By Elise Craig, Outside A study out of UCLA suggests that eating a consistent diet of processed foods and carrying extra weight causes people to become tired and inactive—not the other way around. But on the upside, it indicates that a few processed food binges isn’t enough to impair our motivation. Researchers fed 32 rats […]
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By Kathryn Reed I am so meringue challenged it’s scary. I tried channeling my mother, but instead I just heard laughter of my three older sisters. Not good when one is in the middle of baking. When mom was in Tahoe for a few weeks last summer one of the things I wanted to do […]
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By Allison Aubrey, NPR We’ve all heard the advice to eat more whole grains, and cut back on refined starches. And there’s good reason. Compared with a diet heavy on refined grains, like white flour, a diet rich in whole grains — which includes everything from brown rice to steel-cut oats to farro — is […]
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By Jennifer Schlesinger and Sheila Dharmarajan, CNBC From meatballs made with horse to fake extra virgin olive oil and salmonella in peanuts, food fraud has been grabbing national headlines. And, according to experts, the problem is only increasing with rising food costs and more widespread importation of food. The Food and Drug Administration says 15 […]
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By CBS News The calorie counting that has for decades defined dieting is giving way to other considerations, like the promise of more fiber or natural ingredients. That shift in focus is chipping away at the popularity of products like Diet Coke, Lean Cuisine and Special K, which became weight-watching staples primarily by stripping calories […]
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The Food Bank of El Dorado County will be in South Lake Tahoe to host a hunger response network meeting April 23 from 10-11am at the American Legion Hall. Hunger response agencies, organizations and individuals in South Lake Tahoe who would like to attend this meeting are asked to contact Carey Fong at 530.621.9950 or […]
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Nevada’s food and agricultural exports have surged by 17 percent in the last two years. Food and agriculture products are Nevada’s ninth largest export category followed by precious metals and stones. The top four markets for Nevada food and agriculture products in 2013 were Canada, China, Mexico and Japan. The majority of these exports – […]
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times In their continuing quest to prove that coffee is indeed a health food, medical researchers analyzed the health records of nearly 180,000 Americans and determined that the ones with a daily java habit were less likely to get a common type of liver cancer than their less-caffeinated counterparts. The […]
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By David Pierson and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times Come grilling season, expect your sirloin steak to come with a hearty side of sticker shock. Beef prices have reached all-time highs in the U.S. and aren’t expected to come down any time soon. Extreme weather has thinned the nation’s beef cattle herds to levels last […]
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By Kathryn Reed Easy, tasty meals are ideal during busy weeks. The recipe below is one of my go-to dishes when I don’t have a lot of time to be in the kitchen. And it’s also one of those recipes where there are leftovers. It has been years since I’ve bought prepared pesto from the […]
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