Image Español Not long ago, gluten-free foods on the grocery shelves could be hard to find. Not so much, now. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants you to know that foods labeled as “gluten-free” and with similar terms such as “without gluten,” “free of gluten,” and “no gluten” must […]
Diet Plans
A road diet is a street reconfiguration that is designed to improve traffic safety using reduced or narrowed driving lanes, curb extensions, bulb-outs, bike lanes, pedestrian medians, landscaping, and other relatively low-cost interventions. Road diets are shown to reduce driving speeds and improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable […]
Photo: Pierpaolo Ferrari and Maurizio Cattelan This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Allison is an actress. When we meet up for coffee — she has an almond-milk cortado — in midtown, something’s different about her, but […]
If cooking isn’t on your list of top priorities or if it’s a particularly sweltering day, then the idea of not having to roast vegetables or fry up some crispy tofu sounds pretty appealing. Maybe you occasionally eschew cooking for plant-based smoothies and salads. If that’s the case, then you’ve […]
One thing much of the country seems to agree on is eating more plants. More than half of Americans (63 percent, regardless of political affiliation, according to a 2021 study by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication) are actively trying to eat less red meat. In the United States, […]
Share on PinterestScientists are still trying to define and classify ultra-processed foods. Darren Muir/Stocksy The USDA has devised an experimental, nutritionally complete, seven-day meal plan consisting almost entirely of ultra-processed foods. However, a range of ultra-processed foods have been extensively linked to chronic health issues. The diet scientists created also […]
More and more people are adding fish into their diets for the heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids. But it may be time to skip the salmon and tuna, and reach for foods lower on the seafood chain like sardines and clams instead. Shifting your seafood diet to incorporate mainly smaller fish […]
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has declared aspartame may be a possible carcinogenic hazard to humans. Another branch of the WHO, the Joint WHO and Food and Agriculture Organization’s Expert Committee on Food Additives has assessed […]
27 Mar 2023 — Consumers will soon have more nutritional information on the label to help improve their dietary choices, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guides food manufacturers on how and when to use Dietary Guidance Statements on food labels. The FDA also plans to […]
Overview Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood glucose. Hyperglycaemia, also called raised blood glucose or raised blood sugar, is a common effect […]