Living an unhealthy lifestyle can add a dozen years to your age, according to a new study.
When people combine four common bad habits — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — they increase their risk of death, and can actually appear 12 years older than people who have a healthier lifestyle, researchers said.
Read more here: 4 bad habits to break
Cream of Asparagus and Spinach Soup: Dairy free, quick and easy, delicious vegetarian soup recipe, lovely as a light supper with artisan bread and hummus, or as the first course of a company dinner.
Read more here: Cream of Asparagus and Spinach Soup
Just as the titans of the restaurant industry seek to obscure the reality behind their most dubious products and practices, so do the package-goods producers partake in active campaigns of secrecy, embellishment, and outright deception.
What does that mean to you, dear reader? It means you’re spending your hard-earned cash and calories on foods you thought were great for you but that may secretly be undermining your health.
Eating well is hard enough, but when companies start complicating matters with false marketing and ambiguous label claims, that’s when you need to arm yourself with a few simple, savvy methods for outsmarting the food powers that be.
What follows is just that, a guide to 9 of the most misunderstood foods in America that will help you separate fact from fiction in a quest to getting exactly what you bargained for every time you take to the supermarket.
Read more here: The Truth About Your Food
Chris Botticella knows the secret to those “nooks and crannies” in Thomas’ English Muffins — the way they cradle butter and jam, and after a good toasting, produce just the right crunch.
It’s a secret that the muffins’ makers have gone to great lengths to protect over 75 years, allowing it to rack up $500 million in sales annually of the toaster treats.
The company says only seven executives know all three parts of its winning formula for making the muffins — including how much dough to use, the right amount of moisture and the proper way to bake them.
Read more here: Guarding ‘nooks and crannies’- Maker of Thomas’ English Muffins sues former exec
Here’s an unappetizing thought: A review of restaurant food safety practices found that a typical kitchen worker cross-contaminates food with potentially dangerous pathogens about once per hour.
Among the risky behaviors cited were workers using aprons and other garments to dry hands, as well as using the same utensils and surfaces to prepare both raw and cooked foods, according to a review by a North Carolina State University researcher.
Both practices are considered health violations, said Ben Chapman, an assistant professor and food safety specialist who used video cameras in eight restaurant kitchens to monitor worker food safety habits.
Read more here: Researcher finds lax food safety in restaurants
Every day this week, we’re posting 10 BBQ tips from grilling guru Steven Raichlen and the Bon Appetit Test Kitchen. Your are now armed with 50 pieces of expert advice–that’s all you’ll need to master the art of grilling this summer.
Read more here: 50 Things You Should Know to Be a Grilling Expert, Part 5
