Study: For healthy choices, shop with a cart, not basket

People who used baskets that they carried instead of carts that they pushed were more than three times as likely to choose unhealthy over healthy food items.

Why, exactly, is a little complicated, and involves something called "embodied cognition," or the notion that bodily sensations can influence our thoughts and emotions. In this case, the researchers say that the act of flexing your arm, as you do when holding a basket, somehow encourages you to choose smaller, easier rewards (also known, in this study, as "vices"), while extending your arm, as when you push a cart, has the opposite effect.

Instructables: How to do almost anything

Instructables: How to do almost anything

Major sections in this open source, do-it-yourself site include:
Food, Living, Outside, Play, Technology, Workshop
The site includes lots of video and step-by-step instructions.

Learn to love what you eat with Foodia

Max Haines-Stiles didn’t start out trying to create the Facebook of food. Foodia actually grew out of a desire to help educate people about the health and sustainability benefits of good food.