Latest Healthy eating News
Cutting back on meat doesn't have to mean going without protein. Tips and two recipes
When Jennifer Anastasiou decided to go vegetarian after learning about the environmental impact of livestock, she worried at first about her protein intake. “It was kind of hard because when you eat meat your entire life, you don’t even have to think that way,” said Anastasiou,...
In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble
ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low fat, low ice diet because of climate change. And it's getting lower on polar bears. There are now...
An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' but local harvesters are barely surviving
Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year-old Bhitoni never saw them as a source of cash, until now. Climate change-induced...
Fortified bouillon cubes are seen as a way to curb malnutrition in Africa as climate worsens hunger
IBADAN, Nigeria (AP) — In her cramped, dimly lit kitchen, Idowu Bello leans over a gas cooker while stirring a pot of eba, the thick starchy West African staple made from cassava root. Kidney problems and chronic exhaustion forced the 56-year-old Nigerian woman to retire from teaching, and she...
Bring rich, warm complexity to lentils with Ethiopian spices
Lentils may not have the most exciting reputation, but when cooked well and seasoned properly, they can be transformed into a comforting and rich supper in just half an hour. In this recipe from our cookbook “ Milk Street 365: The All-Purpose Cookbook for Every Day of the Year,”...
Ultraprocessed foods are everywhere. How bad are they?
Whether they know it or not, most Americans don’t go a day — or often a single meal — without eating ultraprocessed foods. From sugary cereals at breakfast to frozen pizzas at dinner, plus in-between snacks of potato chips, sodas and ice cream, ultraprocessed foods make up...
Iowa proposes summer grocery boxes as alternative to direct cash payments for low-income families
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa on Thursday proposed an alternative program to address child hunger during next year’s summer break, a plan that the state says can leverage existing community-driven infrastructure and prioritize nutrition, but critics — including a federal agency — say takes...
