“In a way, the multinational food industry is providing solutions for women.”
A quinoa dilemma
Quinoa is not a staple at our house. I like... Read more →
“In a way, the multinational food industry is providing solutions for women.”
The average American starts in on a fad diet four times a year. A quarter give up after two weeks. What are they hoping for?
A picture is worth way more than 1000 words when it reveals food trends over the past 50 years for more than 150 countries.
Australians devote almost 60 cents of every dollar they spend on food to unhealthy stuff. They could eat better for less money, but “affordable luxuries” get in the way.
Bad diet is now the number one risk factor for disease. Is the world going to tackle the problem?
From a wilderness survival trick to a new theory on Neanderthal cooking.
Tara Schmidt, lead dietitian for the Mayo Clinic Diet, shares her thoughts on diet, diets and dietary advice
In many respects the diets of farmers and hunter-gatherers were more alike than different
A paper in Nature Food today reports the results of a group of scientists in Finland who modelled the environmental impact of replacing animal-source foods in current European diets with novel or plant-based foods. They conclude: Replacing animal-source foods in current diets with novel foods reduced all enviornmental impacts by over 80% and still met […]
Jess Fanzo takes a close look at what’s wrong with global food systems and how it might be possible to change them.