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Exercise Can't Save Us: Our Sugar Intake Is The Real Culprit, Say Experts
April 24, 2015
In a fascinating and scorching editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, three authors argue that the myth that exercise is the key to weight loss – and to health – is erroneous and pervasive, and that it must end. The evidence that diet matters more than exercise is now overwhelming, they write, and has got to be heeded: We can exercise to the moon and back but still be fat for all the sugar and carbs we consume. And perhaps even more jarring is that we can be a normal weight and exercise, and still be unhealthy if we’re eating poorly. So, they say, we need a basic reboot of our understanding of health, which has to involve the food industry’s powerful PR “machinery,” since that was part of the problem to begin with.
The State We're In: 'Let food be thy medicine'
April 17, 2015
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food," declared Hippocrates, the Greek physician who lived nearly 2,500 years ago and is considered the father of modern medicine.
If Hippocrates were to visit present day America, he'd surely be dazzled by our array of medical advances and astounded at our immense variety of foods. But after seeing how many diseases are caused by poor diets, he'd probably be more convinced than ever about food being medicine.
For Buddhist Leader, Religion And the Environment Are One
April 16, 2015
As a Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Karmapa is promoting green practices in monasteries in the Himalayan region. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he talks about how the world needs both religion and science in tackling the “environmental emergency” of climate change.
14 Companies Considered 'Best For The Environment'
Seventh Generation, the Burlington, VT maker of environmentally friendly laundry detergent, trash bags and diapers, takes its name from an Iroquois law that says, “In our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.”
A focus on food
April 8, 2015
The Harvard Food Law Society and the Food Literacy Project hosted the “Just Food? Forum on Justice in the Food System” at Harvard Law School (HLS) recently.
Margiana Petersen-Rockney, director of the Food Literacy Project, and Alexandra Jordan, a second-year student at HLS, organized the forum under Harvard’s yearlong Food Better initiative, which was created to discuss issues surrounding what we eat.
Forget calories and eat carbohdrates for a longer life
May 29, 2015
For a long life, we know that kilojoule restriction is the single most effective dietary change you can make.
Now, a "game-changing" new study has found that a low-protein, high-carb diet (LPHC) is as effective for a long, healthy, albeit probably fatter, life.
New NASA Report Reveals Just How Bad Climate Change Has Become
May 16, 2015
A research team working for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has found that the last remaining section of the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen B Ice Shelf is likely to collapse and disintegrate entirely before the end of the decade.
FOOD SAFETY: THE NEED OF THE HOUR
May 12, 2015
In view of the prevailing consumerism, high speed life and round the clock work culture that leaves very less time for people to examine their meals, having safe and clean food becomes a major issue and also the need of the hour. Grabbing a burger, a pizza or any sort of fast-food from a food outlet is all that we have time for and such choices are often bereft of any concern for hygiene and health while are quality food reduces the risk of so many diseases. Food Safety should be our priority and in order to ensure it, some of the precautionary measures are given below:
Food swap confirms link to colon cancer
May 11, 2015
The swap involved 20 African-Americans who ate South African fare including cornmeal and beans for two weeks, while 20 South Africans consumed an American diet full of meat protein and fats, including fast-food burgers and chicken. The South African diet consisted of one-sixth the meat of the American diet.
Rice lovers beware, your favorite food may be poisoning you
May 7, 2015
Researchers have known for some time that the food and drink we allconsume contains arsenic.
Should we be concerned? Aren’t we protected by federal regulations? Actually, no—we are not. In the US, as in many countries, the government regulates the concentration of arsenic in drinking water, but does not regulate the concentration of arsenic in any other drink or food. We have a mercury-in-food regulation; why don’t we have an arsenic-in-food regulation?
Food for thought: Ready meals can raise risk of memory loss says scientific study
June 17, 2015
Ready meals can raise your risk of memory loss, scientists have found.
Fats called trans-fats are used to improve taste, texture and shelf-life of processed food.
They have previously been linked with an increased risk of heart disease and there is mounting pressure on food firms to remove them.
How many calories are in that sundae? Google will tell you with the snap of a picture
June 3, 2015
For many people, counting calories is an exercise in futility. Studies show that most people underestimate the calories in food, and that’s obviously problematic if you’re looking to shed a few pounds. Luckily, Google is working on an “automatic food diary,” Popular Science reports. Google is tapping the artificial intelligence researchers it acquired when it bought DeepMind for $400 million to develop an system that can measure the calories in food from pictures.
Why pickling is on the rise and makes food HEALTHIER
Aug 23, 2015
For many of us, memories of crunching our way through a jar of Grandma's indigestible home-pickled red cabbage is enough to induce a cold sweat.
But pickling is suddenly super-hot. And the craze is captivating chefs and cookery writers from Jamie Oliver to Gizzi Erskine.
Sales of Kilner jars, pans and preserving spoons at Lakeland have increased by a staggering 400 per cent in the past year.
Claims of improper food handling in Shenzhen are false: BreadTalk
August 18, 2015
In a statement on Tuesday, BreadTalk says an investigation has been carried out and that officials from the China Shenzhen Quality Supervision Bureau have confirmed that food-handling practices at the franchise outlet are safe and compliant with all regulations.
Are Food Delivery Apps Making Us Slimmer?
August 17, 2015
Candice Pennefather, a busy real estate broker in New York City, has enough to do without dinner being a hassle. Scouring the supermarket for ingredients, hauling grocery bags for blocks, and planning meals? That doesn’t happen. Most evenings, Candice, 33, and her husband, Nicholas, whip up dinner from Blue Apron, an online company that provides premeasured fixings for meals that are created by chefs and delivered to their door in a refrigerated box.
10 crazy pictures of your favorite foods sliced directly down the middle
August 16, 2015
When photographer Beth Galton and food stylist Charlotte Omnès decided to collaborate, they wanted to take a critical look at foods we eat every day.
During the process of choosing those items, they realized that pairing various foods together would be more efficient and visually appealing. “Shown together, they create a stronger statement about their symbolic nature,” Galton told Business Insider.