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Tuesday was a tough day in Raptors land
Yahoo Sports' Amit Mann recaps a day filled with rumors and an alleged heated exchange between Nick Nurse and Pascal Siakam.
Yahoo Sports' Amit Mann recaps a day filled with rumors and an alleged heated exchange between Nick Nurse and Pascal Siakam.
Matcha lattes are all the hype right now, and they are extremely easy to make at home.
Poet laureate Simon Armitage publishes elegy for Prince Philip. The Patriarchs – An Elegy deliberately avoids the sycophancy Philip hated, the poet says, and is instead ‘in service of all people like him’
Today would have been the late singer's 50th birthday.
Rodriguez apparently hasn't completely given up on their relationship.
He recalled the late Duke of Edinburgh as "a devoted family man" on Instagram.
A flush of joy, of passion, of excitement—of life! Why rouge suddenly feels so right.
If your favorite fruit is a banana, you're not the only one. Bananas are the most consumed fruit in America, according to Statista—a staple of 59% of survey respondents' diets. It's no surprise why, really. This tropical fruit offers a myriad of health benefits that range from promoting muscle recovery, supporting gut health, and fueling your body with tons of natural energy.With all the good of this popular food, it's hard to comprehend that there can be any bad. But as is the case with any food, how much you eat and how you prepare it can make or break its healthfulness. That's why dietitians warn that the unhealthiest way you can prepare bananas is to bake them into banana bread. (Related: One Major Side Effect of Eating Bananas Every Day, Say Experts.)"During quarantine, banana bread became quite popular. Delicious, sweet, comforting, and healthy right? Wrong. Adding fresh fruit to a recipe is great, but when combined with flour, sugar, butter, and eggs, that healthy banana bread definitely doesn't outweigh the unhealthy ingredients. And at the end of the day this is ultimately still cake," says Amy Shapiro, MS, RD, CDN, founder and director of Real Nutrition NYC, and member of our medical review board.It's not just the average banana bread recipe that Shapiro cautions you skip, it's also the "healthy" ones."Even 'healthy' banana bread with almond flour, coconut oil, and coconut sugar still adds up and is not as good for you as eating just the banana," adds Shapiro.Let's put it in perspective, shall we?If you take a look at the first result when you search for "banana bread recipe," it calls for 1 cup of sugar or 200 grams of sweet stuff. Add in the recipe-required 3 overripe bananas, and you're up to 250 grams of sugar per loaf. (By the way, overripe bananas have more sugar than your standard ripe banana. That's because the longer-chain, complex starches in bananas convert to simple sugars over time, hence why recipes call for overripe bananas—for that added sweetness.)If you're generous and say you can get 12 slices per loaf, you're looking at 21 grams of sugar per serving of banana bread. For context, that's the equivalent of 7 Oreo Cookie Thins!We're not here to be Debbie Downers, though. You don't have to remove banana bread from the menu—just don't think of it as if you're eating a serving of health-promoting fruit."This doesn't mean you shouldn't eat [banana bread] as treats, but count it as a treat, not health food," says Shapiro. For more reasons why you should make sure you eat your fruit in non-bread form, check out What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Fruit.For more healthy eating news, make sure to sign up for our newsletter!
Luxury Italian leather for less? Yes, please.
Hail Satan shoes: why did the ‘Banksy of the internet’ put blood in 666 Nike Air Max?. The trainer manufacturer soon sued, but has that just increased the appeal of MSCHF’s ‘drops’?
If Neighbours racism allegations happened in US there would be ‘swift’ repercussions, Remy Hii says. TV production house Fremantle Media to launch legal investigation as the union moves to force cultural change
Joanna Murray-Smith on ‘fixing’ her best-known play Honour: ‘You have to make a judgment call’The Melbourne playwright discovered that when it comes to gender equality, some things never change Joanna Murray Smith, one of Australia’s best known playwrights, has two plays opening, Honour and Berlin, within days of each other next week. Photograph: Jason South/Fairfax Media
Lech Blaine on Car Crash and survivor’s guilt: ‘It’s just a book. I can’t bring them back to life’In 2009, a teenaged Blaine survived a car crash that left three of his friends dead. His memoir is a reckoning with the tragedy and its aftermath ‘It’s in Blaine’s analysis of self that Car Crash becomes a truly special work.’ Photograph: Black Inc
Ask and you shall receive: $900m in potential electricity savings. Wholesale prices have fallen in much of Australia, but it’s up to consumers to make retailers pass on the savings
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When you go to the grocery store to stock up on fresh fruits and veggies, which of the two do you often buy: conventional or organic?Organic foods often come at a premium price, so many Americans find conventional produce to be the most affordable and accessible option. While organic is often advertised as the better option of the two, a new report suggests that the label doesn't necessarily imply it's the safest option.RELATED: The 7 Healthiest Foods to Eat Right NowThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), an agency that leads international efforts to end hunger, recently published a new report Organic Foods: Are They Safer that puts into question whether the organic label guarantees food safety.Why buy organic?As the abstract of the report points out that, in the eyes of consumers, organic agriculture is often viewed as a healthier, safer, and more environmentally conscious way of producing food. While this is most often the case, the FAO addresses one key piece of information that you may not think about."The 'organic' certification actually indicates products that are produced in accordance with certain standards throughout the production, handling, processing and marketing stages, and which aim at a different set of benefits: better incomes for small-scale farmers and increased food security, environmental benefits such as improved soil and water quality and biodiversity preservation, and improved animal welfare," as stated in the report. "Therefore, while organic agriculture may relate to a set of different improved practices, the term organic in and of itself is not a guarantee of food safety."From a holistic standpoint, organic is the better way to go, as this form of agriculture benefits both social and environmental aspects of food systems. However, as the report says, to say organic farms do not use pesticides is an inaccurate statement. Instead of potentially harmful, synthetic pesticides, organic agriculture instead relies on "crop rotations, composting, and biological pest control to maintain soil productivity, supply plant nutrients, and control insects, weeds, and other pests."This is still considered a step above conventional agriculture practices. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) recently released its Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, which contains the Dirty Dozen list, aka the top 12 fruits and vegetables that contain the most pesticides. While the EWG says eating more fruits and vegetables—whether conventional or organic—is better than consuming less (and, instead, opting for processed foods), they still recommend buying organic if your wallet allows."It is also important to reduce your exposure to pesticides because pesticides have been linked to a variety of health harms, like cancer, hormone disruption, and damaging children's developing brains. Switching to organic produce is an effective way to reduce your pesticide exposure," Thomas Galligan, Ph.D., and EWG toxicologist recently told us.The main takeaway?Here's what you need to take away from this report: Continue to thoroughly rinse and scrub fruits and vegetables, no matter if they're organic or conventional. Just because a produce item has an organic label doesn't automatically mean the food is safe to eat without a proper wash, which often just requires your hands and warm water. The FDA provides seven helpful tips for cleaning fruits and vegetables so that you avoid ingesting bacteria that can lead to foodborne illness.For more, be sure to check out 15 Cleanest Foods on Grocery Store Shelves, According to an Expert.
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Ramen is that perfect comfort food you can savor all year round. It keeps you warm in the winter, and miraculously, cool in the summer. It's good for a quick dinner, night out with friends at 2 p.m. when you were out until 2 a.m. the night before. And sure, you can pick up those mysterious...