Finding lower-fat menu items at fast-food restaurants isn’t an easy feat. Most fast food choices are laden with fat, especially saturated fat, which has been linked to a higher risk of heart disease. To be able to enjoy fast food as part of a lower-fat diet, your best bet is to be prepared. Below are 10 fast food menu options that provide less than 30% of total calories from fat for the meal. Although total fat is kept in check, […]
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With schedules zooming around like crazy, families continue to take advantage of premade meals sold at grocery stores. The trend is not losing any gas, and grocery stores are capitalizing. According to the 2023 Supermarket News Fresh Food Trends Survey, 65% of respondents said they will increase their assortment of prepared foods over the next 12 months. Additionally, when asked how much space they plan to devote to each perimeter department in the coming year, 46% said they plan to […]
This story has been updated since it was originally posted on 8/8/2022 to include more expert insight Salads can be a great, nutrient-packed meal option for anyone trying to lose weight or simply lead a healthy lifestyle. However, whether or not your salad is actually healthy is completely dependent on the ingredients you put in it—and that includes the dressing. While there are some obvious fattening options to steer clear of, such as creamy ranch or Caesar, there’s one type of […]
Frozen meals can be a quick, convenient way to squeeze dinner into busy nights without spending too much time cooking. Plus, these meals are oftentimes especially tasty and tempting. However, if you’re looking out for your health, it’s important to be aware of the risks at hand. As it turns out, many frozen meals are terrible for your body due to a staggering amount of additives and calories. All of this can lead to a range of health complications, including […]
Are you going to automatically get fat from eating fat? No. There isn’t a single nutrient that will inherently make you fat when you eat them in reasonable amounts, and not in excess. In the 1950s, the “saturated fat causes heart disease” hypothesis was born. This stirred up lots of fear about saturated fat that still exists even to this day, yet now we understand that there are more factors to the role saturated fat plays in our diet. From […]
It’s not just the kitchen that changes but ingredients too. In Northern Ireland you used to be able to pick blackberries until the end of September, even early October, so we made the first crumble then, blackberries and apples under a crust of toasted hazelnuts, butter, wholemeal flour and brown sugar. Every year I think about Seamus Heaney’s Blackberry-Picking, a melancholic poem that reminds you how violently things can change in this season. The picked berries never last until the […]
When it was built in 1954, the fast food restaurant at the corner of Ida and Monterey streets In San Luis Obispo was at the intersection of car culture, mid-century modern architecture and culinary convenience. Much as changed since then. Ida Street was renamed when California Boulevard was extended. Hamburger joints have mostly changed from independent spots to chains, while architecture has gotten more bland. Before it was home to Splash Cafe, the building at 1491 Monterey St. housed Ed’s […]
It may be pumpkin spice season for some, but the October 2022 food trends suggest that a few other fall flavors may be taking center stage this time around. Though apple is a classic fall flavor, this year it seems that brands have really embraced the fall fruit as a star ingredient. For instance, Starbucks is rivaling its own Pumpkin Spice Latte with a new Apple Crisp Oatmilk Macchiato that combines oat milk with apple cinnamon filling and brown sugar. […]
WASHINGTON — Pragmatism, rigorous science and affordability are among considerations that should be front and center for the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), according to a range of industry and other groups. Brief comments from dozens of organizations were submitted as video presentations or delivered live virtually for the third public meeting of the DGAC held Sept. 12-13. Directed to a panel of 18 committee members, commenters responded to scientific questions identified by the Department of Health and Human Services […]
Santorini assyrtiko is a dream of a white, prized for its bone-dry minerality, its scent of meadow flowers and salt – at once soothingly floral and stingingly marine – and its pithy flavour of lemons and white grapefruit. It’s also, suddenly, one of the most expensive of any regional appellation. Some of the best wines, such as Domaine Sigalas Assyrtiko 2021, Santorini (14.5%; Hedonism, £35.80), which combines a chiffony lightness with a stern mineral core, sell on tight allocation. It’s […]
