On Healthy Living

I’m a regular reader of the Mark’s Daily Apple blog, and even though lots of its articles catch my interest, this time I paid even more attention to one of its most recent posts: When do foods really go bad?

See, I am the kind of person who tends to not pay enough attention to those things. Unless the milk in its carton starts to turn yellowish, or my meat smells more like fish than anything else, I can let something become a little less healthy than recommended, simply because I’m a total airhead who has no clue about those things. But healthy living goes through the fridge as well, and having plenty of fruits and vegetables under the hand isn’t everything there is to it: produce also need to remain edible, after all.

So, first of all, this article will define the difference between “Sell by” and “Use by/Best if used by” (I learned something today, for sure). It then proceeds to let the reader know about dairy, eggs and produce, and for how long/under which conditions they may be kept in the fridge. Leftovers can be land mines in their own way (what’s that brownish stuff in the Tupperware box, there, at the back? Hasn’t it been there for the past two months?). As for meat and fish, these you really need to keep a close eye on, especially fish–when I get it fresh, I know I’d better eat it on the very day I’ve bought it, else (nasty) surprises start to appear. The article ends on a few more tips, and on a general rule that everyone should make sure of keeping in mind: “When in doubt, throw it out!” Sure, that’s money thrown out of the window, but it’s better than being sick. Or maybe it means it’s time we start to properly recognize our needs, and not buy too much food at once?

In any case, this is an article worth reading, and I hope you’ll find it as useful as I did.

Yzabel wrote this on August 8th, 2007 and filed it under Healthy Eating, Health Foods |