Food for thought: How your mindset can make healthy food more available on social media

In today’s world, our diets are often packed with fats and sugars. Our ancient instinct to crave calorie-rich foods, which once helped us survive, now leads to harmful health side-effects.

To counter this, food content creators on social media have been trying to encourage healthy eating and healthy eating content.

But here’s the kicker — this content doesn’t get much engagement. Instead, posts that show unhealthy, high-calorie foods get more likes, shares and comments. This popularity of junk food online may place content creators and algorithms to show more of the same, tilting our view of “normal” eating habits towards

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10 Healthiest Fast Food Restaurants (2024) – Forbes Health

Some of the restaurants below are traditional fast food joints for when you need sustenance right off the exit ramp. Others are newer chains that cater directly to health-conscious customers. All have at least 400 locations throughout the US and menu items that cater to specific health concerns.

Panera Bread

Panera’s menu is full of options for a healthy meal. It lists nutritional information on the menu, and you can often find locations not far off freeway exits. You can order salads with a variety of lean proteins, fruits and vegetables, as well as “pick two” dishes from a menu

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How Healthy Is It To Eat Bananas Every Day?

An apple a day keeps the doctor away… but what about bananas?

Whether you’re adding them to your morning cereal or grabbing one to fuel up for a workout, many people regularly incorporate them into their diets on a daily basis. But some people also avoid them. So is it safe to eat them every day? Lauren Manaker, registered dietician nutritionist, filled us in on everything we need to know about eating bananas.

First, let’s get to the nutrition. One medium banana, according to the USDA, has about 105 calories, 27 carbs, 14 grams of sugar, 5 grams of fiber,

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the roadmap for healthy, sustainable diets begins

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Journal discussed the perspectives to attain healthy and sustainable diets.

Study: Toward healthy and sustainable diets for the 21st century: Importance of sociocultural and economic considerations. Image Credit: Okrasiuk/Shutterstock.comStudy: Toward healthy and sustainable diets for the 21st century: Importance of sociocultural and economic considerations. Image Credit: Okrasiuk/Shutterstock.com

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Attaining equitable, healthy, and sustainable diets is a defining challenge for food systems. The EAT-Lancet report underscored the importance of dietary shifts required to remain within planetary boundaries.

Besides, it is necessary to understand the feasibility of changes needed at agricultural, sociocultural, and economic levels. In the present study, the authors discussed the various perspectives to

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What are UPFs and how do they harm our health?

What alternatives are there to ultra-processed foods?

Preparing meals and snacks from scratch with unprocessed or minimally processed ingredients is ideal, but for most of us this simply isn’t possible all the time. The good news is that there are non-UPF versions of many UPFs – these products are processed rather than ultra-processed.

Many organic versions of common UPFs, such as tins of baked beans and non-dairy milk alternatives, are not ultra-processed. For example, most ready-meal lasagne is a UPF but Tesco and Marks & Spencer both sell versions that are processed but not ultra-processed, and both score B for

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Healthy eating on vacation: How to manage diet and avoid overindulgence, according to experts

Vacations are a time when many people take a break from everyday responsibilities to unwind and recharge.

Cooking is often replaced with restaurant visits, which usually offer enjoyment — but eating out can present challenges for anyone who’s on a health-conscious diet.

Add in meal-inclusive accommodations and excursions, food stalls and various shops that sell drinks, snacks and desserts — and overeating is an easy thing to do when people let their guard down.

HOW TO EXERCISE DURING A WORK TRIP AND STAY FIT WHILE TRAVELING

If maintaining a balanced diet while traveling and sightseeing is a top concern, here

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Canada recalls: Skims kids’ sleepwear, ground pork

Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalled various items this week, including Skims kids’ sleep sets, ground pork and leaf blowers.

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall Tuesday for Centennial Food Service’s ground pork due to possible metal pieces in the meat.

The 5-kilogram packages of ground pork have production dates listed as Nov. 6 and 8 of 2023.

The CFIA did not mention whether there had been any reports of illness associated with the product nor how the recall was triggered.

This comes after the CFIA recalled Wednesday Balocco’s Ciambelle biscuits, in the cream

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What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Bananas Every Day

Bananas are a popular go-to snack. They’re delicious, convenient and accessible but have also been the subject of controversy from time to time. Are they worthy of praise for being a good source of potassium—or deserving of criticism for having too much sugar? Is it healthy to eat them daily? If so, how many?

In this article, we’ll explore the evidence surrounding the health benefits of bananas and determine whether or not they should be part of a healthy diet. To start, let’s look at the nutrition information for bananas.

Banana Nutrition

According to the USDA, one medium banana contains:

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