Author Archives: Piera Forestieri

MeatlessMonday Recipe

Today, for #MeatlessMonday, I’d like to share an easy pasta recipe. Penne with asparagus, peas and mushrooms   Yealds: 2 Servings        Total Time: 30 minutes (10’ Preparation, 20’ cooking) Nutrition per serving:     Kcal 384    Carbs 66.5g        Fat 8.9g/ Sat Fat          Protein 16g   Ingredients: 100g thin asparagus (3.5 oz. or a bunch of 15-20) 100gContinueContinue reading “MeatlessMonday Recipe”

Frittata with Zucchini

This year, for Food Revolution Day, Jamie Oliver launched The Food Revolution International Omelette Challenge! Create a healthy omelette which symbolize your nation and share it on the Food Revolution platform. I made a traditional Italian frittata with zucchini. This simple but delicious and nutritious dish can be your breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Here’sContinueContinue reading “Frittata with Zucchini”

Food Revolution Day 2016

It’s Food Revolution Day, a day to celebrate good food, nutrition, health, and to invite people to join the revolution. I’m a big fan of this event, also because it reminds me of the reason why I decided to pursue a career in the field of nutrition and health promotion. I was living in NewContinueContinue reading “Food Revolution Day 2016”

#EarthDay 2016

Today, April 22, is Earth Day, a day that marks the anniversary of the first environmental movement in 1970. We celebrate our beautiful, generous and precious Mother Earth that loves us even though we’re destroying it. Indeed, so many studies are telling us and showing how we have been harming our planet. We all, orContinueContinue reading “#EarthDay 2016”

#SugarTax UK

Last week, the UK government announced the introduction of a sugar levy on soft drinks that will be effective in 2018. The tax will be split in two levels: one for drinks with total sugar content above 5g per 100 milliliters and a second for the most sugary drinks containing more than 8g per 100ContinueContinue reading “#SugarTax UK”

#SaltAwarenessWeek

This week, February 29th-March 6th, it’s Salt awareness week, a campaign promoted by World Action on Salt and Health (WASH) to raise awareness about the importance of eating less salt.   Salt is important for many biological functions of our body. However, consuming too much salt can cause high blood pressure and promote different diseasesContinueContinue reading “#SaltAwarenessWeek”

#WorldCancerDay 2016

Today it’s #WorldCancerDay An important day to share some more information about cancer, from prevention to treatment. Unfortunately, many of us, directly or indirectly, are affected by this disease. According to the World Cancer Report 2014, cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 8.2 million deaths in 2012 and 14 million newContinueContinue reading “#WorldCancerDay 2016”

To eat meat or not to eat

Undoubtedly,  earlier this week you heard that the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a report that classifies processed meat as carcinogenic to humans and red meat as probable carcinogenic. I am pretty sure you also have read some sensationalist titles such as “Processed meats rank alongside smoking as cancerContinueContinue reading “To eat meat or not to eat”

#WorldHeartDay

Today is September 29 which means it’s #WorldHeartDay, a chance to raise awareness about Cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD, which includes any disease of the heart, vascular disease of the brain, or disease of the blood vessel such as strokes and heart attack, kills over 17.3 million people every year!!! There are many risk factors associatedContinueContinue reading “#WorldHeartDay”