Nutrition & Wellness
From learning about the health benefits of turmeric to staying up-to-date with the latest superfood trends, discover the best diet tips to improve your health.
Michael Pollan’s audiobook Caffeine explains the world’s most common drug
We featured psychedelic researcher and author Michael Pollan during our Marvelous Mushrooms week. Now he is back to explain why we have caffeine cravings and why being healthy doesn’t necessarily mean giving up coffee. For his new audiobook, Caffeine, Pollan went cold turkey on caffeine for Read More...
Supermarket saves food from being wasted by reselling refused groceries
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, 1.3 billion tons of food is thrown out or wasted every year across the world. This amounts to one-third of all food produced worldwide. In a bid to help solve this global problem, a supermarket in Berlin has come up with a local solution: Read More...
Need a mood boost? Try these 9 healthy foods
When feeling blue, you may crave calorie-rich, high sugar foods like ice cream or cookies to try to lift your spirits. While this might give you a sugar rush, it's unlikely to help you in the long term — and may have negative consequences as well. Instead, you should aim for wholesome foods Read More...
This urban farm has revived an impoverished community in Dallas
Dallas may be one of the wealthiest cities in the world, but its wealth is unevenly distributed amongst its neighborhoods. In the Bonton community in South Dallas, 48 percent of residents suffer daily from the effects of urban poverty. Rates of incarceration and joblessness are highly Read More...
New FDA approved drug could be lifesaving for children with peanut allergies
A couple of weeks ago we shared stories about how guidelines are changing for introducing kids to allergens and how companies like Ready, Set, Food! are making it easier for parents to safely test out tricky foods with their little ones. This week, the FDA approved the first drug to treat children Read More...
Yes, I’ll have your mung bean omelet please
There’s no question that alternative meats have fully made their way into fast food, fine dining, and everything in between. But what about other alternative options for vegans who want to give up not only meat, but all animal products? Just, a leading producer of plant-based eggs, has partnered Read More...
This household cleaner is made out of an unusual ingredient: food waste
What are the main ingredients in your household cleaning supplies? If you use Industrial Organic’s new line of Veles cleaners, you may be surprised to hear the answer is food waste. Before you get grossed out, let's explain the science: 45 trillion gallons of water go into the food that Read More...
Here’s why you should consider swapping your morning coffee for a long walk
Most of us need coffee to just get out of bed in the morning. The World Health Organization classifies caffeine as one of the “most widely used psychoactive substances” in the world. Caffeine does have some health benefits, but research has found that exercise can give you the same alert Read More...
Major meatless food brand introduces carbon footprint labeling on its products
While most supermarket products are required to have food labels that help consumers make informed decisions about the food they buy, it’s uncommon to find similar information about the environmental footprint behind our food’s production. In an effort to challenge that, Quorn - the biggest Read More...
Optimist View - Movie Review: Honeyland
How an Oscar-nominated documentary illustrates the power of resilience BY AMELIA BUCKLEY Wild honey smells of freedom. The dust - of sunlight. The mouth of a young girl, like a violet. But gold - smells of nothing. -Anna Akhmatova Our first introduction to Hatidze Muratova is watching her Read More...