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Can Wild Foods Save the Amazon?

Virginia Gewin

October 23, 2018 |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Peru, Lima

At Expo Amazonica in Lima, chefs are working to build a taste for traditional Amazonian foods, in an effort to promote biodiversity conservation and slow deforestation. But against a huge global demand for palm oil, growing wild food crops can be difficult for communities struggling to make ends meet. One big question is whether small farmers can create demand for Amazonian cuisine beyond the Amazon?

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After intermittent fasting, 3 men no longer take insulin for diabetes -- but experts stress caution

Michael Nedelman

October 10, 2018 |

CNN |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

A report from Canada says that intermittent fasting helped wean three men with type-2 diabetes off insulin. The idea of curing diabetes is not widely accepted in the medical field, but some medical professionals think that intermittent fasting can help abate symptoms and cause a kind of "remission." Study subjects fasted several times a week.

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Innovators look to “accidental crops” as a nutritious, environmentally friendly and free source of food

Natalie Parletta

September 28, 2018 |

Ensia |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

A new study from UC Berkeley shows that wild foraged greens can be more nutritionally dense than cultivated greens. Wild greens are more sustainable than cultivated crops and available to people across the socio-economic strata.

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Medi-Cal Home-Delivers a New Prescription: Healthy Meals

Larry Buhl

September 25, 2018 |

Capital & Main |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, California

California's Medically Tailored Meals pilot program may convince insurers to include nutrition as part of overall health care. The program delivers tailored meals to congestive heart failure patients who have among the highest rates of hospital readmission. Three quarters of them stayed out of the hospital for the program's first 30 days.

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Banking on 'liquid gold': How breast milk banks are saving infant lives

Soumya Satyajit

September 21, 2018 |

Citizen Matters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

When babies are born in less that ideal scenarios, such as prematurely, both mother and baby are often impacted by the stress of the situation, impacting the amount of milk a mother can produce. Breast milk banks aim to address this, however, by providing human breast milk donated by volunteers to mothers and babies in need.

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Can Social Media Help You Lose Weight?

Anisa Subedar Mike Wendling

September 21, 2018 |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United Kingdom

People trying to lose weight often turn to social media for motivation, but these sites are just as likely to discourage and mislead as educate and inspire. The better choice is to talk to a doctor or other qualified medical professional who can offer tailored advice.

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A Breakthrough for U.S. Troops: Combat-Ready Pizza

Dave Philipps

September 20, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The Army's line of shelf stable, combat-ready food was notoriously odious to eat, but they've just introduced a pizza meal in hopes of pleasing soldiers. The slice will last 36 months in a packet without going rancid or stale; it took several years of trail and error testing to develop. Initial test tests are positive.

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Hospital Food You Can Get Excited About

Richard Schiffman

September 20, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Glen Cove, New York

A Long Island health care system has implemented projects that address the centrality of food to people’s health and how hospitals can provide healthy food both during and after admission. These include hiring chefs to prepare palatable, healthy food for people during their stay, making diet part of a discharge plan, and creating a ‘food pharmacy’ for people to access healthy food after discharge.

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Running and Singing to Improve Maths and English

Dougal Shaw

September 18, 2018 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

Two innovative solutions in Great Britain in education are proving to be highly successful in improving students' performances in math and reading. A school in Edinburgh uses the Daily Mile (spending 15 minutes a day running 6 laps around the school at each student's own pace) as a tool to get students physically fit and intellectually engaged. In Bradford, England, a failing school centered musical education (with a minimum of 3 hours a week in music class) as part of an overhaul of their curriculum, which has been successful in fulfilling students spiritually and strengthening key skills to use elsewhere.

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Making Healthy Habits Accessible for Every Body

Deonna Anderson

September 17, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Radically Fit, is a gym meant of be a safe space for people of color, queer people, or fat-identified among others. The gym is an alternative for people that don’t usually feel safe in typical gyms that are often dominated by white, cis men. “Imagine how much more amazing your experience would be if you walked into a space and immediately felt like the space was for you.”It also offers a sliding-scale program that makes it affordable for everyone.

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