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rachna purpose, Food-Lover
New York, New York
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Co-Founder of Foodstand. Lover of spices, bubbles, sunshine, brunch parties, & dance breaks. Sharing seasonal Indian experiments, good food finds, and incredible stories from NY and Detroit
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Thefoodstand.comA "new" idea to treat diabetes and save a $26k surgery? Eat more veggies and less processed carbs.
nytimes.com
No, this is not a new idea, but a few studies are proving that it may be possible to reverse diabetes with diet change. But the more interesting thing about this piece is how much the health care i...
First 🍆 harvest from my garden! Easiest way to prep veggies - olive oil, salt, pepper, herbs, and grill!
We got an electric grill and is the most used appliance. As much as grilling is associated with meat, it's a great addition to make veggie consumption easier.
The greatest trick capitalism ever pulled was making you want a pumpkin spice latte and its 49 gms of added sugar!
vox.com
PSLs have 49 grams of added sugar - more than the daily allowance and no pumpkin. This is not only a good read about the pumpkin spice latte, but also about our crazy with pumpkin flavors. Oddly, i...
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boxboxbetty I am totally guilty of falling for the PSL charm 🙊
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DietID_TeamDietitians Me too!! So much nostalgia!
It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why. - Vox
vox.com
everything. Just everything about this!
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LesleyBL wow this is scary: the average restaurant meal has gone up 4x in size since the 1950's
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Gwendolyn Um yeah. Everything is right.
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SallyRogers It's helpful to see all of this in one place. But still scary. Particularly telling is the chart about the actually veggies the US produces- if we all wanted to eat the recommended amount, we'd...
Why Your Granola Is Really a Dessert - The New York Times
nytimes.com
i've been on a muesli train for quite some time because of this. Check the package of your granola before you dollop piles on your yogurt!
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annefood 30 g of sugar in the article- yikes!The kind I just ate has 6g sugar per half cup, sweetened with molasses and honey. It also has organic nuts, seeds, oats, unsweetened coconut and spices. I mix in...
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garv I add flax seeds & sun flower seeds to up the nutrition quotient. Try alternating between banana & dates , works brilliantly
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JenniferEmilson It's kinda scary, since granola is touted as 'good for you' food! That's why I make ours- can totally control how sweet it is. And what goes in it ☺️
Climate change predicted to halve coffee-growing area that supports 120m people | Environment | The Guardian
theguardian.com
Cut your meat to save your coffee! "More than 120 million of the world’s poorest depend on the coffee economy, a report says, and their livelihoods are already suffering from temperature rises"
Square Roots - a Vertical Farming accelerator is launching in NY (it's first of hopefully many campuses!)
squarerootsgrow.com
This looks like an incredible initiative- much needed! They are accepting applications for entrepreneurs to join. The first campus is in NY.
What Food Studies Show - The New York Times
nytimes.com
An editorial by Dr. Walter Willett that says everything I was thinking when I read this piece!!
#HowEyeSeeIt Episode 01: Cooking with Christine Ha & Tim Love - YouTube
youtube.com
We take cooking for granted because we can rely on our site, but this is a pretty powerful video that makes you appreciate what you have. "Christine Ha is a blind cook, cookbook author, writer, and...
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!
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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!