Food Knowledge
Has the plant-based food revolution lost its sizzle?
There has been a boom in the market for plant-based foods and products that mimic meat in recent years. But that boom has hit a blip amid a cost of living crisis and increasing consumer worries about ultra-processed food, says Bee Wilson
Presented by Hannah Moore with Bee Wilson; produced by Courtney Yusuf and Solomon King; executive producers Homa Khaleeli and Phil Maynard
Sun 10 Sep 2023 22.00 EDT
Ultra-processed foods: the 19 things everyone needs to know
They make up 57% of the UK diet – and the risks are becoming ever more evident. Here is how to recognise UPFs and find healthier alternatives.
Plain yoghurt good, most flavoured yoghurt bad. Composite: Guardian Design; Getty Images/Mint Images RF; Sergey Yarochkin/Alamy
Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
Water of about 26 million is contaminated as new data offers the most robust look into exactly which communities are polluted.
Posted from: Kyle Bagenstose: Guardian
New data shows that about one-in-10 drinking water systems contain the two most notoriously dangerous forever chemicals. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Why One Independent Grocer Is Sticking With Cashiers
Sparkle Markets cites reasons for not adding self-checkout
Posted from: Lynn Petrak: Progressive Grocer
Sparkle Markets is eschewing self checkout, keeping cashiers in place for engagement and service.
Another deadly pandemic seems inevitable – but there is a way to avoid it
Eliminating the risk of infectious disease is as impossible now as it was 20 years ago, but if we only try to treat the symptoms of disease with vaccines and technology, we are in danger of not preventing them occurring in the first place. The only way to ensure good long-term human and planetary health is to minimize the disturbance of nature – and avoid interactions between ourselves and the pathogens of other species.
Posted from: John Vidal : The Guardian
Industrial farms are becoming disease factories, incubating pathogens like flu, enabling hyper-virulent pathogens to spread or cross to humans.’
Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images
Sidestep harmful chemicals when using powdered mixes for summer sweet treats
Summer is a perfect time for sweet treats, from serving punch at a cookout to planning a patriotic jello dessert for July 4 – and it’s also a reminder to watch out for chemicals in the powdered mixes used to make popular items to eat and drink.
You may want to think twice before reaching for that powdered drink mix or powdered gelatin dessert mix – it might contain potentially harmful additives. Alternative products that don’t have these ingredients are a suitable option.
Posted from: Iris Myers : ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
The case for using a plant-based diet to reduce the burden of diabetes has never been stronger.
If all a plant-based diet could do is prevent and reverse the number one killer of adults (heart disease), shouldn’t it be the default diet until proven otherwise? (See How Not to Die from Heart Disease.) Yet the evidence for the benefits of a more plant-based diet continues to emerge for a variety of other life-threatening chronic diseases.
Posted from: Michael Greger M.D. FACLM: NUTRITION FACTS
