There was no other sign the stuff had been rotting in the back of the refrigerator for nine months, other than a little brown discoloration around the edges. No mold. No bad smell.
In “Pandora’s Lunchbox” author Melanie Warner takes a look at processed foods and how they affect the human body. Learn about the seven foods you think are healthy, but aren’t (the list will have you rethinking your grocery list).
Andy Ellison is an “MRI technologist at Boston University Medical School and has been posting these images on his blog, Inside Insides, he manually acquires from a research only Philips 3 Tesla MRI he runs.”
(Source: treehugger.com)
RAY SUAREZ: As an African child who is adopted into Sweden — one of the whitest places in the world basically…you were aware of color and the difference it made, but it never crushed you. You were very realistic about it, but unsentimental about it. And that’s a tough line to walk. You’ve got it, even though there is no reason why you should have got it so young but you did. How did that happen?
MARCUS SAMUELSSON: I think it’s not just because of me, but it’s because of my parents. You know, my father — we talked about this a lot — he had to constantly prepare me for the workplace. That was his job to me more than anything, give me the work ethics. I was prepared, but also he understood that being a black child is not necessarily fair but so many things in life are not just fair. As a chef I like bitter, but in life you can’t get stuck on bitter.
1:05 “You’ll be surprised at how very chic a loin of pork can be.”
Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community:
I’m not a scientist. I don’t know why climate change is happening. I don’t know if it’s just — if it’s just a cycle in the Earth, you know — it’s a generational thing, or if there’s too much pollution entering the atmosphere. And so when we’re seeing climate change impacts in our areas, we figure we better get ahead of the curve.
The Swinomish, or “Salmon People,” became the first tribe in the country to conduct a climate adaptation assessment that paired observations in their natural world with top scientific research. Melting glaciers in the Pacific Northwest could push salmon to the brink of extinction. For these Northwest tribes, this means fighting to preserve their way of life.
More than half of the continental United States was in moderate to extreme drought in June — including corn- and soybean-producing states — damaging crops and impacting prices at the grocery store.
Some say if the hot, dry weather continues, this year’s drought could rival the “dust bowl” years of the 1930s.
How are you feeling the heat where you live?
As the U.S. continues to debate soda tax and other taxable “sins” to keep Americans healthy, Europe is already on it.
(Graphic by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
Incredible, Edible Bugs: Will Meals of Mealworms Catch on in U.S.?
Wax moth larvae tacos, salted crickets tostadita and toffee mealworms over Three Twins vanilla ice cream — Are you ready to incorporate these low fat and high protein bugs into your daily diet?
The big advantage of eating insects is that they are generally healthier than meat. A six-ounce serving of crickets has 60 percent less saturated fat and twice as much vitamin B-12 than the same amount of ground beef. You don’t have to sell the idea to the people of Madagascar; they eat about 15 different species of insect. And other countries — including Thailand and China — consume vast quantities of bugs.
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How well do you know your food history? When did humans start planting in rows? Or start using the plow? Find out by using our interactive food history timeline!
“1960, THE PILL: US government approves birth control pill. In early versions, Mexican yams provide the pill’s source material. In 1960, fewer than 10% of married women in poor countries use contraceptives. Today 60% do.”
Mexican yams!
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