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By Taufik Olu3 years ago in Feast
Which cooking oil is the healthiest?
Cooking oils are a kitchen staple. But there’s a lot of conflicting information regarding how healthy each of them are. With so many on the shelves – from coconut to olive, vegetable to canola, avocado to rapeseed oil – how do we know which ones to use, and if we should be avoiding any altogether?
By Rachel Caspari3 years ago in Feast
Is eating fish healthy?
Fish has a reputation for being one of the healthiest foods we can eat. But the rising availability of plant-based alternatives, and increasing concerns about seafood’s sustainability and carbon footprint, have led some to question whether we need it in our diets. Since 1974, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization reports, fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels have declined from 90% to just under 66% today.
By Tanoria3 years ago in Feast
Why coffee could be good for your health
Caffeine is the most popular psychoactive drug in the world. Humans have been drinking coffee, a natural source of caffeine, for centuries, but there have been mixed messages around its effect on human health for decades.
By Taufik Olu3 years ago in Feast
Are nut butters bad for your health?
There's well-established evidence that nuts are good for us. They're packed full of fibre and healthy fats, and have been linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
By Taufik Olu3 years ago in Feast
Why eating colourful food is good for you
Most of us are faced with the same choice numerous times a day: what to eat. Along with price, accessibility and preference, we'll often use a food's healthfulness to help us make a decision.
By Miley3 years ago in Feast
Does cheese really give you vivid dreams?
ur relationship with cheese is a strange one. It often ranks among people's favourite foods – there are entire festivals dedicated to cheese, where it is eaten or even rolled down hills. Tasting cheese and pairing it with wines, chutneys and biscuits has been turned into an art form. We also know it is packed with saturated fat and eating too much can be bad for us.
By Sinha Ceni3 years ago in Feast
How food influencers affect what we eat
Many of us are lucky enough to have some degree of choice over what we eat. When we open the fridge or browse the shelves of the local supermarket, there are a smorgasbord of options available to us. But are the decisions we make about our diet as free as we like to think? What if there was something other than our own hunger and the choices that happen to be at eye-level influencing what we eat?
By Tanoria3 years ago in Feast
Should we be eating three meals a day?
It's likely you eat three meals a day – modern life is designed around this way of eating. We're told breakfast is the most important meal of the day, we're given lunch breaks at work, and then our social and family lives revolve around evening meals. But is this the healthiest way to eat?
By Diane Dora3 years ago in Feast
Are decaffeinated coffee alternatives better for health?
Coffee might not be an obvious loser in the quest for healthier diets, especially since it's been linked to lower risks of diseases including heart disease and some cancers.
By Phoenix3 years ago in Feast
Is dark chocolate really good for you?
Humans have been consuming some form of chocolate for hundreds of years. For most of this time, it came in the form of liquid cacao, made from cacao beans.
By CEA3 years ago in Feast
How My Childhood Summer Foods Sculpted Me for Life
Growing up in Denmark, summers were all about the food. Well, honestly, everything is about the food. But summers were magical.
By Anne Pedersen4 years ago in Feast