In the recent Harvard Gazette article “Butter’s benefits melt away,” researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health debunk the controversy surrounding saturated fat and heart health. In a new study appearing online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, senior author Frank Hu and colleagues found that people who replace saturated […] Continue reading
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National Geographic Foods for Health
Foods for Health: Choose and Use the Very Best Foods for Your Family and Our Planet (National Geographic) by Barton Seaver and Dr. P.K. Newby: Eat for life. With every food choice you make—every meal you prepare, serve, and enjoy—you are shaping the future. Choose well, and you build the foundation for strength, longevity, and a healthy brain and […] Continue reading
Eating Spicy Food Linked to a Longer Life
Eating spicy food is associated with a reduced risk for death, according to an analysis of dietary data on more than 485,000 people enrolled in a large Chinese health study from 2004 to 2008. Researchers found that compared with eating hot food (mainly chili peppers) less than once a week, once or twice a week […] Continue reading
Eric Rimm discusses the importance of eating breakfast
The Healthy Eating Plate, now in Greek
The Healthy Eating Plate is now available in Greek, providing another example of how to create a Mediterranean diet. There isn’t one specific Mediterranean diet, as there are multiple countries that border the Mediterranean Sea — each with its own foods, eating patterns, and lifestyles — but there are some similarities that help define a Mediterranean eating […] Continue reading
5 tips for sustainable eating
As we become a more food-savvy society, consumers are looking beyond the supermarket shelf and exploring how their food is produced. Where does all this food come from? Consider that, for example, livestock production – which includes meat, milk and eggs – contributes 40 percent of global agricultural gross domestic product, and uses one-third of […] Continue reading
The new focus on sustainability: The Dietary Guidelines for Americans and for our planet
What are the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and who creates them? The Dietary Guidelines for Americans were first released in 1980, providing science-based advice to encourage individuals to eat a healthful diet and for the formation of federal food and nutrition and nutrition education programs that help Americans achieve and maintain a healthy weight, promote […] Continue reading
Menus of Change
Sustainability’s importance is far-reaching, and an increasing number of organizations are embracing its principles. Players in the sustainability movement include individuals shopping at farmers markets, to schools incorporating more local produce in school lunches, to the food industry and academic institutions. Continue reading
Talking sustainability with Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz (Part 2)
In Part 1 of our interview with Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, he answers the question “What exactly does “sustainability” mean? In Part 2 he offers further insights on the relationship between food, the environment, […] Continue reading
Talking sustainability with Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz (Part 1)
Food decisions used to stop at the shelf. We saw something we liked, bought it, consumed it, and didn’t think much about it beyond satisfying our hunger. Now, however, we’re peeking past the shelves to trace where our food came from and how it was grown. In 2015, our food’s “story” is as important as […] Continue reading