Tag: food

Caffeine and aspirin — the two major drugs that we consume carelessly

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/02/13/caffeine-explained-michael-pollan-audible-audiobook/4746432002/ 5 things we learned about caffeine from Michael Pollan’s new Audible audiobook Chances are you’re a drug addict. It’s OK – most of us are. In fact, about 90% of people in the U.S. ingest your likely drug of choice. That drug, of course, is caffeine, the world’s most popular, most socially accepted psychoactive … Continue reading Caffeine and aspirin — the two major drugs that we consume carelessly →

Easy tricks for keeping avocados fresh

Several easy tips for keeping avocados on hand all the time without worrying about their becoming too ripe. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/mums-awesome-trick-keep-your-21441423 Mum's 'awesome' trick will keep your avocados fresh and stop them going brown A mum who was fed up of her avocados going off found a genius solution to keep them ripe for up to a … Continue reading Easy tricks for keeping avocados fresh →

How to easily produce substitutes for dairy or almond milk

Don’t have a cow: the simple, sustainable guide to making your own oat milk Non-dairy milks have never been more popular. Here’s how to make them from oats, nuts and seeds – saving money as well as the planet Tom Hunt Fri 31 Jan 2020 07.41 EST Last modified on Fri 31 Jan 2020 08.05 EST Photograph: … Continue reading How to easily produce substitutes for dairy or almond milk →

If dairy milk and almond milk are bad options, what are good substitutes?

If almond milk is deadly for its water consumption and effect on honeybees and dairy milk has well-known drawbacks, what alternatives are good choices? There are lots of articles telling us what's bad. This is the first I've seen that highlights good alternatives. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/28/what-plant-milk-should-i-drink-almond-killing-bees-aoe? Almonds are out. Dairy is a disaster. So what milk should … Continue reading If dairy milk and almond milk are bad options, what are good substitutes? →

More Refillable Bottles, Less Ocean Plastic

The sentence that leaped out to me here is that substitution of only 10% of the virgin plastic bottles with refillable glass would reduce the plastic waste by over 20%. This is something we should be pushing for now More Refillable Bottles, Less Ocean Plastic - Our Daily Planet — Read on http://www.ourdailyplanet.com/story/more-refillable-bottles-less-ocean-plastic/