Tag: eating
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What Does It Mean to Be Full? Every once in a while, I see advice like “Only eat when you are hungry,” or “Eat until you are full.” I recently saw my personal favorite: “Eat until you are 70% full.” Although I am not quite as driven in this area as Louis CK describes above,…
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What Is an Empty Calorie? Empty calories are found in simple foods with little to no nutritional value, like chips, candy, or sugary sodas. Empty calories contain energy but are “empty” of nutrients that support our bodies — you may also hear this referred to as “low nutrient density.” Fluffy — like a marshmallow! Many…
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Accounting Without Counting One of the most polarizing issues in healthy eating is counting calories. Some people say it’s the ONLY thing that works; other people say it ALWAYS steers you wrong. Whether you find it easy or get anxious just thinking about it, calorie counting is definitely a complex skill. It’s also very hard…
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Making It Easier to Get Your Vegetables Farmer’s Fridge is a company in Chicago that sells salads in vending machines. It packs the salads in jars (dressing in its own packet) early in the morning, delivers to a fleet of vending machines, and moves all its product within 3 days. The salads are made from…
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Building Yourself Up and Tearing Yourself Down This t-shirt celebrates the classic post-race free food for the participants: a table loaded with bananas. Sometimes they have bagels, too, usually several different flavor options. But more races are offering post-race parties with beer, and some are even organized around true junk food. The Krispy Kreme Challenge,…
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Sometimes you need a quick — and reasonably good-for-you — snack, or want something that doesn’t lend itself to making a big batch ahead of time and parceling out into servings, but it can be tough to cook for one. Greatist has published this nice list of suggestions (and recipes) for easy, small meals with…
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Don’t Panic — It’s Just the Holidays Darya Rose at Summer Tomato has a nice list of recommendations for sticking with your healthy eating habits throughout the holidays. Here are the basic ideas — go read the post for terrific tips on how to implement them: 1. Don’t panic. 2. Pick your battles. 3. Plan…
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Is ANYTHING Good for You? In an article cheekily linked as “10 types of diet books that prove you can’t eat anything,” io9 notes: “What should you cut out of your diet to be more healthy? Everything. According to the most popular diet books on the market, there’s barely a food on Earth that’s safe…
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Nudge Yourself into a Sound Grocery Strategy Feeding America worked with Cornell University to develop a nudge-based way of presenting food in food banks and pantries — putting produce and recipe ideas right up front so that it was easy for people to make the right choices. Your local grocery store has its own priorities…