By Adam Roy, Outside Kind’s fruit-and-nut bars have won loyal fans among hikers, bikers, and climbers for their taste, simple ingredient list, and ability to banish hunger for hours. But now, the very thing that leaves athletes satiated — their fat — has landed them in the Food and Drug Administration’s doghouse. The FDA recently […]
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By Roberto A. Ferdman, Washington Post Gluten, which gives bread, pizza dough and other starchy foods their chewiness, is one of the most beloved proteins in the world. But it’s also quickly becoming one of the most feared — at least here in the United States. An estimated 20 million Americans believe that eating it […]
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By Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee At Ken Beer’s fish ranch, thousands of white sturgeon and catfish thrash in round tanks or in long concrete raceways. Beer’s 320-acre operation, called The Fishery, supplies live fish to markets and restaurants in the Sacramento region. It depends on a supply of cool water. If water temperatures are too […]
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By Amanda MacMillan, Outside You don’t have to give up drinking in moderation before a big race. That said, if you choose to drink, do so in amounts and at times that least impact your performance. For athletes who enjoy alcohol in moderation, it’s hard to say how much of a difference, if any, they’ll […]
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By Karen Weintraub, New York Times The microwave has gotten a bit of a bad rap about its effects on nutrients. Cooking and heating food by any method can result in some degradation of nutrients. Vitamins C and B12, for instance, degrade quickly when a food is heated. But other nutrients may actually benefit from […]
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By Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post Are consumers right to think that organic food is safer and healthier? It seems like a straightforward question, especially for Miles McEvoy, the chief of the National Organic Program at USDA. That’s the section of the federal government that champions organic farming practices and defines what food deserves the coveted […]
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By Rudy Ruitenberg, BloombergBusiness China now uses more land for growing grapes than France, the world’s largest wine exporter and home of the most expensive bottles from the Burgundy region. Chinese vine planting increased by about 5 percent last year to an estimated 799,000 hectares (1.97 million acres), according to the International Organization of Vine […]
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By Kathryn Reed Anything with the word carrot in it must be healthy, right? Not exactly. Even withholding the frosting from carrot cake is not going to make it a health food. But it’s cake, so go for it. Cake was never meant to be healthy. I’m often one who says hold the cake, just […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s time to abandon the produce section of the grocery store. Farmers’ market season in Lake Tahoe starts a week from today. Lake Tahoe Markets, which runs three markets in the basin, is returning to Kahle Community Park on Wednesdays from 4-7pm. Last year this market moved across the highway to accommodate […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – The average person now lives farther from where her food is produced than at any other time in history. And, yet, without food, people won’t survive. Feeding a world of nearly 9 billion people is not easy. And while there are 100 million fewer people classified as hungry today […]
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