• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Cook for Good

Save money. Eat well. Make a difference.

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Save Money
    • Cook with the Seasons
    • Shop Smart
    • Cut Food Waste
      • Aquafaba
      • How to Make Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
      • How to Make Stoup, a Free Lunch!
      • Climate Change and Food Waste
    • Take a SNAP Challenge
  • Recipes
    • Free Organic Vegan Recipes
    • Supporters’ Recipe Library
  • Feel Great
    • Learn to Cook
    • Get Healthy
    • Organize Your Kitchen
      • Use Handy Appliances
    • Divest Your Plate
  • Cook with LOVE
    • Local
    • Organic
    • Vegetables and Plants
    • Engaged
  • Join
  • Login/out
You are here: Home / Archives for healthy diet

healthy diet

Plant-Based Prevention of Disease

May 18, 2018 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

P-POD Plant Based Prevention of Disease conference logo

This weekend, I’m going to the national Plant-Based Prevention of Disease conference (#PPOD18) which is an: evidence-based look at how plant-based eating patterns may reduce the risks of society’s major preventable diseases. The Raleigh gathering starts with an introduction by RD Matt Ruscigno asking “Why Does the Future of Healthcare Begin with Nutrition?” Because prevention is better […]

Filed Under: Engaged, Healthy Tagged With: events, healthy diet, P-POD, plant-based

It’s SAD: the Standard American Diet lacks fruit and veg

November 17, 2017 by Linda Watson 4 Comments

person at a farmers' market stand with carrots, radishes, and other vegetables

A new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that most Americans don’t eat enough vegetables or fruit. Only only 9% eat enough vegetables and only 12% of eat enough fruit. We’re missing fantastic food and an easy way to feel great and live longer. What’s Enough? The study says: […]

Filed Under: Vegetables Tagged With: Center for Disease Control, enough fruit, enough vegetables, healthy diet, Standard American Diet

New US Dietary Guidelines miss chance to reduce disease, climate change

January 16, 2016 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Good news: the new dietary guidelines include vegetarian and vegan diets and suggest reducing protein, cholesterol, and sugar. Bad news: it says vegans eat eggs, ignores protein in vegetables, thinks drinking white liquid is important, obscures its recommendations on eating less bad food, and drops the recommendation for environmentally responsible eating. The final 2015-2020 Dietary […]

Filed Under: Healthy Tagged With: dietary guidelines, food policy, healthy diet, USDA

Before Footer

Stoup or stew-soup in a bowl full of vegetables, beans, and other food scraps saved to make a free lunch.
healthy fruit salad in a glass dish shaped like an apple

Footer

Blog

Now more than ever, it’s time to develop and share food skills that help us create a healthy, delicious world.

Recipes

  • Newest
  • Extra Thrifty
  • Entrees
  • Desserts
Make a Difference

  • Local
  • Organic
  • Vegetables
  • Engaged
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Recipes
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map
  • Members’ Welcome
  • Contact
Copyright © 2010 - 2017 Cook for Good. All rights reserved.