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Children should eat less than 25 grams of added sugars daily | American Heart Association
newsroom.heart.org
Let's see if this changes anything about school food and marketing junk food to kids!
How to Talk to Your Daughter About Her Body
huffingtonpost.com
"How to talk to your daughter about her body, step one: Don't talk to your daughter about her body, except to teach her how it works."
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darkchocolatepeanutbutter I think we've all been victims of body shaming. It's upsetting that body insecurities are passed down through generations but they can stop if we learn to accept our bodies and the bodies of others.
Don’t Toss That Food Wrapping: You Can Eat It - Bloomberg
bloomberg.com
"Plastic is unsustainable and doesn’t work well. Now there’s a new kind that won’t kill the planet—and tastes good."
Food sold in convenient single-serve packaging is probably not going away: we m...
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DietID_TeamDietitians I cannot wait for this!!
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SallyRogers Seriously! If someone knows a casein manufacturer right now, let me know!
What Your Food Cravings Are Trying to Tell You | Nutrition Stripped
nutritionstripped.com
"What food cravings from bread, fats, sugars, and more mean, strategies for helping manage them, and what nutritional deficiencies may cause food cravings."
15 foods you didn't know you could freeze
treehugger.com
"The freezer can be your best friend when it comes to preventing unnecessary food waste at home." #NoFoodWaste
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LezEngel Love this!
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BethIsGreen I love the pouring boiling water over frozen pasta to heat and thaw at the same time idea!
Friday Inspiration: $17.8M from the USDA going to Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
usda.gov
"With the average age of the American farmer exceeding 58 years, USDA recognizes the need to bring more people into agriculture."
The 37 projects listed span 27 states. The "new investment of $17....
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FarmerDave Thank you for sharing this. This New Farmers resource page looks pretty promising https://newfarmers.usda.gov/
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mirasingh They also have a focus on urban agriculture. I hope this means the USDA will start helping new farmers grow produce instead of the commodity crops.
Salad with avocado leftovers, plums and bee pollem in honey balsamic vinaigrette. Yuuum 😋
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JoanneG Plums in salad! great idea!
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sugardetoxme Looks divine
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carpe_deli Thank you so much @JoanneG 😄
Sage Project - Lots of Data about the Foods You Love
wired.com
Completely wowed by the amount of information this team has consolidated about many many products I already know of (or ones I've wanted to try!). I'm hopeful that this is totally the future and wi...
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lauren This is SO COOL!
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sugardetoxme Good find. Totally digging this
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DietID_TeamDietitians so slick!
Why This Food Bank is Turning Away Junk Food | Civil Eats
civileats.com
"D.C.’s Capital Area Food Bank aims to offer healthier food choices."
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katewilson Fantastic! Candy isn't food, and shouldn't be accepted at a food bank.
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FarmerDave This is great news. I hope every food bank takes this approach.
Why Reinventing Hospital Food Isn’t as Easy as It Sounds | MUNCHIES
munchies.vice.com
"For years, Joshna Maharaj has set her sights on improving the dreary menus of hospitals, prisons, and schools. But her journey has not been without challenges."
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munchiemummy I've always thought that it was so ironic that places where healthy food should matter most (hospitals, schools), often the nutritional value was poor. And I have a friend who works in a prison,...
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lauren The entire system needs to be reworked! It makes no sense
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DietID_TeamDietitians This makes me so sad. The inherent hypocrisy is almost numbing, but I'm so glad women like this are fighting for what's right. @akhilg2002 - you should get Foodstanders in touch with your hospital...
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annefood
Interesting kids and women are the same.
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JenniferEmilson
Heard this today as well. And toddlers should have NONE. Should be interesting, even with tv advertising etc.
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LezEngel
Wow, this is big. The new nutrition labels, which will separate added sugars from naturally occurring, will help flag those extra sugary products--if people read them!
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