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11 Common Nuts, Ranked by Protein From Lowest to Highest
A straight protein-per-100g ranking of 11 nuts from USDA data, from chestnuts at the bottom to peanuts (which aren’t even botanically a nut) at #1.
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20 Fall Vegetables in Season Right Now and What to Make With Them
20 fall vegetables in season now, each with a buying, storing or prep trick and vegetarian dinner ideas. Yes, your canned pumpkin may be squash.
Sarah Rose Levy ·
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Name That Vegetable: Can You Name All 30?
Test yourself against 30 real vegetables, from parsnip to cardoon, in a countdown quiz built for anyone who thinks they know their produce aisle.
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10 Produce Parts You Toss That Are Actually Safe (and Good) to Eat
Carrot tops were never poisonous. Here’s which commonly-tossed produce parts to rescue, which to keep tossing, and the one rule that sorts them.
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30 High-Fiber Vegetables, Ranked by USDA Data
Explore a curated set of 30 high-fiber vegetables ranked by USDA FNDDS data, with fiber, Daily Value, calories per 100 g, and ideas for using each.
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The 15 Highest-Fiber Vegetables, Ranked by USDA Data (Yes, Beans Count)
The fibermaxxing trend has a cheap grocery-list answer. Here are the 15 highest-fiber vegetables, ranked straight from USDA data, beans included.
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25 Vegetarian Costco Finds Worth the Membership
The olive oil that passed a 2010 UC Davis test, about 150 to 170 flowers in a gram of saffron, and the cheese that isn’t vegetarian. 25 Costco finds.
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The 30 Best Low-Carb Vegetables, Ranked. #1 Has Less Than a Gram of Carbs.
Most “low-carb vegetable” lists are just a photo of broccoli and a shrug. This one is ranked, it’s built from the USDA’s nutrient database, and it counts the number that actually matters: net carbs. That’s total carbs minus fiber, because fiber is a carb your body never turns into sugar. It’s the figure keto and … Read more
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36 Superfoods, Ranked by Real Science. #1 Beats Spinach, Broccoli, and Blueberries.
“Superfood” is a marketing word. Most lists are written by people selling powders. So I built one a different way. I scored every food in the USDA’s most current nutrient database across three pillars: raw nutrient density per 100g, presence of researched bioactive compounds (anthocyanins, carotenoids, plant omega-3s, sulforaphane, polyphenols), and how often the food … Read more
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30 Pantry Foods That Basically Never Go Bad. #1 Was Found Edible in 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tombs.
You don’t need a bunker to need a pantry that lasts. A snowstorm. A power outage. A job loss. A hurricane week. A week when the grocery store is just out of what you need. Most of us will face a “personal SHTF scenario” long before any global one (an injury, a layoff, a busted … Read more
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The 34 Best Vegetarian Foods for Protein, Ranked. #1 Has 25% More Protein Than Chicken.
The #1 highest-protein vegetarian food on Earth packs 38.6 grams of protein per 100 grams. That’s 25% more protein than chicken breast, gram for gram. Someone told me recently that she’d just started a fitness journey at 47 and the huge sticking point was not getting enough protein. She’d been relying on things like quinoa, … Read more
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The 30 Healthiest Fruits, Ranked. #1 Has 4x the Vitamin C of an Orange.
I scored the most popular fruits on Earth against 17 essential nutrients using the USDA’s most current food database, docked points for sugar (so the high-sugar tropical bombs couldn’t fake their way to the top), and the winner blew the rest of the bowl away. Blueberries didn’t win. Bananas weren’t close. Apple? Brace yourself. Every … Read more
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The 30 Healthiest Vegetables, Ranked. #1 Is Probably Growing in Your Yard Right Now
I scored the most popular vegetables on Earth against 17 essential nutrients using the USDA’s most current food database, and the #1 winner is a weed that probably grows in your yard. Spinach didn’t win. Kale didn’t either. Broccoli? Not even close. Every “healthiest vegetables” list on the internet is some blogger reshuffling the same … Read more