Tag: nutrition
Banco de Alimentos: Class Act
In São Paulo, Brazil is an NGO, Banco de Alimentos that works to reduce the effects of hunger by limiting food waste and making available sufficient, quality food to those most vulnerable. In addition to providing food, the organization also offers educational programs on topics such as the importance of healthy nutrition in children, protecting [...]
Processed People? Frank Food!: TidBit of the Day
Are you a processed person or are you a frank foodist? Check out this new documentary, Processed People. Overfed and undernourished. They ask, “how did we get here and what do we do?” Check out the trailer: Eat frank food!
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 [...]
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….) [...]
Frank Food: Dal for the Ages
Welcome, 2011! Can you believe it? I can’t. Over the last several years, the issue of what is real, authentic food has surfaced, oftentimes loudly with great passion on all sides. I loved the discussion y’all brought on about my post about being a snob and eating organically. It definitely isn’t easy, and sometimes, just [...]
Label Thursday – Oct 7
Mystery food label this week. Submit your guesses! Don’t forget to submit any great food labels to us. Thanks for your guesses! Hazeleva – you were right one! Kat…um….not quite. Last week mystery food label was…. Hostess Blueberry Mini Muffins. Pleased to know whole eggs and blueberries are in there, but not sure what the [...]
Label Thursday – Sept 30
What is this week’s mystery label? Thanks for your continued guesses! You’re all very close! Please excuse these photos…I actually was in a Wal-Mart with my camera phone and I was going to TOWN! Last week’s mystery label was… Touted as perfect for a healthy diet, it’s Kellogg’s Special K Cereal Bars! Only 90 calories…take [...]
Poop and the Ripple Effect
Beans, beans, they’re good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you… We talk a lot about how to eat healthily and deliciously – being aware of where our food comes from, exploring new foods around the world. Great efforts are being undertaken to incorporate healthy eating. After all, you are what you [...]
TidBit of the Day: Food That Never Sleeps
Source: Morgan Clendaniel. Day 137 of the Happy Meal Project. Check out the progression here.
Label Thursday – Sept 23
This week’s mystery food label of the week. What is it? Thanks for your great guesses last week! Elyssa, you are pretty spot one! Of course, you’re a baker…I would not have been able to guess this one. Last week’s mystery label was… drum roll… A “dairy-free cake” from a standard supermarket. It was a cake [...]
