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America’s new food pyramid hopes to change how the country eats

America’s new food pyramid hopes to change how the country eats

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter The US has unveiled a controversial new food pyramid that’s causing a stir among nutrition experts. It represents the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans – advice on what types and quantities of food and drink make up a healthy diet. But the Trump administration’s new guidelines differ in many ways from previous versions. Most striking is the moralising language about “real” food and a stark shift of responsibility onto individuals, with all consideration of health equity stripped away. The change from the previous plate graphic to an inverted pyramid looks revolutionary at first glance. But dig deeper and the actual dietary advice hasn’t changed as much as the presentation suggests. The new website is eye-catching, with dramatic language about “restoring common sense”. Yet many recommendations mirror the 2020–25 guidelines that came …

The Real-Life Diet of Detroit Pistons Center Jalen Duren, Who Eats a Pound of Grapes Per Day

The Real-Life Diet of Detroit Pistons Center Jalen Duren, Who Eats a Pound of Grapes Per Day

Published by Jenni Sidey

Jalen Duren, the starting center for the wildly entertaining Detroit Pistons, is an athletic marvel. With a six-foot-ten stature, 250-pound weight, and protruding muscles, Duren has the type of body that was ready-made for the NBA as a teenager. In fact, when he made his professional debut, he was the youngest player in the league, at just 18 years old. Four years later, Duren is primed to make his first All-Star team, and credits many internal changes for his improved play. Given his revamped approach to health and wellness, it’s perhaps no surprise that his points per game average is the highest of his career. Out went Sour Patch Kids and massive, growing-young-man portion sizes, in went tasty summer fruits and regular soft-tissue massages. Duren has kept a few things consistent during his four years in Detroit, though, like avoiding the pregame spreads at NBA arenas, and maintaining his cinephile habits on the Pistons’ charter flights. In our conversation, Duren explained the dental hygiene-based reason for his new diet, his favorite Leonardo DiCaprio movie, and …

The Women Who Want to Change the Way America Eats

The Women Who Want to Change the Way America Eats

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sometimes I think I became a mother not in a hospital room but in a Trader Joe’s in New York City. It was May 2020. A masked but smizing employee took one look at my stomach and handed me a packet of dark-chocolate peanut-butter cups. “Happy Mother’s Day!” she said. I was pregnant, with twins, during the early months of the pandemic, and all I could think about was food—what to eat and how to acquire it. Once a week I dashed clumsily through the store’s aisles, grabbing cans of beans and bags of apples while trying not to breathe, like a contestant on a postapocalyptic episode of Supermarket Sweep. Explore the January 2026 Issue Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read. View More Food then was interlaced with a sense of danger, the coronavirus potentially spreading (we worried, absurdly it turned out) even by way of reusable totes. Meanwhile, I knew from my relentless pregnancy apps that what I ate could have monumental implications for my future children’s …

10 must-try eats and drinks while visiting Singapore

10 must-try eats and drinks while visiting Singapore

Published by Sam Flores

This is the hawker center that was featured in the movie “Crazy Rich Asians,” so expect a crowd. It’s also one of the best places to sample carrot cake, a savory dish made from stir-fried radish cakes. Heng Carrot Cake serves both white and black carrot cake and you can order a plate of both. The chopped radish cake is chewy and mild, with the crunchy bits that crisp up around the edges being the best parts. I prefer the black cakes, which get a hit of sweet soy sauce in the pan, helping caramelize those crunchy bits. Alliance Seafood is a great place to try chili crab, a whole crab swimming in a tomato chile sauce that tastes a little like chile-spiked tomato soup with strands of cooked egg throughout. It’s sweeter than it is hot. Order the crab in a set with the fried cereal prawns (fried prawns coated in fried bread crumbs that do taste like breakfast cereal) and mantou fried buns. The more vessels you have for the sauce, the better. …