Nutrition & Wellness
From learning about the health benefits of turmeric to staying up-to-date with the latest superfood trends, discover the best diet tips to improve your health.
Why you shouldn’t throw away the pineapple core and other great food parts
Reducing food waste is one of the greatest ways for people to help reverse climate change, and at the same time save money, feed more people, and help preserve threatened ecosystems. Most people likely don't want to throw out perfectly good food – but there are just a lot of things we don't Read More...
Forget coffee. Matcha is the perfect way to kick off your morning
Coffee is great and all, but the jitters you get with it are not. Matcha, on the other hand, gives you a wonderful mix of energy and relaxation, making it the perfect way to start your day. Matcha isn’t magical. It just has a high concentration of flavonoids and L-theanine, which increases the Read More...
Making Friends with Coyotes and Critters: A film review of The Biggest Little Farm
“For a new generation to be able to simultaneously make a decent living and pursue a profession that they feel is synonymous with how they want to live on this planet is an exceptional opportunity.” - Alan York By Kristy Jansen In 2007, a group of my friends and I read Barbara Read More...
Suffering from allergies? These foods can help ease the symptoms
Although Spring is known as the season of renewal, for those of us who suffer from allergies, it can feel like quite the opposite. Allergies, also known as hay fever, is the result of the immune system overreacting to allergens such as plant pollen, which leads to lots of congestion, sneezing, and Read More...
Ikea is hopping on the plant-based meat bandwagon with new vegan ‘meatballs’
Ikea is known around the world for two things: its furniture and its meatballs. Indeed, along with the BILLY bookcase and the POÄNG chair, meatballs are one of the company’s bestselling products, with roughly a billion meatballs sold per year. Now that a number of restaurants and fast-food Read More...
These 7 plant-based foods will help you treat iron deficiency
If you’re constantly feeling low on energy, there’s a chance you might not have enough iron in your diet. Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the US, and is usually linked with anemia, which is defined as “a condition in which your blood has a lower-than-normal amount Read More...
Treat your veggies like meat for a delicious Memorial Day barbecue
For most Americans, Memorial Day signals the start of backyard barbecuing season. But what if you don’t eat meat? Does that mean you’ll miss out on the traditional gastronomic pleasures of the first long weekend of summer? Not at all! There are many ways in which to elevate vegetables to a Read More...
Japan amps up efforts to reduce food waste around the country
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year – approximately 1.3 billion tons – gets wasted. Earlier this month, agriculture ministers of 20 major world economies have agreed to take a leading role in Read More...
Broccoli found to contain a molecule that prevents cancer from forming
Broccoli has always been associated with healthy diets and wellness but its true properties are probably more powerful than you first thought. According to new research, the greens your mother always tried to convince you to eat contain an amazing ingredient which could be the “Achilles’ Read More...
Little Caesars becomes the latest chain to put plant-based meat on the menu
The first time news broke out about a fast food chain offering menu items made with faux meat rather than real meat, the news was shocking and exciting. Now it seems it’s simply becoming the norm as yet another restaurant chain has announced that it will be adding plant-based meat to their menus. Read More...