Category:Food And Drinks

Reading Food Labels

Food labels list all the ingredients in the food we consume, providing the amount of calories, fiber, and total fat grams it contains. They also allow consumers to compare foods of different brands and choose foods that are healthier than others. Most importantly, Food Labels can help consumers to increase the quantities of healthy nutrients like vitamins and dietary fibre, and limit nutrients that can be unhealthy, like fat, cholesterol, and sodium. Some vital bits of information that Food Labels contain are – serving sizes, percentage daily values, added sugars, preservatives, fats, carbohydrates, proteins, sodium, vitamins, cholesterol and dietary fibre. More...

Food Miles

Food miles are the distance food travels from where it is grown, processed, packed and sold, until it ultimately reaches your plate. The more miles an item of food has travelled, the less sustainable it is. More...

This section contains unbiased, carefully researched, condensed information about ingredients, methodologies, equipment, techniques and recipes, and also provides links to the latest news. It is pledged to help us make informed decisions about what we put inside our bodies.

The sustaining core of this section is the belief that how we eat and what we eat is at the heart of who we are…. as individuals, as families and as communities.

We also believe that while food is a necessity for survival, it is also a metaphor replete with layers of meaning- food is love, joy, memories, comfort and refuge. Its consumption involves all five senses and impacts our well-being in a manner that is unique. We hope that this section will help us understand food and drink as health and happiness

Processed Food

• There are nearly six thousand chemicals and additives in our food.
• Many processed foods are stripped bare, rendering them of little or no nutritional value.
• Sugar and fat rich junk food cause type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and tooth decay.
• Cravings for processed foods are initiated by eating processed food.
• “Natural flavoring” can be just about anything, from the cells of yeast extract and nucleic acid from cell chromosomes, to waste bi-products from cattle.
• The protective wax on produce such as cucumbers, peppers, and apples may trigger allergies, and can contain pesticides, fungicide sprays, or animal byproducts. More