Tag: Diet - Page 9
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Chewing Gum Gets Healthy and Local
When it comes to creating new healthy eco products, chewing gum isn't the first thing that springs to mind or mouth. But if you are going to do it, just do it well. So welcome to the world of Peppersmith gum, a chewing gum made
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Gabriel Cousens, Authority in Raw Food and Curing Diabetes, in Argentina
American medical doctor, psychiatrist, family therapist and raw food authority Gabriel Cousens is arriving to Argentina this week to give a series of courses and talks in Buenos Aires. If you're in town, take a look at the
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It's Not Scary to Swap Take-Out for Home Cooking With NoTakeOut Meal Planner
If you are resolving to cut back on take-out foods, but really aren't sure how taking over at the stovetop will go, there's a cool website that will help out. NoTakeOut plans your meal from each ingredient and tool
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London is Good Enough to Eat
There is something so irresistible about these vegetable "foodscapes". Examining the detail and the ingenuity can provide endless minutes (surely not hours) of fun. The Houses of Parliament are built from asparagus, green beans
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Burn Calories and get your Christmas Nougat Candy from the Vending Machine
The Spanish inventor Pep Torres from the studio Stereonoise, who also created the flowerpot that automatically rolls your plants into the sunlight, has thought up a vending machine that only dispenses the snacks once you have burned enough calories.
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Cereal Was On The Breakfast Menu 100,000 Years Ago
They used to think that cereals and grains entered the human diet about 20,000 years ago, that it was a relatively modern human behaviour. Now, a Canadian team working in a cave in Mozambique has found that long before there were Quakers and organized
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Cadbury Urges Shareholders to Hold Tight for Sustainability
The press has been having a feeding frenzy in its following of the saga of the take-over bids for Cadbury's chocolate. Cadbury is an old British company with a strong ethical code based on its Quaker roots and "principled
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Creating an Oasis in the Food Desert
Nestled amid many urban areas, and even some rural areas, are food deserts: places dominated by convenience stores that sell only highly processed snacks and junk food. Living in one of these places can lead to higher rates of
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Stuffed? "Kind" Recipes for Thanksgiving Any Day
Though Tofurkey isn't my idea of a Thanksgiving meal, I understand why it's a great alternative to the bird. I'm just as happy with all the sides. It's an appropriate day to speak about a kind foods vs. nasty foods and actress Alicia Silverstone has
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Sandor Katz: The Self-Taught Wild Fermentation Experimentalist (Interview)
Author and fermentation wiz Sandor Katz. Image courtesy of Chelsea Green Publishing. Makenna Goodman is Community Outreach Coordinator for Chelsea Green Publishing, the publisher of Wild Fermentation, by Sandor Katz, whom she interviewed for this guest
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How Much Can Bike Commuting Curb Obesity?
GOOD excels at illustrating complex issues with infographics that are easy to understand and fun to look at. One of their latest addresses the relationship between bike commuting and obesity. I could try to explain it, but I think they do a better job
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Cadbury's Gives Up the Tin and Turns to Cardboard
With all the interest focussed on Kraft's thwarted (so far) attempts to take over Cadbury, a little noticed but shocking announcement has been made elsewhere. Cadbury's is replacing their famous candy tins with
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Artists and Gadgets Help Slow Down Fast Food
So the slow food movement isn't necessarily about literally slowing down...but in a way, it is. When we slow down, actually stopping to eat, we spend more time considering what it is we're putting in our bodies and might make
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Green Holiday Gift Guide: The Foodie (Slideshow)
You don't have to be a die-hard chef to appreciate the aroma of a simmering pot of stew, a perfectly-crusted pie, or a flawless tomato fresh from the garden--so whether you're shopping for your just-married cousin or your brother with the finely-honed
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Green Gift Guide: The Foodie
There's nothing like a long meal that lingers into the night to bring people together, whether you're talking a dozen relatives or just dinner for two. With the tools and guides on these pages, your favorite chef sure to make the feast more delicious and
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Is Liz Hurley the World's Most Glamorous Farmer?
You've come a long way baby... Liz Hurley, of the Versace safety pin dress (after the fold for that one) and former girlfriend of Hugh Grant, sigh, (after the fold for him too....) has abandoned the London celebrity scene
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Access to Aquaponics: Starter Kits for $499.99
Whether the discussion is about the efficiency of aquaponics, or whether aquaponics is cruel or not, this innovative method of growing vegetables and raising fish certainly seems to be good for stirring up debate. But
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Author Margaret Atwood on The Year of the Flood
Photo: George Whiteside Margaret Atwood is one of the most respected authors of our time, with dozens of books of poetry and fiction to her name, among them Cat's Eye, The Handmaid's Tale, and Oryx and Crake. Her latest book, The Year of the Flood, is
