Charlie and the beet..
Author: thesmarteater
Are you eating your main meal after 6 pm? You should read this.
What do I know about seeds? Barely nothing until I started teaching a course on food systems. I’ve become increasingly more concerned about our food. I came across the Row 7 Seed Company and their quest to produce food that tastes good. You see, the use of synthetic fertilizer, while it increases growth rate and pesticide resistance, also increases greenhouse gases and causes plants to make more carbohydrate. Plants are bigger but less nutritious and lack a robust flavor you’d remember if you were alive in the 40’s and 50’s. Row-7 breeds seeds for favor and color rather than size, and they don’t patent their seeds – something companies like Monsanto do with negative effects on farmers. The company is working with chefs around the country to create food that tastes good.
This is one of the best articles written about the “cost” of being fit.
A chubby baby is cute. A chubby preschooler, not so much.
The following, not in order of importance or effectiveness, may play a role in healthy weight achievement or maintenance. None are food-related.
Maybe we can meet for a late lunch?
Pomegranates are the original “unexplainably juicy” Starburst candy, but a whole lot tastier with some impressive health benefits.