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Greetings! 
It's not the night shift. More like, the right shift.
You might think of your mom nagging you to eat all your peas but we all know that getting enough fruit and vegetables along with lean protein into our diet is the healthy basis of a sound diet. The USDA used to recommend 5 servings a day but now we need to strive for 9. So if I can barely squeeze an apple into my schedule, how does one get 5-9, Ms. Eat Cleaner?
Enhance your palate with a palette.
Getting into the 5-9 mindset is like painting. Imagine a plate of plain white couscous, much like a canvas. Like an artist's palette, add a splash of ruby red beets, a dab of verdant green spinach, strokes of ochre squash and carrot orange and you can start to feel the energy build. Eating a bowl of cereal? Throw in a handful of berries. Munching on a panini? Heap on fresh arugula and slices of ripe tomato. Twirling fettuccine? Mix in sauteed kale or a handful of fresh fava beans and just like that, you've got an edible masterpiece.
Filling your plate with an array of vibrant color every time you eat can be a welcome treat vs. a dreaded feat if you celebrate what's in season. Check out the 'Fruit & Veggies Matter' calculator to see if you're getting enough along with tips on getting more and learn why people are sketchy about the safety of our food supply. Eat Cleaner gets it.
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Here's to clean plates and healthy appetites!
- Mareya |
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You may already know that bananas are a great source of potassium. But so are sweet potatoes, tomato paste, tomato puree, beet greens and white potatoes.
We all know organges are brimming with Vitamin C but you can also reap the antioxidant benefits from red and green peppers, kiwi, strawberries, sweet potatoes, kale, cantaloupe, broccoli, pineapple, Brussels sprouts, mangoes and cauliflower. The benefits of a colorful palate are endless.
Check out the Center for Disease Control's resource for
getting fruit & veggies into your life with a personalized calculator, the benefits and even the fruit and veggie of the month.
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IBM Study Shows Less Than 20 Percent of Consumers Trust Food They Buy is Safe and Healthy
A new IBM study reveals that less than 20 percent of consumers trust food companies to develop and sell food products that are safe and healthy for themselves and their families. The study also
shows that 60 percent of consumers are concerned about the safety of food they purchase, and 63 percent are knowledgeable about the content of the food they buy.
The survey of 1,000 consumers in the 10 largest cities nationwide shows that consumers are increasingly wary of the safety of food purchased at grocery stores, and their confidence in -- and trust of -- food retailers, manufacturers and grocers is declining.
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49 percent of the respondents would be less likely to purchase a food product again if it was recalled due to contamination.
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63 percent of respondents report they have purposefully changed their grocery shopping behavior in the past two years because they wanted better value for their money. And almost half have changed shopping behavior to access fresher foods (45 percent) or better quality foods (43 percent).
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77 percent of consumers want more information about the content of the food products they purchase, and 76 percent would like more information about its origin.
If you are what you eat, shouldn't you know what you're eating?
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