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  • “Just Eat Less” OK, Einstein. How? Not a single one of us doesn’t understand why we “just need to eat less” if we want to lose weight, but most of us need to give some thought to how to do that. I suspect the big appeal of fad diets is the authoritative way they dictate…

  • Keeping Score Few of us can just eat whatever we want without consequences, and there are lots of ways out there to keep track. The gold standard is counting calories, and it’s a great way to be very aware of what you eat, but if you’re just starting out, it’s easy to get bogged down…

  • Chasing Delicious has a series of posters showing when fruits, vegetables, and herbs are in season. Seasonal Produce Calendars

  • One of the simplest ways to eat more nutritiously is simply to use less packaged food. Packaged foods contain ingredients that keep them “shelf stable,” manipulate their color and texture, and other goals that are interesting from a chemistry perspective but don’t contribute anything to our nutrition. Many packaged foods have their basic ingredients manipulated,…

  • Healthy living is about making choices. Sometimes those choices will be from the Burger King value menu – and that’s OK. You can still make most of your choices in a way that keeps you on track for good nutrition (and regular exercise). Many diet programs offer “cheat” options – suggesting you eat carefully 6…

  • “The five-second rule probably should become the zero-second rule,” said Dr. Roy M. Gulick, chief of the division of infectious diseases at Weill Cornell Medical College. “Eating dropped food poses a risk for ingestion of bacteria and subsequent gastrointestinal disease, and the time the food sits on the floor does not change the risk.” Quote…

  • Should you change your food pattern? Here are some considerations: – Are you having trouble with portion control? – Are you eating a lot of packaged food or fast food? – Do you have trouble staying alert during the day? Whole foods, especially high-protein foods and vegetables, can make it easier to control how much…

  • So you’ve made a new commitment to eat less – or eat better – and now you need to figure out how to actually do it. One of the toughest things to learn is exactly how much you’re eating. Weighing and measuring everything is tiring, and we don’t eat at home all the time (although…

  • A US Food Administration poster from World War 1. These principles were meant to conserve resources in order to support the war effort, but they’re still good sense today. More about the US Food Administration (and more posters) at the National Archives.