by Shan
July 4, 2011

A continuing trend in healthy foods is the use of sea salt instead of ordinary table salt. With approximately 14,000 variants, not all sea salts are created equally. Because sea salt is harvested by evaporating sea and ocean water, one brand of sea salt can differ from the next one on the shelf. The differences [...]
by Shan
June 30, 2011

The United States Department of Agriculture revealed a new graphic representing the department’s suggestions on healthy eating. The replaced image originated in 1992, labeled the food pyramid. The new graphic shows a plate separated into five sections: fruits, grains, vegetables, protein and dairy. The vegetables and grains portions are larger than the fruits, protein and [...]