Healthy Food

It’s in the Genes: Healthier Animals Anchor a Highly Sustainable Food System

Violin22/02/2023 46 Views

Elena Rice

Published 1 month ago. About a 4 minute read.

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As our population grows, we must keep innovating to provide ample, healthy food sources. The result? A more sustainable food system thanks to animals that are resilient to climate change and disease, and can produce healthy protein for our ever-growing planet.

As the world grows larger, the question remains: Can we feed it?

The future of the food system at large, and the livestock industry in particular, depends on two critical areas: addressing environmental impact and identifying areas

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Healthy choices to consider when you’re ordering fast food

Violin22/02/2023 46 Views

A recent Cleveland Clinic survey found almost half of Americans admitted they buy fast food at least once a week, with younger generations doing it the most.

And while fast food may be convenient, it’s not exactly healthy.

“Sometimes we can convince ourselves that some fast foods are healthy,” says Julia Zumpano, a registered dietitian with Cleveland Clinic. “I wouldn’t classify fast foods as healthy by any means, but there are certainly choices that we can make that are definitely superior to others.”

Zumpano said fast food provides very little nutrition and is mostly made up of processed ingredients –

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Food costs and access may be big obstacles to heart health

Violin21/02/2023 50 Views

Heart disease is the number one killer for men and women. February is American Heart Month, and The Cleveland Clinic has released its annual heart survey. It shows food costs and access to healthy foods are some of the biggest obstacles to heart health.

Cleveland Clinic polled a thousand adults from across the country and found nearly half of Americans surveyed are having trouble with the surging grocery costs; 46 percent believe healthy food being more expensive is the biggest barrier to eating healthy.

“We all see it really now, with the prices being hiked at our grocery stores for

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Healthy Diet Tips: 5 Things To Remember While Putting Together A Wholesome Breakfast

Violin20/02/2023 44 Views

Weekday mornings can be really hectic. In between, getting ready to work and finishing our daily chores, we often give our breakfast a skip. But it is not at all a healthy practice, says every expert from across the globe. By now, we have heard a lot about its importance for our overall nourishment. Breakfast is referred to as the most important meal of the day and for all the right reasons. Eating a wholesome breakfast sets the tone for the day and provides your body with the fuel and nutrients it needs to function properly. Let’s look at some

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A new rating system aims to help shoppers parse which foods are more and less healthy

Violin20/02/2023 65 Views

Many people aim to start the year off with healthier food choices. But how do you choose between seemingly similar foods, snacks or beverages? How does a bagel with cream cheese compare to toast topped with avocado, for example? Or a protein-based shake compared to a smoothie packed with fruits? Or two chicken dishes, prepared in different ways?

As nutrition scientists who have spent our entire careers studying how different foods influence health, our team at Tufts University has created a new food rating system, the Food Compass, that could help consumers and others make informed choices about these kinds

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Spain urged to adopt 10 measures to guarantee access to healthy, sustainable food

Violin19/02/2023 49 Views

In a joint letter, the organizations offered their support to develop food policies covering a range of topics, from working conditions for agricultural workers to the fight against depopulation or rural areas.

Given the ‘current food price crisis’, they insist on political measures must be approved to ‘guarantee access to healthy food’ as well as the ‘sustainability of the entire agri-food model’ in the medium and long term.

With this in mind, the coalition has urged the government to take ten steps they say will promote a ‘fairer agrifood system’. The want to see civil society to be ‘take more

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How rising food prices make eating healthy a big-time struggle for some Canadians

Violin18/02/2023 55 Views

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Food inflation: Rising prices make eating healthy a struggle for low-income Canadians

Over a six-week period, as part of the ‘Out of Pocket’ series, Global News is examining how inflation is impacting Canadians from coast to coast.

Canadians are feeling the pressure at the checkout lane as grocery prices continue to rise sharply – especially lower-income individuals, whose pocketbooks and diets are noticing the most impacts.

Food inflation is hitting some of the most nourishing foods the hardest, which makes them harder to access by people who are on lower incomes.

“Those who are in the lowest income, on

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How Gov. Pritzker plans to solve the food and grocery desert crisis

Violin18/02/2023 51 Views

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — More than 26,000 people in Peoria are food insecure, that’s 14.3%. Governor JB Pritzker has a plan to implement $70 million in helping needy families get healthy and cheap food.

“This budget proposes increasing temporary assistance for Needy Families, TANF, by $50 million so our families have more help to cover basic necessities,” said Gov. Pritzker.

At this week’s State of the State Address. Gov. Pritzker proposed another $20 million, on top of the $50 million, to launch the Illinois Grocery Initiative. It’s a plan that would assist independent grocers to open or expand grocery stores

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