Infographic: Health Food and Weight Loss Around the World
A global survey conducted by The Nielsen Company last year found that people from different countries and cultures generally agree on how to lose weight and what foods are the healthiest.
Why Eating Some Meat May Be Better for the Environment than Going Vegetarian
In fact, eating vegetarian occasionally could be a smarter environmental choice than eating no meat at all. The diet of those who eschew only red meat could have a smaller carbon footprint than that of dairy-loving vegetarians: A serving of chicken has a lower carbon impact than a serving of hard cheese. The real advantage, though, is that eating less meat opens up conversations about food choices with meat-eaters, while vegetarianism often shuts them down
Altering the perception of health food as junk food just might help us for what’s left in our current 30 Days of GOOD challenge.
From well-known categories like vegetarian, omnivore, and vegan to more recent dietary descriptions like “flexitarian” and Mark Zuckerberg’s eat-only-what-you-kill approach, the modern-day eater has dozens of dietary categories to choose from.
Here, we imagine what might happen if a few of these folks sat down to dinner together. Click the image for descriptions of each of their eating habits.
The Most Annoying Dinner Party Ever: 7 Super-Specialized Diets - Food - GOOD
Contributor Meghan Joyce offers up insight and advice on her recent struggles of being a vegan in a relationship with an unabashed meat eater.
My friends and I have a game we play when we’re bored. It’s called Deal Breaker. We work our way through the alphabet, taking turns naming characteristics that, in a prospective romantic partner, are cause to call it quits. For example, a deal breaker for the letter “D” might be “doesn’t know how to read.”
The other night, I was playing Deal Breaker with my boyfriend as we sipped wine on his porch. It wasn’t as fun with only two people, but it was proving to be rather revelatory. The letter “V” was his turn, and we made eye contact. I knew what was on the tip of his tongue.
“Vegan.”
He didn’t say it, but if we had been playing Deal Breaker a year ago, I’m sure he would have. When I decided to go vegan a few months ago, he was skeptical, and he didn’t think my plan would last.
Dating and Diet: Can a Meat Eater and a Vegan Be Happy Together? - Food - GOOD
Remember last month’s challenge to drive less? This month’s 30 Days of GOOD Challenge is to eat less meat. It’s no secret that curbing our meat consumption makes for a healthier body, a healthier society, and a healthier planet. Just yesterday, Mark Bittman described our unsustainable carnivorous appetites: "We’re crack addicts with a steady supply.“ Ouch. While we’re not all promising to banish (responsibly raised and slaughtered) steak from our dinner plates forever, we do want to see how tweaking the amount of meat in our diets might help us feel better, save money, and do good.
The issue for busy people like us, of course, is finding affordable meals that make it easy to go meatless. Here in Los Angeles, we’re lucky to have plenty of restaurants where eating an all-veggie meal doesn’t mean sacrificing taste. We partnered with our friends at Yelp.com to find nine local restaurants with vegetarian options so exciting you won’t ask, "Where’s the beef?”
Click through to see the full list →
Nine Los Angeles Restaurants Where It’s Easy to Go Meatless - Food - GOOD
We’re going to eat less-to-no meat in June. You can join in by reblogging or liking this post, or follow it all on Twitter by using the #30DaysofGOOD hashtag.
We’ll also be providing infographics, personal essays, and guides on how to go vegetarian, which will provide context as to how this can positively change your dietary choices. Or at least open you up to new items to try in lieu of meat after the challenge ends.
Now repeat after me: “I am stronger than bacon.”
The students walk into Duke University’s version of Panda Express to place a lunch order. They are asked if they would like to downsize their order. A third take the offer. Then, calorie counts go up on the menu, and the researchers repeat the offer to see if more information about their meals encourages students to eat healthier. Again, a third downsize their meals. Even with calorie counts on display, people didn’t change their order.
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“Participants more often chose the apple when the energy content was expressed in Kilojoules than in Kilocalories [because] the former difference (782 Kilojoules) looks much bigger in the latter one (187 Kilocalories).”
The Sneaky Math That Undermines Calorie Counting - Food - GOOD
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