Cheese is amazing, and anyone who says otherwise is lying. It's great with wine, perfect on the side with some crackers, and it can improve almost any savory dish you care to add it to. But not all cheese is equal, and there's some that you should leave sitting on the shelf in the grocery store. We're talking about cheese that's not good for your waistline, bad for the environment, exposing you to a high risk of food poisoning!
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If there's a perfect food, it might be cheese. It's great on its own or with some wine, and it makes everything it's added to just a little bit better. Not all cheese is created equal, though, and while some will ruin your diet before you're even aware of just how many calories and how much fat you're adding to your pasta dinner, others are full of all kinds of good stuff your body needs. Let's look at which you should stock up on and which you shouldn't.
Who doesn't love fresh fruit? It's delicious, sweet, and good for you. That's what we call a win/win. If you get a hunger pang, what better choice can you make than a piece of fresh fruit? But unfortunately, not all fruits are created equally. While they all have health benefits, some are healthier than others. And with some fruits, the drawbacks are actually worse than the benefits — talk about a buzzkill! You should be looking for fruit high in fiber and vitamins, and low in calories and sugar. If you don't, you may not be enjoying the healthy snack that you think you are.
There are few foods whose nutritional halo shines bright as that of the nutrient-dense, calorie-scarce vegetable. Vegetables' unquestioned status as a health food has existed for years. For generations, mothers have denied their children dessert before they finished their vegetables. Health fanatics shove vegetables into blenders to choke down the "delicious" green-colored, earth-tasting sludge. Nutritionists insist we eat a minimum of three to five servings of vegetables per day.
If you're looking for a healthy snack, nuts might seem like a sure-fire win. But there are ways to go very, very wrong with picking up some nuts, so let's take a look at some that are both good for you and good for the environment, some that might ruin all of your best intentions, and some that might even make you sick.
Time magazine made waves in 2014 when they declared butter to be "back," reporting on a study indicating the consumption of saturated fats did not, in fact, hold the same health concerns as previously believed. "But not so fast!" said the Harvard School of Public Health in 2016, reminding us of their findings that saturated fats, while not the worst fat we can eat, are certainly not as healthy as plant-based, monounsaturated fats. When it comes to the skinny on fat, some days, it seems hard to keep up!
