Category Archives: Healthy eating

Veggie Burgers vs. Beef Burgers

Veggie Burgers vs. Beef Burgers
Are veggie burgers nutritionally complete substitutes for beef burgers? Do veggie burgers have a smaller ecological footprint than beef burgers? Evidence suggests that diets high in red meat predict greater risk of adverse health outcomes including cardiovascular disease and mortality. Contrarily, high-quality omnivorous diets (including meat and lots of selected plant foods) do not show…
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Beans Don’t Get No Respect

Beans Don’t Get No Respect
But they should! Give beans and other legumes a try Plants that produce beans occur in the legume plant family. Beans are seeds and, as such, contain everything a sprouting plant needs (except water and sunlight) to germinate and create a new plant. The seeds of legumes occur in pods of various sizes and shapes.…
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What Exactly Are Whole Grains and Whole Grain Foods?

Confused about what these terms mean? What to look for in a bread label In 1999, the Whole Grains Working Group of the American Association of Cereal Chemists International defined “whole grains” as “intact, ground, cracked or flaked fruit of the grain whose principal components, the starchy endosperm, germ and bran, are present in the…
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