Top Ways to Cook Vegetables
While salads are a healthy choice, eating cooked veggies are equally important since they can be cooked in myriad ways to add variety to food.
While salads are a healthy choice, eating cooked veggies are equally important since they can be cooked in myriad ways to add variety to food.
‘Vinyl wrap-around banners that fasten to the lower portion of salad bars depicting vegetable cartoon characters and nutrition education videos narrated by the same characters made kids choose to have vegetables.’
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"Choice is extremely important because, just like adults, kids are more likely to stick to their choice if they feel they made it freely. Therefore, kids who are nudged to choose vegetables using fun marketing campaigns are more likely to eat them than those who are forced to take them," explains co-author and co-director of the Cornell BEN Center, David Just, PhD.For this six week study conducted at 10 elementary schools in a large urban school district, researchers used Founders Farm trademarked Super Sprowtz vinyl wrap-around banners, flat screen televisions, and video segments with the veggie cartoon characters explaining the benefits of healthy food choices.
The characters are personified vegetables including broccoli, carrots, spinach, peas and many others. The researchers observed how many students served themselves from the salad bar before and after adding the banners and videos to the salad bar. In schools where just the banner was used, 90% more students visited the salad bar.
Fruits, Vegetables for Healthy Weight Loss
For healthy weight loss, focus on consuming low-calorie foods such as fruits and vegetables because food items that are low in energy density help you lose weight faster.
For healthy weight loss, focus on consuming low-calorie foods such as fruits and vegetables because food items that are low in energy density help you lose weight faster.
"Vegetable marketing in schools is a low cost win-win solution for food providers, school meal programs, and students," says lead author Drew Hanks, PhD, now a professor at Ohio State University. He explains, "The results of this study highlight how the persuasiveness of marketing media can be leveraged in a positive way by encouraging children to make more nutritious choices."
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Is it Skin Deep: Why You Should Not Peel Your Fruits and Vegetables
Trying to eat healthy, we unwittingly discard most of the nutrients by peeling fruits and veggies. Peels are actually richer in antioxidants and vitamin C as compared to the fruit pulp.
Trying to eat healthy, we unwittingly discard most of the nutrients by peeling fruits and veggies. Peels are actually richer in antioxidants and vitamin C as compared to the fruit pulp.
Juices for Detoxification and Wellbeing
Freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices can work wonders for the body and mind. Winters are the best time to benefit from the nutrient rich fresh green, red, orange fruits and vegetables.
Freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices can work wonders for the body and mind. Winters are the best time to benefit from the nutrient rich fresh green, red, orange fruits and vegetables.
