Tag: Diet - Page 3
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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
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Beyond Soda Taxes, Teaching Cooking Crucial Part of Building Healthy American Diet
The New York Times' chief food opinionator Mark Bittman has weighed in on a topic that frequents TreeHugger's page: Taxing sugary beverages, ending the de facto subsidies for unhealthy foods we've currently got in
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A Healthier (& Cheaper) Way to Celebrate National Junk Food Day
Today is National Junk Food Day and that comes with a lot of negative connotations. Junk food is associated with childhood obesity and is a well-known provider of empty calories. However, a healthy lifestyle
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Do Your Grocery Shopping With a Cart Instead of a Basket: You'll Make Healthier Choices
That's right, according to a recent study, if you stroll the aisles of a supermarket with a shopping cart instead of a basket, you're likely to make healthier choices. Published in the Journal of Marketing Research, the study
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Is It Time To End The War On Salt? In A Word, No.
Life imitates Woody Allen's Sleeper once again.... Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called "wheat germ, organic honey and tiger's milk." Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed
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This Year, Vegan* Cyclist Will Race the Tour de France
That's right, the race that can burn 8,000 calories a day will this year be faced by a man consuming no meat, eggs or dairy. As the Wall Street Journal puts it, American cyclist David Zabriskie will be "riding the Tour
