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Should I be trying “clean eating,” the Paleo Diet™, or the Whole 30?

I see from the news that the government’s new dietary guidelines are out. What’s different? Anything I should change?

I predict this year will bring new frontiers in fighting food waste, plus a heightened focus on plants in general and plant-based proteins in particular.

This recipe tops the whole grain snack with flavorful smoked paprika and nutritional yeast, rather than the artificial and unhealthy ingredients in microwave popcorn.

Willamette University students find out what 140 pounds of food waste looks like and vow to change their habits.

How can I enjoy some of my favorite holiday drinks without overdoing the calories?

This recipe reinvents a traditional comfort food to be higher in fiber and introduces stress-Spaghetti Squashreducing nutrients such as magnesium and vitamin C.

What are probiotics? How do I get them, and how important is it that I do?

This unique combination makes for a moist, dense, and chocolatey dessert that’s also a good source of protein, fiber, and micronutrients. Makes enough bite-sized samples for about 15-20 people.

I am never going to be a global expert on the food system, but I do love globe-trotting and talking to local people about food. In recent years, I’ve been lucky enough to travel from South America to Southeast Asia, and like many of you would, I have sought out indigenous food experiences. Here’s some of what I’ve heard in my travels. I offer these tidbits as a look through the local peoples’ perspective, not as scientific facts. Some of what they shared may not actually be true, but the fact that they think it is can be interesting all by itself. Chicken about chicken As I snacked on buffalo curd with treacle (tasted like yogurt with honey) in Sri Lanka, my driver volunteered that they don’t serve chicken to their kids, especially young girls, because of “all the chemicals […]