How to Be a Conscious Eater
but it would also likely bring along saturated fat, sodium, and colorectal cancer risk. You’d be better off getting 200 calories ...
46 WHAT TO MAKE OF CALORIES: FOR THE PLANET W hen we talk about calories, it might seem like one of the few times when it’s OK t ...
referenced study conducted by researchers at the University of California Cooperative Extension in 1978. The issue is also about ...
FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY This wonky term basically means how many calories of animal feed are required to produce 1 calorie of ...
2 Problem: Foods that are low-calorie can be low- or no-nutrient and high-resource. Approximately one-third of Americans’ calori ...
recommends Americans eat and what US farmers grow. If everyone actually started eating the way experts sug- gest—reaching the re ...
47 ADDED SUGARS AND ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS I f you remember nothing else about sugar and sweetness from this book, remember that ...
SUGAR’S 61 PSEUDONYMS In the cast of food ingredients that make up processed foods, sugar is a character by many names: sixty-on ...
brown sugar, corn syrup, evaporated cane juice, agave nectar, and so on. One exception—what you might call a slightly less bad o ...
recurrence among patients who have already endured cancer treatment. The science is too young in these areas to say con- clusive ...
INGREDIENTS TO AVOID FROM THE CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: aspartame (Equal/NutraSweet) acesulfame potassium (Ace- ...
48 LIMITING ADDED SUGAR T he final entry in our log of sugar-related “good intention, wrong abstention” is taking sugar avoidanc ...
yogurt and juice to soups and sauces, from condiments and cereal to sandwich bread and protein bars. Who wants to blow their sug ...
49 SAFE VS. SCARY INGREDIENTS T he swell of interest in clean labels stems from good inten- tions—the pursuit of real food. Guid ...
thickening agent, like in soups and frozen foods. Remember that safe does not equal healthy. 4 Cellulose. A plant fiber found in ...
These ten ingredients are just a sampling to give you an idea of how nuanced the clean-eating quest can be with respect to packa ...
50 SELL BY: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE DATE I n terms of food safety or health risks, it’s generally fine to eat foods past the “sell ...
high-risk is that they may harbor listeria, which unlike most bacteria can grow under refrigeration. To address consumer confusi ...
3 WAYS TO CONSUME WITH CONFIDENCE ANY FOODS IN THE IFFY ZONE: 1 Use the sniff test for milk. If it doesn’t smell like it should, ...
51 FOOD LABELS AND ALLERGIES: WHAT TO LOOK FOR F or individuals with food allergies, small amounts of trace ingredients can caus ...
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