Nutrition & Wellness
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Want to truly help the planet? Go vegan
A pound of beef requires 13 percent more fossil fuels and 15 times more water to produce than a pound of soy. Simply put, eating meat, dairy and other animal products is terrible for the environment. The best thing you can do for the environment, according to new research, is go vegan. The study Read More...
After 97 years selling beef, White Castle is adding Impossible Burgers to its menu
Among American fast food chains, White Castle occupies a special place in US culture. It has been the subject of a feature film, and Time magazine once called its slider “the most influential burger of all time.” Now it’s about to make a little history with its menu Read More...
More organic than thou? Rebel farmers create new food label
Was your tomato grown in dirt or water? Organic shoppers might notice additional labels this summer that will give them the answer — and tell them whether their choices align with what a rebellious group of farmers and scientists deem the true spirit of the organic Read More...
How organic wine finally caught on
If you cannot remember the last time you had a glass of organic wine, you are hardly alone. Overall, less than 5 percent of the world’s vineyards are organic. In the United States, the world’s largest consumer of wine, only 1 percent of wine sold by volume was organic. The paltry market for Read More...
You might start seeing mushroom-beef burgers on menus in the near future
Not everyone is so keen on switching from all-beef burgers to a non-meat alternative, such as soy. That’s why there’s a growing movement backed by chefs, scientists, and environmental advocates to replace 100 percent ground beef in some foods with a blend that contains up to half mushrooms. The Read More...
The results of this study will make you never want to eat processed foods again
In a study in 2015, researchers asked 20 fast food-loving Americans to swap diets with 20 people living in rural South Africa. What the researchers found was that the South African had “remarkable” changes in the biomarkers that indicate colon cancer risk. The good news, however, is that the Read More...
How mushroom coffee is becoming the latest caffeine trend
A new trend has emerged in world of brewed drinks: Mushroom coffee. Though it may or may not sound delightful (depending on who you ask), mushroom coffee purportedly has an anti-inflammatory effect, and is supposed to regulate blood sugar levels and boost metabolism. How long do you think it will Read More...
This small piece of material can double the lifespan of bananas
Yesterday we wrote about an agriculture company that has developed a plant-based coating that keeps fruits and vegetables fresh 3-4 times longer. In similar fashion, today we’re talking about a company that has created a simple filter system designed to prolong the ‘green life’ of bananas. Read More...
Why 19 year-old YouTuber Huw Richards is the future of gardening
There’s a new kid in the herbaceous border and he’s an online horticultural Read More...
Scientists have created a plant-based coating that could help end food waste
Feeding the world’s population isn’t so much about how much food we’re growing, but how to keep the food we grow from perishing. That’s why an agriculture company out of Santa Barbara developed a plant-based coating that allows fruits and vegetables to last two-to-three times longer than it Read More...