13 Healthy Food

This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t rely on the luck of the Irish for your holiday-inspired dishes. Instead, borrow ideas from these bloggers, who reinvented a variety of meals, drinks, and snacks for a healthy(ish) approach to celebrating March 17. Matcha Banana Pancakes Friends will be green with envy when you share photos of these flapjacks made with bananas and matcha from Create Mindfully. Shamrock Fried Eggs Green eggs...

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That Bottled Water You're Drinking May Contain Tiny Particles of Plastic

A lot of bottled water contains tiny bits of plastic, known as microplastics, according to research conducted by a non-profit journalism organization called Orb Media. The research, conducted at the State University of New York, took in more than 250 bottles from 11 different brands, sold across nine countries. “A few” of the bottles effectively contained no plastic, while others had thousands. None of the brands came out entirely unscathed. Two of the bottled water manufacturers cited in the study—Nestle and Gerolsteiner—disputed Orb Media’s...

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