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Year: 2014
Good Carbs Vs. Bad Carbs [Infographic]
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A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GRAPHIC
- Carbohydrates are not limited to bread, rice and pastas. Fruits & Veggies, Milk & Dairy, Nuts and Seeds, Candy & Desserts… all of these contain carbohydrates.
- Good carbohydrates (also called complex carbohydrates) are good for you, because their fibrous content takes your body longer to digest, leaving you feeling full longer
- Bad carbohydrates (also called simple carbohydrates) are digested much faster by your body and leave you feeling hungry and more tired soon after you eat them. Think “sugar crash.”
THE BENEFITS OF A LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX (GI) DIET
A recent article in U.S. News featured a study to determine the best way to maintain weight loss. The study compared a group of overweight and obese adults who had lost 10-15% of their body weight, and placed them on one of 3 diets: low-fat, very low-carb or low-GI diets. The low-GI dieters burned more calories each day than those on a low-fat diet.
“I think what’s been lost in the last 50 years of dieting is an understanding of food quality. We’ve been too simplistic with the idea of eliminating all fats or eliminating all carbohydrates. We should focus on the quality of foods and not try to eliminate a whole class of nutrients. The quality of the calories going in can affect the number of calories being burned off.”
– Dr. David Ludwig, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center
Sources: GoodCarbs.org & GlycemicIndex.com
Eat Good, Feel Good!
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6 DIY Tips for Watering Your Houseplants While Away on Vacation [Illustration]
What can you do if you’re about to leave for a big trip and can’t find a plant-sitter to regularly water your indoor plants? Just like pets, your indoor ferns and marigolds need attention, too!
Fortunately, there are many simple and cheap DIY tricks to keep your green friends properly hydrated so that you don’t return home to a house full of wilting and yellowing plants. For many houseplants, it can be as simple as sealing a plastic bag over the foliage, which acts as a miniature greenhouse, preventing the soil from drying up quickly.
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How To Eat If You’re Avoiding GMOs [Infographic]
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11 Ways To Shop if Avoiding GMOs
- Go organic!
- Look for the Non-GMO Project Verified seal
Third-party verification that a product is made without the intentional use of GMO ingredients. - Choose 365 Everyday Value® brand Food Products
All plant-derived ingredients in food products are sourced to avoid GMOs. (Note: If a product has meat, eggs or dairy ingredients, they could be from animals that were given GMO feed — unless the product is organic or Non-GMO Project Verified.) - Be Informed
Currently, these are the only US crops grown commercially from GMO seed: alfalfa, canola, corn, cotton, Hawaiian papaya, soy, sugar beets, yellow summer “crook-neck” squash and zucchini. - Eat Your Fruits and Veggies
Most fresh produce is non-GMO; sweet corn, Hawaiian papaya, edamame, zucchini and yellow summer squash are the only produce items currently grown commercially from GMO seed*. We are working to provide verified non-GMO versions of these in our produce departments. - Consider the Additives
The five most prevalent GMO crops of corn, canola, soy, cotton and sugar beets end up as additives in all kinds of packaged foods as corn syrup, oil, sugar, flavoring agents, thickeners and other additives. Over 70% of packaged food products in North America contain GMOs. Choose organic or Non-GMO Project Verified. - Check the Source on Meat, Eggs and Dairy
Milk, cheese, eggs, beef, chicken and pork could all be from animals that were fed GMO feed. Choose organic or Non-GMO Project Verified. - Go Wild
Some farmed fish eat GMO feed. Choose wild-caught seafood or farmed oysters, mussels and clams (they aren’t given supplemental feed). - Feel Good About Frozen
Most frozen fruits and vegetables are non-GMO. Frozen fruits and vegetables without additives are good non-GMO choices unless from one of these five high-risk crops: sweet corn, Hawaiian papaya, edamame, zucchini and yellow summer squash. Choose organic or Non-GMO Project Verified for those five. - Go for Dry Grains, Beans, Nuts and Seeds
As long as you avoid corn and soy, choosing dry beans, grains, nuts and seeds is a great way to go non-GMO. - Drink Responsibly
All wine and beer labeled either “organic” or “made with organic” or “Non-GMO Project Verified” must use non-GMO yeast. Wine grapes and the grains used to make beer are not typically GMO.
*Some GMO versions of apples and other crops are being tested but are not currently approved to be planted for commercial production. GMO versions of tomatoes and potatoes have been approved for planting, but are not currently in commercial production.
You have the right to know what’s in your food!
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Community Clean-Up in Heidelberg 2014
What comes to your mind, when you hear the term “spring cleaning”? Cleaning your house or apartment more thoroughly than usual, e.g. also behind the cupboard? At least that’s what came to my mind when I first heard about Spring Cleaning a.k.a. “Community Clean-Up” in Heidelberg.
What it turned out to be was that you meet moderately early (10am is early on a weekend, isn’t it?) with a bunch of locals at an announced location, get a warning vest, gloves, a plastic bag and a gripper. And then you set off and collect garbage. We did this twice during this year’s clean-up (it almost seems to be a tradition here for at least a couple of years): first up in the locals woods around Köningstuhl and the second time in the new district next to our own.
When we were out there picking up cigarette butts (smokers really aren’t tidy people, are they? Seriously, there were so many of those “bastards”, as my wife called them … we’re talking about the cigarette butts 😉 ), glass bottles and trash from the local fast food restaurant, people asked us if we were workers from the town council or – half joking? – if we were doing community service. True, it looked very much like the tasks you would have to do as a punishment. And we were very much tempted to say something like “Yeah, I got caught throwing a cigeratte butt on the street … it was either this or paying a big fine …”. We didn’t but well, next year maybe … Anyway, just to avoid any misunderstanding: we were volunteers!
It is definitely a good exercise – it opens your eyes to the trash flying around on the streets. And that way, one is more aware of the garbage on the streets. Looking on the ground for about two hours and scanning it for candy wrappers and the ever present cigarette butts does that to you.
All in all, it was definitely a lot of fun and I’m sure we’ll be taking part again next year!
Photos from slideshow taken from Heidelberg city website.
Source: Frühjahrsputz 2014 in Heidelberg
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