new research debunks trad views on nutrition

[Perris]

another interesting piece, especially for those living in urban or suburban areas
https://modernfarmer.com/2024/03/montreal-can-feed-itself-year-round/

 

[RoyalChick]

An interesting piece on what happens if the presentation of the price of healthy food is changed to match the way UPF prices are presented
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-urges-rethink-view-fruit-vegetables.html

Makes total sense but I never thought of it that way!

 

[Perris]

Makes total sense but I never thought of it that way!

indeed; me neither!

 

[Perris]

This is a piece published 2 days ago on the need to change the words we use to describe the elements of the microbiome, moving away from e.g. 'germ', 'pathogen' and other negative labels to principally positive ones, since the overwhelming majority of microbiota living inside and on us are vital for our health:

Bosch Thomas C. G., Blaser Martin J., Ruby Edward and McFall-Ngai Margaret 2024, A new lexicon in the age of microbiome research, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 379:20230060.20230060

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2023.0060

 

[Shadrach]

 

[U_Stormcrow]

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Which is why its important to read labels.

 

[RoyalChick]

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I have never heard of Just Egg. I assume it is marketed as an egg substitute for vegans? It is an astonishingly unfitting name!

 

[Perris]

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That could serve as a poster to illustrate the difference between real food and ultra processed food

 

[Perris]

It is an astonishingly unfitting name!

Indeed. One for the ASA I'd have thought.

 

[Shadrach]

I think it's a mock up to illustrate a point. I don't know if the product is real or not.