Diet Archive

This image set on imgur shows families around the work and the groceries they consume during one week. The photos are taken from the book Hungry Planet.   What the world eats — a week’s worth of groceries – Imgur via kwout

Pairing Wine and Food

Pairing Wine and Food [infographic] via kwout

A Visual calcium calculator

The full infographic is available after the jump Calcium calculator | Visual.ly via kwout

This man gets rid of food

There is a quite extreme experience presented in the article linked below: A man replaced food by a special drink that he makes himself and that is supposed to contain all the nutrients required by the body. This is also actively discussed on Hacker News.  This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again | [...]

13 Essential Vitamins

It’s the beginning of the year and time for new resolutions. Therefore here is a chart that list the 13 essential vitamins to be healthy all year long. After the jump there, the full chart explains also where to find them. Enjoy .  More Than Supplemental | S.B.LattinDesign via kwout   Found via LifeHacker.

Bourdieu’s Food Space Chart

I found the chart below that displays foods along 2 axis (according economic capital and cultural capital) interesting. It’s based on a book published by Pierre Bourdieu more than 30 years ago.  Bourdieu’s Food Space – Gastronomica via kwout Found via FlowingData.

EHM published a funny list of advices to help live to 100 years: How to live to 100 | GDS Publishing via kwout

Seasonality Chart

A seasonality chart to found the right fruits, vegetables and herbs to eat according the season: Seasonal food chart | Life and style | guardian.co.uk via kwout Seasonal food chart | Life and style | guardian.co.uk

Appetizers ideas from the New York Times

The New York Times published a list of appetizers that can be prepared in less than 20 minutes. This gives some good ideas for holiday season’s parties.  

Why French people don’t get fat?

In this Santa Barbara Independent article, there is an interesting explanation of why French don’t get fat whereas "they eat three times as much saturated animal fat as Americans do." The article author Michael Seabaugh quotes  Laurence Hauben an expert on the subject: “The French don’t traditionally wolf down a meal at their desk or while [...]