If you have a craving for Mexican fare, Taco Bell may be a better bet for your health and waistline than you think — as long as you know how to navigate the fast food chain’s menu.
“Taco Bell has become a front-runner in healthy fast-food restaurants,” Jen Hernandez, a Kentucky-based registered dietitian nutritionist, who is the founder and CEO of Plant-Powered Kidneys Inc., told Fox News Digital.
“They focus on including more fresh plants, plant proteins and low-sodium options,” she said. “In many ways, they help consumers eat healthier without even realizing it.”
That said, not everything on the…
You’ve probably heard of clean eating, but you may not know exactly what it is. While there is no one clear definition of what clean eating is, for us, it’s about eating more of the healthiest options in each food group and fewer of the less healthy ones. That means embracing whole foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, healthy proteins and healthy fats. It also means cutting back on refined grains, additives, preservatives, unhealthy fats, large amounts of added sugar and salt, and avoiding highly processed foods with ingredients you’d need a lab technician to help you pronounce.
Some clean-eating…
ANN ARBOR, MI — Salads and stir fry are on the menu for a new restaurant coming to Ann Arbor.
Fuel’d begin in East Lansing in 2022 with a focus on bringing a quick healthy food option to the area. Now the business plans to expand to Ann Arbor with a new location at 980 W. Eisenhower Parkway.
Founder David Yang said he’s aiming to open the new location in March. Fuel’d also plan to open a new restaurant in Flint in early 2024, as well, he said.
“We just got a decent amount of feedback from people telling us…
Public settings, such as schools, childcare centers, nursing homes, hospitals and correctional facilities and all other institutions of public institutions, can play a key role in ensuring people are provided with healthy food and helping prevent the 8 million annual deaths currently caused by unhealthy dieters.
A new WHO Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet aims to increase the availability of healthy food through setting nutrition criteria for food served and sold in public settings. The action framework also aims to reduce preventable diseases and deaths from high consumption of…
Cutting back on ultra-processed food in your child’s diet doesn’t have to be a huge lift. Learn shortcuts and smart swaps, like giving them nuts for a snack instead of chips. Even if they’re salted, the higher protein and healthy fats in nuts are an added benefit.
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Cutting back on ultra-processed food in your child’s diet doesn’t have to be a huge lift. Learn shortcuts and smart swaps, like giving them nuts for a snack instead of chips. Even if they’re salted, the higher protein and healthy fats…