- Yesterday's edition of the New York Times Magazine was devoted to living more earth-friendly, and there's an interesting article about how our eating habits could affect the planet.
- The World's Healthiest Foods: a handy site with cooking ideas and nutritional specs on foods we should all eat more of
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: the home page for Barbara Kingsolver's new book (which I also recommend!) about a year in which her family ate only what they grew or what they could buy locally
- My Pyramid: the USDA's online guide to figuring out what to eat
- PBS Parents: resources for getting kids to eat healthier
Also, if you find a website that might be helpful for the class, send me the link and I'll add it to the list!
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I have a question to start us off: does anyone know if any of the produce at Southside Produce on Perkins is organic? Is it labeled?
sorry but you're up really early... but anyway i've been kinda doing some research and i think what im goning to do is discuss the proper way for selecting fresh produce. i feel that the biggest reason i dont or people dont buy fresh products is because we dont know how. ill be the first to admit if it was up to me id probally just grab and pick something that just looked the coolest or something. knowing what to look for or how to pick something out will still be useful to us even if we shop organic or not.
and i also use horrible grammar too.
Phil, have you considered figuring out what's in season as part of the solution? It seems like that might help -- there are lots of resources to help you figure out what's in season in your part of the world when...maybe that's a place to start?
And, yes, I get up early: babies don't understand sleeping late!
For my paper, I am looking into my own food choices and recently (with too many tests and work due) I have been eating very poorly, so I want to look into healthy alternatives that are not that time consuming to prepare. In class Mrs. West mentioned eating fresh fruits that would resemble what I crave: CARBS! they are quick and cheap at any store. I just wanted to know if anyone has any good healthy alternatives for food choices that will not burn a whole in my wallet or take a lot of time to conjure up. Thanks!
anonymous is FORREST RICHARDS...i cant figure this thing out.
I'm also writing about health alternatives that are relativly inexpensive. Especially now with gas prices skyrocketing, I cannot afford to purchase "heatlhy" foods. Therefore, I'm trying to find out if there are cheaper alternatives. One may be to purchase a "Food Saver" and seal bulk foods air-tight so they last longer and are cheaper in the long run.
I think for this paper, I am going to try and research how to make sweets a little less unhealthy. Nothing over the top, but simple things that college students can do. I am thinking about alternatives to some of the ingredients within sweets. We will see how well it works!
I saw this mix in the grocery store that requires you to use yogurt to make cookies or brownies or some sweet related instead of milk and oil and water or milk. That should be an interesting paper!
For those of you considering healthy alternatives to snacks, you might think about replacing empty calories (i.e. without nutrients) with something your body actually needs. Yogurt is a good option for baking, but also if you buy plain yogurt and dress it yourself (with jam, fruit, nuts, granola, etc.), you avoid the artificial sweeteners and add in nutrients. For baking, buttermilk also has more nutrients than just plain milk, and applesauce is sometimes used in place of some of the sugar.
Forrest mentioned carbs, and that's another place that's (relatively) easy to upgrade in terms of health: whole grain anything has more nutritional value than things made with refined white flour, so you might check what kinds of cracker/chip options are available. Or, what kinds of fruit/veg substitutions can you think of for the carbs you crave...?
For those of you writing about the expense, I encourage you to be specific: what IS your budget for food? What do you normally buy with that budget? What healthy alternatives fit into that budget? Don't just say, "I can't afford it," give your reader specific numbers.
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