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5 Reasons To Make Your Own Pops This Summer
As the weather heats up, it’s hard to resist frozen treats like ice cream cones and pops, but often, they’re full of sugar, artificial colors, and flavors that come from a lab instead of nature. That’s why we love people’s pops—a New York-based company that makes pops made of fresh produce and simple ingredients–no artificial anything required. And even better, they’re coming out with a new book full of pop recipes so that you can make them this summer, too. More »
3 Healthy Homemade Pop Recipes From people’s pops
People’s pops started as a group of friends selling a delicious alternative to chemical- and preservative-laced frozen treats in New York City’s markets. But their pops became so popular that now, owners Joel Horowitz, David Carrell, and Nathali Jordi sell their pops in multiple shops and locations in the city, and are publishing their first book, “People’s Pops: 55 Recipes for Ice Pops, Shave Ice, and Boozy Pops from Brooklyn’s Coolest Pop Shop,” on June 5. They were generous enough to share three pop recipes from their new book, so you can make your own watermelon-parsley, raspberries-and-cream, or cantaloupe-and-campari pops for Memorial Day–and beyond. More »
7 Fresh And Easy Cocktails For Spring
What do we mean by fresh? These six drink recipes use novel ingredients or ingredient combinations for cocktails you’re unlikely to find at your local bar (unless you’re local to, say, Portland or Brooklyn). But they’re also “fresh” in the sense that none of these recipes uses soda, sugary juices or any of the typical artificial ingredients that plague mixed drinks. More »
Use These Vegan Gelatin Alternatives For Your Summer Salads
Jello salad is an American picnic and barbecue staple from Memorial Day until Labor Day (and beyond). But if you’re a vegetarian or vegan, the gelatin that makes Jello, well, a gel doesn’t exactly jive with your lifestyle. This weekend, why not try out one of these crowd-pleasing vegan gelatin alternatives to add to the spread? More »
Oh Great, Now Baby Spinach Can Contaminate Us With Salmonella
Check your refrigerator–if you have baby spinach in there, beware. Earlier this week, there was a massive recall on salad over a potential Listeria outbreak, now the FDA just issued another recall due to concerns that baby spinach (organic ones, no less) could be contaminated with salmonella–that nasty bacteria that can cause all sorts of stomach upset, diarrhea, cramps, fever and an extreme case of the yucks.
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How Kickstarter Could Solve The Obesity Crisis
Here’s the thing about healthy food: there’s a market for it. That’s what Nicole Culver found when she started looking to grow her small online bakery, Pure Bliss Eats, which makes gluten-free, vegan, and other specialty snacks out of real ingredients. Unfortunately, all the labels don’t come easily or inexpensively, and, as a result, many of the small businesses who are making good stuff that consumers want get edged out by larger companies, who gussy prefer to gussy up junk food than make actually healthy stuff. Which is why Culver’s doing something interesting and awesome: she’s using Kickstarter. More »
Frito-Lay Is Jumping On The Gluten-Free Bandwagon…Yay?
Frito-Lay is jumping on the gluten-free bandwagon, making their junk food even easier to eat for people who are trying to avoid wheat and gluten for health reasons. Yay? More »
Morning Links: 45 Ways to Make Grilling Healthy
• Check out what’s in raw food pioneer Matthew Kinney’s fridge. (Well+Good NYC)
• Endocrine disruptors aren’t just in bottled water and canned food; they could also be in your sofa. (No More Dirty Looks)
• 45 ways to make your barbecue healthy. (Fitsugar)
• Sadly, some marathoners have died of heart attacks while running. But does it mean marathons are bad for our hearts? (Well Blog)
• 5 steps to great lips this summer. (Divine Caroline)
• How to be nice when you’re getting a manicure. (The Frisky)
• Science says female underwear models are even more objectified than their male counterparts. (YourTango)
Another Reason To Skip Energy Drinks: They Could Cause Depression and Anxiety
Energy drinks are bad news. Not only have they been linked to deaths and other physical dangers, but heavily caffeinated drinks like Red Bull, Monster and Full Throttle can also affect our mental health, including increasing our risk for depression and anxiety, according to certified clinical nutritionist, speaker and author who has appeared on the Dr. Oz Show and NPR, Dr. Kaayla Daniel. Energy drinks, she says, are risky and dangerous for our mental health. Find out why: More »
The Vegan Housewife Explains How To Go Vegan Without Getting Weird
From the way veganism is discussed in much of the media (I’m looking at you, New York Times), it starts to sound like there are two kinds of people: those who are vegan, and those who are normal. In response to the growing popularity of the animal-free lifestyle, veganisms is being depicted as crazy, restrictive, unhealthy, unnatural, and for weird, crunchy hippies. But, in fact, there are many stealth vegans among us–so I asked one to explain how to go vegan without turning into a crusty, twigs-and-bark eating social outcast. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. More »
Rich Roll’s Secret To Fueling His Super-Active, Vegan Lifestyle
Yesterday, we wrote about Rich Roll—the author of Finding Ultra (which was released today) who went from unhappy and overweight to competing in endurance events that most people would never dream of. But when we asked him how he made the change, he said the thing that put his transformation into motion was really switching to a plant-based, vegan diet More »
Federal Judge: POM Wonderful Won’t Give You A Hard-On
POM Wonderful‘s pomegranate juice is delicious, but a federal judge instructed the company yesterday to shut up about its health benefits. Apparently, claims that the juice can cut heart attack risk, prostate cancer and prevent erectile dysfunction, which were questioned by the FTC two years ago, weren’t altogether accurate. But the upshot for POM (and other food companies) is that the judge didn’t agree with the FTC that they should back their claims with rigorous medical studies (just ones that aren’t clearly false). More »
Paula Deen Lost 30 Pounds: Is That Enough To Save Her Image?
Paula Deen was on The View yesterday on an episode titled “The Fat Show” (that’s just mean). What was even meaner was co-host Joy Behar telling Deen that she was “the guest of honor.” Deen has lost 30 pounds to which we say, good for her. But is that enough to turn her critics around, or will she forever be known as the unhealthy chef who gave herself and thousands of other people diabetes and obesity?
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Morning Links: Breakfast Options With Less Than 30 Grams of Sugar
• 40 reasons to love your body just how it is (YourTango)
• VICE: challenging menstruation Taboos. (Huffpost Women)
• Breakfasts that won’t get you sugar high. (Fitsugar)
• A history of fitness gadgets that will make you love your kettlebells. (Huffpost Healthy Living)
• Birchbox editor Mollie Chen shares her best summer skin care secrets. (Q Blog)
Today In Ridiculous Products: Coco Breve, A Beer With Coconut Water
And to think I thought coconut water would reach its popularity peak in 2011. Silly me! We’ve only just begun to see what marketers will put in the drink beloved by yogis (and me). Like, for example, malt liquor. Welcome to the world, Coco Breve. Don’t be fooled–just because it has coconut water in it does not mean this drink will be good for you. More »
Meatless Monday: 10 Vegetarian Grilling Recipes For A Memorial Day BBQ
Memorial Day weekend is almost here, but we’re already getting really pumped about summer grilling. We’re not totally averse to a burger here and there, but luckily for vegetarians (and Meatless Monday), there are endless things you can do on a grill that don’t involve meat. There are plenty of ways to make delicious burgers, sides, and salads on the grill that don’t involve meat–and none of them need to come from the frozen section in your grocery store. More »
Nationwide Salad Recall Impacts Restaurants: Here’s What You Need To Know
Over the weekend, the FDA announced that River Ranch Fresh Foods had voluntarily expanded a large salad recall, due to potential Listeria contamination. And while the bagged salads and other lettuce products haven’t sickened anyone yet, there’s still reason to be concerned. The products in question aren’t just for consumer use; many of the potentially dangerous vegetables were distributed to restaurants nation wide. More »
Pimp My Health: 5 Tips For Healthier Coffee
This week, we learned that our faithful cup of coffee can actually help us live longer (hooray!), but before you speed off to Starbucks for that Chocolate Cookie Crumble Frappuccino (which has 310 calories, 14 grams of fat and a whopping 40 grams of sugar), it’s worth repeating that not all coffees are created equal. But then again, you already knew that. What you may not know is how to make coffee healthier–in ways other than drinking it black. How boring would that be? So this week on Pimp My Health, we’re going to pimp your coffee. Take a look at five ways to make your cup of joe a bit healthier!
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