Dear Members, Back on March 4, I shared an update on the early steps we were taking to support our member community during the COVID-19 pandemic. We didn’t know how the crisis would unfold at that point, but we knew how we wanted to show up: focused on our mission to make healthy food accessible ...
College kids, they say, are always hungry. But Alabama A&M University student Justin Franks noticed hunger went beyond the stereotypical late-night noodle cravings. A desk worker in his dorm, Franks noticed in September that several of his fellow students frequently went to bed hungry.
Are you a bit down on humanity these days? We don’t blame you. So are we. As our two candidates for the highest office in the land rip one another to shreds, it seems like we’re more divided as a nation than ever. Kind of makes us want to look at pictures of puppies all ...
Imagine a cigarette company financially backing health and anti–smoking organizations, and then turning around and fighting laws that help people stop smoking. Or a gun manufacturer donating to anti–violence groups while opposing gun control legislation—all the while reaping billions from the good PR generated from its charitable donations. This is exactly what soda makers are doing.
The great father of medicine, Hippocrates, famously said the following: “Let food be thy medicine.” We haven’t always heeded his advice. The pharmaceutical industry has exploded over the last century, and the solution to most of what ails us has come to be found in a pill. But most doctors still say that many diagnoses—especially ...
Your weekly trip to the farmers market might feel like another mundane errand, but it’s really much more important than that.
With the Olympics about to kick off in Rio De Janeiro, we can expect to be inundated with a number of things. Touching recaps from Bob Costas every evening. A fierce women’s gymnastics team. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s final gold medal rush. And advertisements—lots of them.
There are few people who see a cockroach jet out from under a heap of stinking trash and think, “I’d eat that.”
On almost every fast-food dessert menu, you’re likely to find at least one treat covered in candy. That could soon change. Customers who love M&Ms in their McFlurry may be out of luck if Mars, Inc., goes through a plan that’s in the works. According to unnamed industry sources quoted in a Reuters report this week, the ...
For all the hoopla around eating locally, humanity isn’t doing a very good job at it. And that may not be such a bad thing. A new interactive report published by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (ICTA) researched the origins of the foods we have on our tables—almost 70 percent of which crosses at least one national ...
“Waste not, want not.” We’ve all heard that cliché, and many of us were reminded, as kids, to eat everything on our plates, because other children elsewhere didn’t have enough food. But what if you knew that as a country, today, we were not only scraping perfectly edible food off our collective plate into the garbage ...
The nutrition facts on the back of packaged foods have been the butt of jokes for years. You practically need a calculator to figure out how much sugar you’re eating, let alone figure out who what those “percent daily values” really mean.
Every Monday, we’re rounding up the biggest news bites in health and wellness. In this week’s episode: Scientists have finally come up with a way to smooth out wrinkles, and it actually works—in just seconds!
After years of damning evidence about the damage sugar-sweetened sodas do to our bodies, more Americans than ever are finally giving it up. In fact, in the last Gallup “Consumption Habits” poll, 61 percent of respondents said they avoid regular soda—up from 41 percent in 2002. This is a good thing, for sure.
Every Monday, we’re rounding up the biggest news bites in health and wellness. In this week’s episode: how a hamburger habit could be adding extra years to your body.
On the morning of April 6, 2007, Arianna Huffington woke up on the floor, bleeding from her head.
Every Monday, we’re rounding up the biggest news bites in health and wellness. In this week’s episode: kids are mistaking this poisonous household item for candy.
Attention SoulCycle groupies—you’re about to save a lot of money.
Earlier this week, researchers revealed some devastating news about food insecurity in the United States: it isn’t going away. In fact, one in five children live in food insecure households.
The 2016 election cycle is bananas, and pretty much everyone can agree on that—regardless of their party affiliation. Between nasty Twitter fights, debates overshadowed by petty name-calling, and almost unbelievable headlines popping up daily, it’s never been easier to feel disenchanted with politics.
Every Monday, we’re rounding up the biggest news bites in health and wellness. In this week’s episode: over-the-counter medicines like Benadryl, Dimetapp, and Dramamine could lead to dementia.
Perhaps no food embodies the warm days of late spring and early summer like the perfectly sweet and juicy red strawberry. Sliced over cereal, in yogurt, or just popped straight from the container, a fresh strawberry reminds us just how good seasonal food can be.
It’s pretty clear by now that a steady diet of double cheeseburgers and chili fries isn’t exactly good for your health. Scientists and nutritionists know all too well that the high-fat, high-sugar options found on extra-value menus have contributed to the rapid rise in obesity, heart disease, and even some cancers, but we may now be able to ...
Every Monday, we’re rounding up the biggest news bites in health and wellness. In this week’s episode: treadmills, stationary bikes, and free weights at the gym are 362 times dirtier than a toilet seat.