Taking school lunches up a notch -- great concept!
"At the Los Angeles Muse School, kids eat a plant-based diet from a kitchen run on solar power."
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lauren 8yr Incredible! I can't believe that some parents could be so against it -
mirasingh 8yr So curious what the funding model is for a school like this. It can't be public. Also curious what the price per meal is. I know cost is such a driver of quality of food in school lunches.
Prison rehabilitation by learning to cook. Great article on an innovative program!
bloomberg.com
"The hens are free range and the chefs locked up."
It Isn’t Easy to Figure Out Which Foods Contain Sugar - NYTimes.com
nytimes.com
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Bigox I am going to avoid sugar for a week
Super interesting look at how your gut affects your mood -- the "gut-brain-axis"
fivethirtyeight.com
"At any given moment, you have somewhere between 10 trillion and 100 trillion microorganisms inhabiting your gut — that’s more microbes in your bowels than there are cells in your body. If tha…"
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darkchocolatepeanutbutter It's crazy to me how there is a nervous system in our gut! Many of our emotions are felt in our stomach like nervousness, anxiety and excitement. I highly recommend Gut by Giulia Enders!
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DietID_TeamDietitians Fascinating. I'm looking forward to more research in this area. Confession - I take a daily probiotic probably because I fell for some sales pitch. But it works.
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darkchocolatepeanutbutter @Rachna As long as it works for you :)
Goals.
mashable.com
"Even when you live in a big city, you can still live on a farm. These edible plants can still thrive in an urban space."
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DietID_TeamDietitians You can also forage (if you don't want to farm) Sumac along the highways throughout NYC http://nonabrooklyn.com/foraging-brooklyn-how-to-make-sumac-extract-what-to-do-with-it/#.VztxEJMrJE4