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Starving Before Bed? Try These 7 Nutritionist-Approved Snacks.

There is a laundry list of dos and don’ts for losing weight. There’s always a flavor of the month or fad diet, and you would be forgiven for being confused. A lot of diets even contradict each other.

Take Atkins: eat fats and protein but no carbs.

But straight eating clean: get in those complex carbs, veggies, and protein.

And don’t get me started on keto.

Sure, depending on your body type, blood type, etc, more than one or all of these diets could work. But the one thing these all have in common? Don’t eat before bed! Gasp!

But I’m hungry!

Me too. So what’s the deal? Do you chug a glass full of water to fill your stomach and suffer through a Netflix program until you fall asleep? Or do you have a snack?

Buzzfeed may have the answer. They recently checked in with “registered dietician Abby Langer and Despina Hyde, a diabetes expert at NYU Langone Weight Management Program, to find out.”

Apparently, it is okay to eat before bed! Whew…what a relief. It’s just what you eat that counts. Having a bucket of KFC is probably not a good idea. But fruit, crackers, or avocado toast (yum) could get you the nutrients you need PLUS settle that roaring stomach.

“Sure, your metabolic rate slows down a bit, but it doesn’t stop, says Langer. Yes, when it comes to weight management, it’s better to eat your biggest meals around the time of day you’re most active, but in general, your total calories matter more than the timing. And a reasonable snack that satisfies your hunger before bed isn’t enough to derail your healthy eating efforts.”

But I’m hungry every night before bed

If this is a consistent issue, chances are you’re not eating enough calories during the day. Also, check out your protein intake. If you’re eating a ton of carbs and fatty foods, this can cause your body to burn off energy too quickly, leaving nothing in your reserve while converting those calories to fat. Yuck. 

“Avoid a too-big meal, since your body will have to work harder to digest, which might actually keep you awake. But if your schedule leaves you with no choice but to eat dinner close to bedtime, Hyde suggests something that’s about 40% veggies, 40% carbs, and 20% protein.”

So what types of snacks are good to eat at night?

High fiber Cereal

Who doesn’t love Babybel?

 

Avocado or hard-boiled egg toast

 

Bananas with peanut butter

 

Greek yogurt with granola or fruit (or both!)

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special k granola, strawberry activia, and almonds

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A simple cup of cottage cheese with fruit, nuts, or crackers

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Snack break #cottagecheese #triscuits

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Fruit and nuts are perfect for a sweet craving

 

So no matter the diet, remember: it is important to space out meals, get the proper caloric intake, and eat (healthily) when hungry at night!

After all, no one likes a cranky Netflix partner.

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Candy Corn Is the Worst Halloween Candy, According to a Survey

It’s an issue that American society.

No, I’m not talking about impeachment, or your favorite football team. I’m talking about…candy corn.

I’m kind of indifferent about the whole thing, but I will say that, as a kid, I was always less than thrilled when I got candy corn while trick or treating (which I stopped doing when I turned 24). Gimme the good stuff, please! I need Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Butterfingers, and Dum Dums.

According to a recent survey by CandyStore.com, candy corn is the worst Halloween candy. They weren’t messing around, either. They conducted this survey like scientists in a lab. First, they looked at candy rankings from websites like Business Insider, Huffington Post, Bon Appetit, and Buzzfeed.

CandyStore.com then surveyed 40,000 of their own customers who buy candy from their website. They then combined all the information, crunched the numbers, and came up with definitive lists of the top 10 best and top 10 worst Halloween candies.

Here are the top 10 worst Halloween candies, according to the survey.

10. Bit-O-Honey

9. Good & Plenty

8. Licorice

7. Smarties

6. Tootsie Rolls

5. Necco Wafers

4. Wax Coke Bottles

3. Peanut Butter Kisses

2. Circus Peanuts (last year’s #1)

1. Candy Corn

Do you want to see the 10 best candies from the survey? Of course you do! Here you go.

10. Hershey Bar

9. Skittles

8. Sour Patch Kids

7. Butterfinger

6. Nerds

5. M&Ms

4. Kit Kat

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Afternoon essentials… ?

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3. Twix

2. Snickers

1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

I know that readers want to weigh in on this very controversial topic. Share your thoughts with us in the comments!  Don’t be shy!

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People Are Surprised About Where Cashews Really Come from

Prepare to be deeply confused and a little scared about where cashews come from. The truth is so weird that people on Twitter can’t stop talking about it.

First of all, these delicious nuts grow on trees. That in itself is not so surprising, as many types of nuts grow on trees—but it’s not the weirdest part by far.

Nope, that would be the fact that they grow from these things.

Excuse me, is that a nut or a monster?! I don’t know anymore.

That apple-looking thing is apparently called a “cashew apple,” which grows from the branches of the cashew tree. The shell below the apple contains the actual cashew.

To get to the nut, you have to pick the entire thing, cashew apple included, from the branch. Then you pull off the shelled nut, dry it, steam it, freeze it, and boil it to remove the shell. The shell is filled with caustic acid, so this is no joke—in fact, the extracting the nut is so grueling and dangerous that picking cashews is sometimes used as penal work in south- and southeast Asia where they grow.

Cashews are delicious and healthy, but are they really worth all this effort? Whose idea was this, anyway?

People on Twitter are understandably freaking out about the news.

“Who knew cashews look like angry, old men yelling at you to get off their lawn as they grow?” one user wrote.

Others pointed out that the middle cashew in this photo looks like it has a face.

FYI, you can eat cashew apples, too. The flesh is quite bitter, though, so it’s best to process it for jam or juice.

Now, excuse me while I go have nightmares about cashews for the rest of my life.

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Check out the Most Popular Halloween Candy in Every State

Has it been so long since you trick or treated that you can’t remember the thrill of getting something truly spectacular dropped into your pillowcase as you roamed around the neighborhood? (And then you took off your mask so they wouldn’t recognize you and went back to the same house for seconds?).

Ahhh, the good old days.

If you’ve ever wondered what the most popular Halloween candy is in every state in the U.S., you’re in luck.

Who knew Skittles are that popular? I’m not feeling it…but Mississippi, you’re speaking my language!

Here’s the full list for you.

Alabama: Hershey’s Mini Bars

Alaska: Twix

Arizona: Hot Tamales

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A romantic evening with moi ??

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Arkansas: Skittles

California: Skittles

Colorado: Twix

Connecticut: Milky Way

Delaware: Skittles

Florida: Skittles

Georgia: Jolly Ranchers

Hawaii: Skittles

Idaho: Candy Corn

Illinois: Kit Kat

Indiana: Hot Tamales

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Our time has come ?? #summer

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Iowa: Candy Corn

Kansas: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Kentucky: Swedish Fish

Louisiana: Lemonheads

Maine: Sour Patch Kids

Maryland: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Massachusetts: Butterfinger

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Wud up?

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Michigan: Starburst

Minnesota: Skittles

Mississippi: Snickers

Missouri: Milky Way

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Is it me you're looking for?

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Montana: Double Bubble Gum

Nebraska: Salt Water Taffy

Nevada: Candy Corn

New Hampshire: Starburst

New Jersey: Tootsie Pops

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Lollipop, lollipop ! #sweetstuffinc

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New Mexico: Candy Corn

New York: Hot Tamales

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Your #Thanksgiving break starter pack ?

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North Carolina: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

North Dakota: Candy Corn

Ohio: M&M’s

Oklahoma: Dubble Bubble Gum

Oregon: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Pennsylvania: Hershey’s Mini Bars

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#hersheysminibars #sooonice #superdark #thanksmom

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Rhode Island: Twix

South Carolina: Skittles

South Dakota: Starbursts

Tennessee: Tootsie Pops

Texas: Reese’s Cups

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New @Reeses Cups are arriving in stores in mid-April, but NYC was given a chance to get their hands on the Peanut Butter Lover and Chocolate Lover Cups early! Visit the Reese’s Swap Shop on 321 Canal Street to swap something in exchange for a new Reese’s Cup of your choosing. ? • ? (March 25th – 26th from 12pm – 6pm only). If y?u’re reading this, it’s too late…for today. But definitely go tomorrow while you still can! • ?? Chocolate Lovers – Although it doesn’t look tremendously different in the picture, the Chocolate Lovers Cup definitely does contain discernibly less peanut butter than the original Reese’s Cups. In fact, it was refreshing to eat a Reese’s Cup with a bit less peanut butter. Although this isn’t our preference, this may certainly sit well with those that don’t enjoy Reese’s Cups because there’s “too much” peanut butter for their liking. • ?? Peanut Butter Lovers – This cup is a game changer and it went away too fast. It doesn’t help that Matthew and I had to share it. ? There’s a hint of chocolate surrounding the cup, but the creamy peanut butter is the star of the show. The peanut butter in the center of the cup is the Reese’s peanut butter we are used to, but the peanut butter at the top of the cup has got a Hershey’s Gold vibe to it; but made of peanut butter. We absolutely can’t wait for these to release! (A peanut butter and jelly Reese’s Cup would be great to see one day too. ??) #mnmtwinzSnacks • #Reeses #ReesesCups #ReesesPeanutButterLovers #ReesesChocolateLovers #ReesesSwapShop #PeanutButter #Chocolate #Milk #JunkFood #Tasty #eatingfortheinsta #instagood #foodstagram #snack #sweet #sugar #Hungry #Snack #SoYummy #foodie #foodporn #CheatMeal #lickyourphone

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Utah: Jolly Ranchers

Vermont: M&Ms

Virginia: Hot Tamales

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Or both ?‍♀️ #doubletap

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Washington: Saltwater Taffy

Washington D.C.: Tootsie Pops

West Virginia: Blow Pops

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*CLOSED* #SweetSaturday GIVEAWAY ALERT‼ Happy #NationalLollipopDay ?. We teamed up with @tootsieroll to give away 100 Tootsie Pops 100 Blow Pops to one lucky winner! Here's how to enter: ________ ✔Follow @tootsieroll and @dylanscandybar ✔Like this photo ✔Tag a friend and guess how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? One winner will be chosen at random on Monday at 5pm and announced in our stories! Each comment with one tag counts as a separate entry. ________ *Per Instagram rules, we must mention this is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram, Inc. By entering, entrants confirm they are 16+ years of age, live in the continental U.S., release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram’s term of use. One winner will be chosen from each account @tootsieroll and @dylanscandybar ________ #dylanscandybar #giveaways #sweepstakes #candy #prizes #giveaway #entertowin #instacontest #tagtowin #tagafriend #iggiveaway #contestgram #contestday #tootsieroll #tootsiepop #blowpop #lollipopday

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Wisconsin: Starbursts

Wyoming: Saltwater Taffy

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Yum! #candy #saltwatertaffy

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What’s your favorite Halloween candy?

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Check out the Most Popular Halloween Candy in Every State

Has it been so long since you trick or treated that you can’t remember the thrill of getting something truly spectacular dropped into your pillowcase as you roamed around the neighborhood? (And then you took off your mask so they wouldn’t recognize you and went back to the same house for seconds?).

Ahhh, the good old days.

If you’ve ever wondered what the most popular Halloween candy is in every state in the U.S., you’re in luck.

Who knew Skittles are that popular? I’m not feeling it…but Mississippi, you’re speaking my language!

Here’s the full list for you.

Alabama: Hershey’s Mini Bars

Alaska: Twix

Arizona: Hot Tamales

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A romantic evening with moi ??

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Arkansas: Skittles

California: Skittles

Colorado: Twix

Connecticut: Milky Way

Delaware: Skittles

Florida: Skittles

Georgia: Jolly Ranchers

Hawaii: Skittles

Idaho: Candy Corn

Illinois: Kit Kat

Indiana: Hot Tamales

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Our time has come ?? #summer

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Iowa: Candy Corn

Kansas: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Kentucky: Swedish Fish

Louisiana: Lemonheads

Maine: Sour Patch Kids

Maryland: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Massachusetts: Butterfinger

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Wud up?

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Michigan: Starburst

Minnesota: Skittles

Mississippi: Snickers

Missouri: Milky Way

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Is it me you're looking for?

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Montana: Double Bubble Gum

Nebraska: Salt Water Taffy

Nevada: Candy Corn

New Hampshire: Starburst

New Jersey: Tootsie Pops

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Lollipop, lollipop ! #sweetstuffinc

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New Mexico: Candy Corn

New York: Hot Tamales

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Your #Thanksgiving break starter pack ?

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North Carolina: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

North Dakota: Candy Corn

Ohio: M&M’s

Oklahoma: Dubble Bubble Gum

Oregon: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Pennsylvania: Hershey’s Mini Bars

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#hersheysminibars #sooonice #superdark #thanksmom

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Rhode Island: Twix

South Carolina: Skittles

South Dakota: Starbursts

Tennessee: Tootsie Pops

Texas: Reese’s Cups

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New @Reeses Cups are arriving in stores in mid-April, but NYC was given a chance to get their hands on the Peanut Butter Lover and Chocolate Lover Cups early! Visit the Reese’s Swap Shop on 321 Canal Street to swap something in exchange for a new Reese’s Cup of your choosing. ? • ? (March 25th – 26th from 12pm – 6pm only). If y?u’re reading this, it’s too late…for today. But definitely go tomorrow while you still can! • ?? Chocolate Lovers – Although it doesn’t look tremendously different in the picture, the Chocolate Lovers Cup definitely does contain discernibly less peanut butter than the original Reese’s Cups. In fact, it was refreshing to eat a Reese’s Cup with a bit less peanut butter. Although this isn’t our preference, this may certainly sit well with those that don’t enjoy Reese’s Cups because there’s “too much” peanut butter for their liking. • ?? Peanut Butter Lovers – This cup is a game changer and it went away too fast. It doesn’t help that Matthew and I had to share it. ? There’s a hint of chocolate surrounding the cup, but the creamy peanut butter is the star of the show. The peanut butter in the center of the cup is the Reese’s peanut butter we are used to, but the peanut butter at the top of the cup has got a Hershey’s Gold vibe to it; but made of peanut butter. We absolutely can’t wait for these to release! (A peanut butter and jelly Reese’s Cup would be great to see one day too. ??) #mnmtwinzSnacks • #Reeses #ReesesCups #ReesesPeanutButterLovers #ReesesChocolateLovers #ReesesSwapShop #PeanutButter #Chocolate #Milk #JunkFood #Tasty #eatingfortheinsta #instagood #foodstagram #snack #sweet #sugar #Hungry #Snack #SoYummy #foodie #foodporn #CheatMeal #lickyourphone

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Utah: Jolly Ranchers

Vermont: M&Ms

Virginia: Hot Tamales

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Or both ?‍♀️ #doubletap

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Washington: Saltwater Taffy

Washington D.C.: Tootsie Pops

West Virginia: Blow Pops

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*CLOSED* #SweetSaturday GIVEAWAY ALERT‼ Happy #NationalLollipopDay ?. We teamed up with @tootsieroll to give away 100 Tootsie Pops 100 Blow Pops to one lucky winner! Here's how to enter: ________ ✔Follow @tootsieroll and @dylanscandybar ✔Like this photo ✔Tag a friend and guess how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? One winner will be chosen at random on Monday at 5pm and announced in our stories! Each comment with one tag counts as a separate entry. ________ *Per Instagram rules, we must mention this is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram, Inc. By entering, entrants confirm they are 16+ years of age, live in the continental U.S., release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram’s term of use. One winner will be chosen from each account @tootsieroll and @dylanscandybar ________ #dylanscandybar #giveaways #sweepstakes #candy #prizes #giveaway #entertowin #instacontest #tagtowin #tagafriend #iggiveaway #contestgram #contestday #tootsieroll #tootsiepop #blowpop #lollipopday

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Wisconsin: Starbursts

Wyoming: Saltwater Taffy

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Yum! #candy #saltwatertaffy

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What’s your favorite Halloween candy?

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Cold Stone Has a Pitch Black ‘Boo Batter’ Ice Cream for Halloween

I love Halloween, I love the fall, I love October. Oh, and I also love ice cream! What happens when you mix all those things together?

‘Boo Batter’ ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery is what.

The new concoction from Cold Stone features black-as-night ice cream topped with heaps of candy. This is how the company described the Boo Batter treat in a press release:

“The Treat Or Treat Creation features Boo Batter Ice Cream, mixed with trick-or treat favorites Halloween OREO® Cookies, Kit Kat® and M&M’s®! In addition, guests will be given the option to bring their Creation to life with a black or orange waffle cone or bowl.”

Sara Schmillen, vice president of marketing for Kahala Brands™, the parent company of Cold Stone Creamery, said, “We are incredibly excited to introduce this super limited time Creation at Cold Stone Creamery. Indulge in the nostalgia of your Halloween childhood memories with the Treat or Treat Creation; it is a spook-tacular way to get into the Halloween spirit!”

Get an eyeful of that jet black gooey goodness.

We’re seeing an onslaught of creepy food and drink options for Halloween this year from eateries, including the It frappuccino at Starbucks and spooky options at IHOP and AMC Theatres for the release of the new animated version of The Addams Family.

I’m already starting to get depressed about October ending and having to wait another year for all this spooky goodness. Is there something wrong with me?

HALLOWEEN!

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Cold Stone Has a Pitch Black ‘Boo Batter’ Ice Cream for Halloween

I love Halloween, I love the fall, I love October. Oh, and I also love ice cream! What happens when you mix all those things together?

‘Boo Batter’ ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery is what.

The new concoction from Cold Stone features black-as-night ice cream topped with heaps of candy. This is how the company described the Boo Batter treat in a press release:

“The Treat Or Treat Creation features Boo Batter Ice Cream, mixed with trick-or treat favorites Halloween OREO® Cookies, Kit Kat® and M&M’s®! In addition, guests will be given the option to bring their Creation to life with a black or orange waffle cone or bowl.”

Sara Schmillen, vice president of marketing for Kahala Brands™, the parent company of Cold Stone Creamery, said, “We are incredibly excited to introduce this super limited time Creation at Cold Stone Creamery. Indulge in the nostalgia of your Halloween childhood memories with the Treat or Treat Creation; it is a spook-tacular way to get into the Halloween spirit!”

Get an eyeful of that jet black gooey goodness.

We’re seeing an onslaught of creepy food and drink options for Halloween this year from eateries, including the It frappuccino at Starbucks and spooky options at IHOP and AMC Theatres for the release of the new animated version of The Addams Family.

I’m already starting to get depressed about October ending and having to wait another year for all this spooky goodness. Is there something wrong with me?

HALLOWEEN!

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Sorry to Break It to You: Your Plastic Recycling Is Probably Not Getting Recycled

A lot of us spend time washing out plastic containers, squinting at symbols, picking off labels and smugly popping them into one of several containers to lug out to the curb on recycling day. Job well done. We deserve a (plastic) yogurt cup for our saintly efforts.

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But there is something you need to know: our plastics are likely not getting turned into new products. The American plastic recycling effort is largely mythical, reports Sharon Lerner for The Intercept.

Lerner writes:

The vast majority of plastic that has ever been produced — 79% — has actually ended up in landfills or scattered around the world or burned, but not refashioned into new products, which is what we hope for when we talk about recycling. For plastic bags, it’s less than 1% of tens of billions that are used in the U.S. alone. And so overall in the U.S., our plastic recycling rate peaked in 2014 at 9.5% so that’s less than 10%.

What about the story that the majority of our plastics were sold to China who happily took it and recycled it? Wrong. 1) it wasn’t always recycled and 2) the Chinese have been refusing to take Americans’ recycled plastics since 2017.

Here’s the thing, though – after we put our plastic in the recycling, we never see it again, so we continue cleaning, squinting, picking and sorting on curb recycle day, in guilt-free bliss.

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Since the advent of single stream recycling, we’ve also been misled to think that all of our plastics are recyclable, so just chuck ’em in.

It’s not true though. If non-recyclable plastics weren’t pulled out manually at the recycling center, then they were refused by China upon their arrival. Discarded at the center or refused at port, both outcomes came at the taxpayer’s expense – and the plastic still ends up in the trash or in the environment.

Or is that the same thing.

Now that China has told the United States to quit sending our plastic to them, we are stuck sending it to other places (also mostly in Asia) that 1) don’t really want to be taking our refuse and 2) lack much of the facilities that would be required to do anything useful with it. And beyond that, the Chinese market for ‘recycled’ plastics was so huge that the gap hasn’t been filled yet (if it ever is), so a lot of American municipalities are just shipping everyone’s recyclables to the same landfill where the trash goes.

And most people have no idea.

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Judith Enck, a former regional Environmental Protection Agency official and founder of Beyond Plastics, says the only way to get out of our (literal) mess is to be better consumers. That means changing our focus from recycling to reducing (the first R in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle).

So why have we been trying to recycle plastic since the 1970s?

Well, it’s not a bad idea, it’s just more expensive in practice than the market will bear. Plus the plastics industry is of course interested in staying in business, so they had to support and promote how good recycling is for the planet. It became a feel good marketing campaign that covered the fact that so few plastics actually get recycled.

But, the public bought it and recycling became our way of consuming plastics without feeling bad about it.

For anyone concerned about the plastic in the ocean, consider this: reducing the amount of plastic we use is, ultimately, the most effective way of fighting our growing garbage problem.

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Enck says metal, glass and cardboard are still completely recyclable. For plastics, check for No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5. Those are recyclable. Black plastic is never recyclable. That goes into the landfill.

Use glass whenever possible. Fill up on bulk items in the supermarket with your own containers.

You can also try good old fashioned letter writing to manufacturers and local stores; ask them to reduce their reliance on plastics, and maybe they’ll listen.

There are alternatives available, and consumers still have power in their communities, as long as they exercise it.

Change is possible, and it starts at home.

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14 Interesting Facts About Food That Might Surprise You

Digging into the history of any topic can unearth interesting facts. Don’t believe me? The proof is in the pudding (and maybe in facts about pudding!), and these 14 tidbits have fun and interesting in spades!

Fair warning, though – the images and information below are bound to make you hungry, so please, make sure your mixer is in working order before digging in.

14. The famous Tollhouse Cookies weren’t exactly planned.

In 1930, Ruth Wakefield ran the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts. She was baking cookies and decided to add semi-sweet chocolates, expecting them to melt and make the cookies chocolate.

It didn’t, and people loved the chocolate chunks in the cookies; Wakefield eventually sold the recipe and rights to Nestle.

13. Graham crackers are meant to reduce sexual urges.

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In the 1800s, graham cracker inventor Reverence Sylvester Graham preached that a bland diet could quiet those pesky sexual urges.

12. All of your favorite vegetables come from the same plant.

Brussels sprouts, kale, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and kohlarabi all come from the Brassica oleracea plant, which has been selectively bred over the past century to give us yummy vegetables.

11. Chocolate cake used to be mahogany cake.

The first chocolate cake in America dates back to the 1800s, and early versions used ermine frosting, a popular whipped buttercream.

Try it for yourself, here.

10. No one meant to invent popsicles.

In 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson left his cup of soda – complete with a stir stick – on his back porch overnight.

He (and his friends) loved it, and later in life he patented the Popsicle.

9. Boston once suffered a molasses flood.

In 1919, a storage tank that held more than 2 million gallons of molasses exploded and flooded the Boston streets, crushing buildings, killing 21 people, and injuring around 150 more.

8. Vogue wanted you to diet eating only wine and eggs in the 1970s.

You definitely should not try this wine-and-eggs diet.

It encouraged women to eat nothing but eggs, white wine, steak, and black coffee for three days straight.

Basically, fuck you 70s Vogue. Jeezus…

7. The first meal on the moon included a side of bacon.

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ate bacon, peaches, sugar cookie cubes, pineapple grapefruit drink, and coffee in 1969.

6. McDonald’s gave onion nuggets a try before chicken ones took over the menu.

In the late 1970s, Onion Nuggets were tested in a few markets, but weren’t popular enough to make the nationwide menu.

A few years later, they found a winner with chicken nuggets.

5. Pez were invented to help people stop smoking.

The tiny candies were marketed as anti-smoking mints – Pez is a shortened version of the German word Pfefferminz, or Peppermint, and the original flavor was mint.

4. This omelet was concocted during the Gold Rush.

One of the earliest examples of native California cuisine was the Hangtown fry – an omelet made of eggs, oysters, and bacon – that was concocted during the gold rush.

3. The first St. Louis gooey butter cake was a mistake.

If you haven’t been to St. Louis and tried their gooey butter cake, well…you need to rectify that. The favorite can be traced back to the 1930s, and emerged when a local baker mistakenly added too much butter to his coffee cake recipe.

A happy accident!

You can make it at home if you don’t want to travel.

2. Carrots are meant to be purple.

Our carrots are only orange because Dutch growers have been cultivating mutated versions of the purple carrot since the late 17th century.

1. George Washington feasted on carrot cake to celebrate winning the war.

As the British were leaving the former colonies with their tailcoats between their legs, General Washington was nomming some carrot cake (sans frosting) at the still-standing Fraunces Tavern in NYC.

I don’t know about you, but I feel smarter (and hungrier) already!

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