my lifestyle and this is one of them. So I have some news to share. Big news. I am now a weekday vegetarian.* *Some exceptions: i.e. birthday meals at the Brazilian steakhouse, [...]
Changing the Way We Eat: TidBit of the Day
On February 12, TedX Manhattan held a session on “Changing the Way We Eat.” Some amazing speakers…it’s a bit long, put it on while you’re cleaning or cooking, it’s worth your time. Check out the site for more, but some highlights from Session 1: Watch live streaming video from tedx at livestream.com Importance of family [...]
Guest/Time to Retire the USDA’s Dietary Guidelines?
We are delighted to welcome guest contributor, Michele Simon! Michele Simon is a public health lawyer specializing in industry marketing and lobbying tactics. She is the author of Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back, and research and policy director at Marin Institute, an alcohol industry watchdog [...]
Meat Labels: TidBit of the Day
What do you think of nutrition labels being placed on meat in 2012? I say add the source, lot #, whether the animal was raised humanely or in gestation crates, what feed, and what additives/hormones were added. Check out this great post by So Good about Oprah’s investigate video into Cargill’s feedlots…PR effort or real [...]
TidBit of the Day: Fresh or Frozen?
Sometimes we assume that fresh is always better. But is it always? A USDA study showed that bags of fresh broccoli and spinach lost much of their nutrients just by being exposed to the lights in a grocery store. Vegetables that are flash frozen (not soaked in sodium BPA-lined cans) could retain some of those [...]
Go Fish: Our Consumption of Everything in the Water
Don’t eat meat to save the planet, but eat fish? I was at the amazing Georgia Aquarium over the holidays and was amazed at all the sea creatures. I know they are in the biggest tanks in the North America, but I couldn’t help but wonder sometimes, do the fish and the sharks and all [...]
Tidbit of the Day: Where Are All the Bees?
$15-20 billion worth of crops depend on the work of honeybees and over the last 50 years the number of domesticated bees have dropped by 50% in the U.S. Fast Company Magazine posted this rather terrific yet scary graphic about the mysterious decline in Western bee colonies.
TidBit of the Day: GreenOn!
You know those great sites offering special deals – I have definitely gotten some great deals in my area (i.e. spa treatment for 50%, yoga classes for $2 each). Here is a great one for those wanting to “green” their life even more. Sign up on GreenDeals and get some great deals that are eco-friendly [...]
TidBit of the Day: How to Find Frank Food
Darya Pino over at Summer Tomato created this wonderful flow chart to help find frank food at the supermarket. Of course, it isn’t always this simple, as “real food” has now been sometimes disguised (i.e. if the five ingredients are: corn syrup, Yellow Dye No. 5, refined sugar, gelatin, and flour, not quite frank food….) [...]
