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nutrition

Published
October 15, 2023

Here’s why you should eat your vegetables first

The 'meal sequencing' strategy runs counter to the way people often eat and suggests it's better to reach for the basket of bread or chips at the end of a meal.
Published
May 28, 2023

Vegan cooking classes on offer at MaineGeneral Medical Center

Cookbook author and cooking teacher Colin McCullough makes plant-based cooking easy, fast and tasty for beginners.
Published
March 24, 2023

Is a half-hour lunch break best for Maine students?

Some say a proposed mandate for 30-minute lunch periods would be better for students' nutrition, while others argue that it would create more opportunity for trouble.
Published
July 28, 2022

Study casts more doubt on benefit of high-dose vitamin D pills

Taking high doses of vitamin D doesn't reduce the risk of broken bones in generally healthy older Americans, researchers report.
Published
July 10, 2022

Diet soda is fine, and 3 other food truths it’s time you believed

Also: Speaking some hard-to-accept truths about junk food, lettuce, and buying local.

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Published
January 17, 2021

As pandemic stretches on, Mainers rediscover pleasures of good breakfast

It's morning in Maine, and the big feed is on.
Published
December 29, 2020

New U.S. dietary guidelines: No candy, cake for kids under 2

The guidelines stop short of two key recommendations from scientists advising the government: Everyone should limit their added sugar intake to less than 6% of calories and men should limit alcohol to one drink per day.
Published
September 20, 2020

Maine Voices: For many kids, distance learning makes healthy eating a lot harder

Kids are protected from COVID at home, but they’re exposed to digital junk food ads on educational platforms – unless the USDA takes action.
Published
August 31, 2020

Under pressure, Trump administration extends waivers for free school meal programs

The waivers have allowed school districts in Maine to provide free breakfast and lunch to any student who asks for a meal.
Published
August 28, 2020

Expiring waivers could make food harder to get for many Maine kids

A bipartisan group in Congress, including 1st District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, is pushing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the waivers for the entire school year.