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More beans and less red meat: Nutrition experts weigh in on US dietary guidelines

Dec. 10, 2024 18:21 PM EST

Americans should eat more beans, peas and lentils and cut back on red and processed meats and starchy vegetables, all while continuing to limit added sugars, sodium and saturated fat. That's the advice released Tuesday by a panel of nutrition experts charged with counseling the U.S....

Small business owners brace for Trump's proposed tariffs

Dec. 03, 2024 15:58 PM EST

Small businesses are bracing for stiff tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump has proposed as one of his first actions when he takes office. Trump has proposed importers pay a 25% tax on all products entering the country from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on...

Cutting back on meat doesn't have to mean going without protein. Tips and two recipes

Sep. 30, 2024 11:28 AM EDT

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

Sep. 24, 2024 13:27 PM EDT

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...