Rosanne Rust's Blog, page 5

Can Processed Foods Fit into A Healthy Diet?

Has anyone ever told you to “eat less processed food”? It’s likely that advice was in the context of “you should choose ‘healthier’ foods”. However, did you know that tofu is considered an ultra-processed food and canned beans are a “processed food” Processed or Ultra-Processed? Of late, you may have heard the term “ultra-processed food”.  [...]

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You Do Not Want to Hop Onto the Borax Train

The Borax train? Don't hop on. What is happening to people's trust and ability to understand plausible science? If you're scrolling social media lately, you've seen either people talking about adding the laundry detergent accelerator into their drinking water as a "wellness remedy". Hopefully you have also seen a few posts, including this one, telling [...]

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Practical Ways to Waste Less Food

I’ve seen some cool videos showing you ways to use watermelon rinds or banana peels. Food waste is responsible for about 6-8% of all greenhouse gas emission. Even though there are numerous points across the supply chain that lead to food waste, you and I can do our part. Imagine if every household wasted just [...]

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Best-by Dates and Stale Bread

One question that may be on your mind as you consider throwing food away is: "Is it still safe to eat?" Some of the guidelines for how long a food is safe to eat and how long you can store a cooked food in your refrigerator is up for debate. You may not like bread [...]

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Add More Veggies to Your Pasta & Potato Salads

We all need to add more veggies to our diets. Why not add them to foods you already love? Pasta and potato salads are delicious summer picnic go-tos. Why not veg-up your favorite pasta or potato salad recipe with even more veggies for your next summer gathering? You can't go wrong with this Very Veggie [...]

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A Very Hungry Caterpillar

I generally blog about food and nutrition topics, and am known to clear up the plethora of misinformation that's out there. Today, however, I wanted to write a story. I'm weaving in information about the important role pollinators in our food supply, but overall, this isn't a food and nutrition story. It's a story about [...]

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What’s the Real Deal with Sucralose Risk?

Fear sells. Or rather, does it prevents sales? Hmmn? By now you've seen the recent news headlines claimed that the chemical found in Splenda was found to "cause significant health damage" or "damages DNA and is ‘Genotoxic’" or "generates genotoxic chemicals that attack DNA". Nonetheless, this might have caused you to pause, when [...]

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Understanding a Standard Drink

I enjoy a cocktail and I love wine, but sometimes our pour is more that we realize. Glasses are larger, and alcohol content has increased in wine and beer in the US. Alcohol By Volume Ready-to-drink beverages like mixed drinks, malt or wine based beverages, in “single-serving” cans, are becoming very popular, especially [...]

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The Amazing Work of Bees

I had the opportunity to tour the Savannah Bee Company store and hives, courtesy of a visit sponsored by the National Honey Board. The National Honey Board promotes responsible industry practices that ensure the honey you consume is trustworthy and pure. They also advocate for sustainable production of honey. I was not paid to write [...]

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Go Green with Soy and my Spicy Tofu Broccoli Bowl

I was raised to "give a hoot, don't pollute" because my parents raised me to be environmentally conscious. They produced an amazing backyard garden each summer, and their post-depression frugality kept us from creating any more waste than necessary. I often joked that my father created the "reduce, reuse, recycle" motto, way before the 1976 [...]

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