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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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FoodRight gives kids an early start on making healthy meals

Violin12/02/2023 119 Views

Lisa Kingery is on a mission.

The founder of FoodRight teaches kids how to prepare healthy foods.

Now serving about 1,200 students citywide in five MPS schools, FoodRight has developed curricula for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to help them gain experience with cooking different foods and using kitchen equipment.

This hands-on approach to learning is important for Kingery, who said that it helps break up the school day and get kids moving and learning with their hands when they otherwise might not have the chance to do so.

“Our curriculum is very experiential; they’re learning by doing,” Kingery

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This food truck brought healthy meals, fresh produce where Stockton needed it most

Violin10/02/2023 43 Views

La Maris vegan food truck co-owner Carlos Bryant has teamed up with Stockton city councilwoman Kimberly Warmsley to address food deserts by providing free food to residents of south Stockton at McKinley Park at noon on Thursday, Feb. 2.

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Carlos Bryant, co-founder of Las Maris Vegan Food Truck, knows what it’s like to

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Healthy Meal Plan for February 6, 2023

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Welcome to Start TODAY. Sign up for our free Start TODAY newsletter to receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox. Then, join us on the Start TODAY Facebook group for tips and motivation, to connect with others following the plan — and to get real-time advice from trainer Stephanie Mansour!

You asked, we answered! Hundreds of Start TODAY members told us they wanted healthier, balanced meal ideas to help them reach their health goals. This dietitian-designed meal plan gives you the flexibility to ease into a new year — all while learning the building blocks of healthy eating.

Meal planning

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Investors in My Food Bag Group (NZSE:MFB) have unfortunately lost 62% over the last year

Violin06/02/2023 60 Views

The nature of investing is that you win some, and you lose some. And there’s no doubt that My Food Bag Group Limited (NZSE:MFB) stock has had a really bad year. The share price has slid 67% in that time. My Food Bag Group hasn’t been listed for long, so although we’re wary of recent listings that perform poorly, it may still prove itself with time. Shareholders have had an even rougher run recently, with the share price down 35% in the last 90 days.

With that in mind, it’s worth seeing if the company’s underlying fundamentals have been the

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Five Tips for Healthy Eating in 2023

Violin02/02/2023 73 Views

by RIAH DURICKNOURISHED FOLKS

Since I started Nourished Folks, my mom has been trying to get me to use the word “health” in our marketing. But I’m annoyed by the organic food market, jaded by the diet industry and sticking my nose up at counting calories. She is right, though, that the kind of food we sell in the shop is, by definition, healthy.

To us at Nourished Folks, “healthy” food is a cornucopia of rainbow vegetables that come from the ground, anchored by beans and grains to sop them all up. We think healthy food is made mostly

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GrowPods Provide Self-Sufficiency with a Robust, Dependable Supply of Healthy Food Year-Round

Violin28/01/2023 55 Views

“Farm-to-table” is out. “Grow Your Own” is the newest trend in food.

CORONA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Advanced Container Technologies, Inc (Ticker: ACTX), said that GrowPods – the company’s unique Controlled Environment Farmsoffer a way to capture the next big trends in sustainability, healthy eating, and self-sufficiency.

According to the Wall Street Journal, chefs are redefining “farm-to-table” by overseeing the growing themselves. By utilizing high-tech, easy-to-operate hydroponic growing systems like GrowPodspeople can now grow their own leafy greens and certain fruits and vegetables.

GrowPods utilize an advanced hydroponic system. This gardening method uses nutrient-rich water

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Detroit woman brings fresh, healthy food to her corner of the city

Violin22/01/2023 85 Views

After nearly three decades of working as a registered nurse, Detroiter Sonya Greene is opening a fresh produce market in her neighborhood.

Greene cares deeply about the health and wellbeing of the people around her, and one of the biggest hurdles to health for many in the city is the lack of fresh, affordable and easily available produce and other daily grocery items.

In the community that Greene has called home since the 1980s – the Linwood-Dexter neighborhood – grocery options are not what they once were. When space in a commercial building owned by her family became available, Greene

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