Tag: Diet

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  A Teaspoon of Sugar Might Make the Medicine Abound

  Without sugar-coating, the white stuff we inhaled as kids, in excess, takes a toll far more toxic than cavities.

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  Hold the French Fries! School Lunch Just Got Healthier with USDA Ruling

  “Parents can now imagine their children coming home from school with a newfound love for spinach, sweet potatoes and whole-wheat spaghetti."

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  10 Tasty Recipes for Gluten-Free Desserts

  A recent article in The New York Times suggests we should all cut down on wheat -- celiac or not --- but that doesn't mean dessert should have more in common with a hockey puck.

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  7 Ways Going Green Will Make You Lose Weight in 2012

  Did those holiday pounds pile on? Making green choices could see that popular New Year's Resolution to shed pounds come true.

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  High Milk Intake Linked to Prostate Cancer

  Drinking milk daily as a teen linked to prostate cancer later in life.

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  A Subscription Snack Box Program Will Have You Eating Healthier Without Trying

  Eating healthy can be challenging, but snacking healthy is even harder. One company has come up with a plan that helps make it a whole lot easier.

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  Unlock the Mysteries of Centuries-Old Ingredients With Tips and Recipes From Superfood Cuisine

  Nutrient-dense "superfoods" are increasingly popular but where does the home cook begin? Superfood Cuisine offers a comprehensive guide.

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  Frances Moore Lappé on Escaping Thought Traps and Creating Democracy for a Small Planet (Podcast)

  The author of Diet for a Small Planet discusses democracy, psychology, Occupy Wall Street, and her new book, EcoMind.

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  Synthetic Meat Is A Ridiculous Delusion Offering No Environmental Benefit

  Researchers continue pursuing manufacture of synthetic meat without thinking through the market potential.

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  Ending Factory Farming Requires Also Ending Dietary Fundamentalism

  There may be deep philosophical differences between vegans, vegetarians and omnivores, but we all can agree that factory farming is horrendous for humans, animals, and environment -- and must be stopped.

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  87% of Americans Want Genetically Modified Foods Labeled (Infographic)

  Another good infographic, apropos of Non-GMO Month and labelling of genetically modified food: Apparently 87% of Americans want GM ingredients labeled & over half wouldn't buy them if they knew about them.

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  More Factory Farms Behind 20% Increase In Meat Consumption Over Past Decade

  Many TreeHugger readers are probably aware that the amount of meat we're eating on average is increasing, a lot. Some new research from Worldwatch Institute quantifies it, and the picture isn't pretty. In the past 10 years,

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  Walmart Faces Trouble in China For Selling Fake "Organic" Pork

  Walmart stores in southwest China's Chongqing have been forced to close following allegations that they have been labeling non-organic pork as organic and selling it at a higher price. There's speculation that the incident

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  World's First Fat Tax in Denmark as Food Sin Taxes Become Reality in Europe

  The statistics prove that people can't control themselves. Delicious, fatty, comfort foods are driving obesity, disease, and medical costs to unacceptable levels. Should the government step in? The once theoretical debate

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  World's Oldest Person Found Thriving in the Amazon

  While the Amazon rainforest is certainly known to be teeming with life, it turns out that the people who live there are too. Maria Lucimar Pereira, an indigenous Amazonian belonging to the Kaxinawá tribe of

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  Vegetarians Enjoy Oral Sex More Says OKCupid

  Here at TreeHugger, we post regularly on the connections between a vegetarian diet and the effect it has on the planet. However, OKCupid has trumped us in a way we never saw coming: vegetarians enjoy giving oral sex more

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  KFC Comes to East Africa, and Why That's a Bad Thing

  Reports have been flowing out of Kenya about how long the lines have been at the newly-opened KFC in Nairobi. People are excited. But it's not a good thing for anyone except the beneficiaries of Yum Brands' bottom line.

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  From Schools to Hospitals, Fresh Healthy Vending Makes Healthy Snacking Easier

  It seems like a good sign when an eighth-grade girl says this about a vending machine stocked with things like fruit slices, (healthy) granola bars and dairy-free snacks: "All the vending machines I see have candy or