With St. Patrick’s day on the way, you may appreciate this list of 5 environmentally-sound green beer makers. No, not beer tinted with green food coloring! Rather breweries “that have worked efficiency, renewables, recycling, and organic ingredients into their recipes in such a way that each pint actually costs less — in carbon emissions, that […]
Category: Nutrition in the news
Meds in drinking water
Did you know that city water treatment plants clean for germs, but not for pharmaceuticals? In Philadelphia, for example, traces of 56 human and veterinary medicines or their byproducts have been detected in the drinking water. That’s residuals of medicines for pain, infection, high cholesterol, asthma, epilepsy, mental illness and heart problems, among others. From […]
I used to be a margarine girl
Growing up we always used margarine, except for baking, which was not all that common at our house but did happen occasionally. My mother says she grew up using real butter, so I think it must have been a previous stepfather who switched us over to margarine, likely because it was thought to be “healthier”. […]
Vitamin D and Sunshine
Here’s a synopsis of an article from the Providence Journal: Let the Sun Shine In With constant warnings about wearing sunscreen to protect against skin cancer, Americans are being hurt in an unexpected area: nutrition. 60% of us (180 million Americans) aren’t getting enough vitamin D, say The Centers for Disesase Control and Prevention. It’s […]
The Carb Conundrum: Using whole grains to lose weight
As Americans we have mixed feelings about carbohydrates. On the one hand, we blindly jump on the low-carb bandwagon and follow unhealthy, low-carb or no-carb diets in our pursuit to lose weight quickly. On the other, we love our white bread, enriched pasta and potatoes in any form. Our expanding waistlines witness our confusion. While […]
