Interested in green smoothies, but not sure where to start? The fabulous Hilary Greenleaf has you covered with her new ebook: The New Green Smoothie Diet. The book is available for Kindle and iPad through Amazon, and Hilary is generously offering up free copies to two lucky Eat Drink Better readers!
We know how to make sustainable food choices, but what about our coffee? Yes, even healthy eco-minded people drink coffee in moderation. The first thing to consider is where your coffee comes from.
According to the Rainforest Alliance, 25 million people depend on coffee crops for their living and coffee farming covers over 30 million acres. That’s a lot of coffee. We know how to make green choices for our home, and our environment but what about our coffee? Yes, even healthy eco-minded people drink coffee in moderation.
Battling the winter ick? Tomato tea might be just the thing to set you right!
A couple months ago, I wrote a story on arsenic in apple juice. This was the gist of it:
While the EPA limits arsenic in our drinking water to 10 parts per billion, recent tests have found the amount of arsenic in apple juice (Mott’s Apple Juice, in particular) to be 55 parts per billion — 5.5 times more than what the EPA will let us drink!
“Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” is a documentary about a 310 lb man trying to get his health back through an unusual diet, while traveling 3000 miles.
Have you seen any of the videos from New York’s new anti-soda campaign?
The city is trying to fight obesity by raising awareness about the dangers of sugary drinks through a series of videos and ads around the city.
Last Friday was Blog Action Day, where bloggers across the Internet pull together to raise awareness about one issue. This year’s topic was water, which is important in so many different ways. Several sites on the Important Media network participated, so we thought it might be fun to round up all of the posts from across the network in an Important Media Blog Action Day Carnival!
Here are the posts, grouped by site.
It’s basil season! This garden herb is great for making pesto, and it’s also the perfect way to spruce up your favorite summer cocktail recipe.
The USDA, examining a potential national tax on sugar in sweet drinks, recently found that such a tax would help Americans gain four pounds less per year. The tax would reduce caloric intake of adults by 13% according to the study. For an average American, that equates to 3.8 fewer pounds gained each year. Not exactly …
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