Linn Steward
@gourmetmetrics.bsky.social
Food focused. Healthy obsessed. Eater. Blogger. Recipe Analyst. Cook. 🇺🇸
Exploring the disconnect between what experts tell us to eat & the real food I do eat.
🧑🍳Love to cook. 😋Love to eat. 📈 Love to run nutrition stats.
Exploring the disconnect between what experts tell us to eat & the real food I do eat.
🧑🍳Love to cook. 😋Love to eat. 📈 Love to run nutrition stats.
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The best thing to have in your pantry when you’re too lazy to go outside to buy groceries? Beans 🫘
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The best thing to have in your pantry when you’re too lazy to go outside to buy groceries? Beans 🫘
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Winter is coming ❄️⚠️ But that doesn’t mean your farmers’ market trips have to stop! Check out our tips for making the most of the season’s markets: foodprint.org/blog/winter-...
Winter Farmers’ Market Shopping Tips
Head to the winter farmers’ market armed with these shopping tips from market managers and our guide to cold weather produce.
foodprint.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Winter is coming ❄️⚠️ But that doesn’t mean your farmers’ market trips have to stop! Check out our tips for making the most of the season’s markets: foodprint.org/blog/winter-...
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What can you do with a pot of beans? The options are endless: bean dip, bean breakfast, bean burritos, bean burgers, bean salads, the list goes on. Check out our tips for using cooked beans: foodprint.org/blog/how-to-...
How to Use Up Leftover Beans
It's easy to make too many beans, but — because they're so versitle — leftover beans are the perfect candidate for repurposing. Find recipes to use them up!
foodprint.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What can you do with a pot of beans? The options are endless: bean dip, bean breakfast, bean burritos, bean burgers, bean salads, the list goes on. Check out our tips for using cooked beans: foodprint.org/blog/how-to-...
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On Tuesday, San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some of the nation's top food manufacturers, arguing that ultraprocessed foods are responsible for a public health crisis.
"They took food and made it unrecognizable and harmful to the human body," said City Attorney David Chiu. #FoodPolicy #News
"They took food and made it unrecognizable and harmful to the human body," said City Attorney David Chiu. #FoodPolicy #News
San Francisco sues nation's top food manufacturers over ultraprocessed foods
The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a health crisis.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On Tuesday, San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some of the nation's top food manufacturers, arguing that ultraprocessed foods are responsible for a public health crisis.
"They took food and made it unrecognizable and harmful to the human body," said City Attorney David Chiu. #FoodPolicy #News
"They took food and made it unrecognizable and harmful to the human body," said City Attorney David Chiu. #FoodPolicy #News
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California has taken legal action against 10 industrial food manufacturers. The grounds of the lawsuit is that industrial manufactures aggressively and knowingly marketed unhealthy food products to both adults and especially children. #UPF
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San Francisco sues food giants over ultra-processed products | Linn Steward
California has taken legal action against 10 industrial food manufacturers. The lawsuit alleges that these companies engineered and aggressively marketed UPF (Ultra Processed Food) products that contr...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
California has taken legal action against 10 industrial food manufacturers. The grounds of the lawsuit is that industrial manufactures aggressively and knowingly marketed unhealthy food products to both adults and especially children. #UPF
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Cook at home #RealFood when you can. No time? No skill? Use use a food shopping app to reduce #UPF
🟢 GoCoCo - 10/10 Congrats! No warnings.
🟢 Yuka - 75/100 Excellent. No additives.
🟢 WISEcode - 84/100 Excellent Ingredient Quality.
🔴 FDA “healthy” - Fails to meet FDA nutrient thresholds.
🟢 GoCoCo - 10/10 Congrats! No warnings.
🟢 Yuka - 75/100 Excellent. No additives.
🟢 WISEcode - 84/100 Excellent Ingredient Quality.
🔴 FDA “healthy” - Fails to meet FDA nutrient thresholds.
September 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
California has taken legal action against 10 industrial food manufacturers. The grounds of the lawsuit is that industrial manufactures aggressively and knowingly marketed unhealthy food products to both adults and especially children. #UPF
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San Francisco sues food giants over ultra-processed products | Linn Steward
California has taken legal action against 10 industrial food manufacturers. The lawsuit alleges that these companies engineered and aggressively marketed UPF (Ultra Processed Food) products that contr...
www.linkedin.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
California has taken legal action against 10 industrial food manufacturers. The grounds of the lawsuit is that industrial manufactures aggressively and knowingly marketed unhealthy food products to both adults and especially children. #UPF
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Leftovers made magical: Our Calif white rice reheated with some broth. Creamy Ayocote Blancos with sautéed greens (a mild chard from Italy and a wee bit of sorrel), and roasted cherry tomatoes. A perfect lunch.
#heirloombeans #cooking #beansky
#heirloombeans #cooking #beansky
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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New crop California-grown brown and white rice from Rancho Gordo. A bean's best friend.
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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If you want to lower your Thanksgiving foodprint this year but still serve turkey, consider buying a pastured or heritage bird: foodprint.org/blog/your-gu...
Your guide to buying and preparing a heritage turkey or pastured turkey this Thanksgiving
Heritage and pastured turkeys have a lower foodprint than the typical turkeys in the supermarket. Read on to learn all about heritage turkeys.
foodprint.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you want to lower your Thanksgiving foodprint this year but still serve turkey, consider buying a pastured or heritage bird: foodprint.org/blog/your-gu...
Controversial & bitterly opposed by many nutrition researchers and many dietitians.
It always bothered me that while salt and sugar are added to foods during cooking or baking, saturated fat is embedded in the dairy cell structure matrix and must be extracted.
Anyone else bothered? #RealFood
It always bothered me that while salt and sugar are added to foods during cooking or baking, saturated fat is embedded in the dairy cell structure matrix and must be extracted.
Anyone else bothered? #RealFood
Last week, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, legislation CSPI has long opposed, passed the Senate.
This is the exact opposite of what is needed to improve child health outcomes, and this bill is a clear handout to the dairy industry at the expense of our children’s health.
This is the exact opposite of what is needed to improve child health outcomes, and this bill is a clear handout to the dairy industry at the expense of our children’s health.
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Controversial & bitterly opposed by many nutrition researchers and many dietitians.
It always bothered me that while salt and sugar are added to foods during cooking or baking, saturated fat is embedded in the dairy cell structure matrix and must be extracted.
Anyone else bothered? #RealFood
It always bothered me that while salt and sugar are added to foods during cooking or baking, saturated fat is embedded in the dairy cell structure matrix and must be extracted.
Anyone else bothered? #RealFood
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Ultra-processed foods — what’s the impact?
In a new @thelancet.com Series coauthored by Barry Popkin, experts warn a global rise in UPFs presents a growing public health threat.
Read more about the evidence and policy recommendations ➡️ tinyurl.com/ya2wutpd
#UPFAction #GlobalHealth
In a new @thelancet.com Series coauthored by Barry Popkin, experts warn a global rise in UPFs presents a growing public health threat.
Read more about the evidence and policy recommendations ➡️ tinyurl.com/ya2wutpd
#UPFAction #GlobalHealth
Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health
This 3-paper Series reviews the evidence about the increase in ultra-processed foods in diets globally and highlights the association with many non-communicable diseases. This rise in ultra-processed ...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ultra-processed foods — what’s the impact?
In a new @thelancet.com Series coauthored by Barry Popkin, experts warn a global rise in UPFs presents a growing public health threat.
Read more about the evidence and policy recommendations ➡️ tinyurl.com/ya2wutpd
#UPFAction #GlobalHealth
In a new @thelancet.com Series coauthored by Barry Popkin, experts warn a global rise in UPFs presents a growing public health threat.
Read more about the evidence and policy recommendations ➡️ tinyurl.com/ya2wutpd
#UPFAction #GlobalHealth
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As I told the @nytimes.com, "it's not inevitable." It's not inevitable that ultraprocessed food (UPF) companies must dominate our food supply, harming our health.
We simply apply our existing tobacco control regulations to UPF. We have the tools to fix this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
We simply apply our existing tobacco control regulations to UPF. We have the tools to fix this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Scientists Call for Global Shift Away From Ultraprocessed Foods
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November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
As I told the @nytimes.com, "it's not inevitable." It's not inevitable that ultraprocessed food (UPF) companies must dominate our food supply, harming our health.
We simply apply our existing tobacco control regulations to UPF. We have the tools to fix this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
We simply apply our existing tobacco control regulations to UPF. We have the tools to fix this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
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Must beans be soaked? Can they be salted? Are canned beans just as good as dried? We answer these questions (and more) in our ultimate guide to beans, featuring tips for cooking dried and canned beans and a rundown of some common varieties: foodprint.org/blog/the-foo...
The FoodPrint guide to beans: Everything you need to know to buy, cook, eat and enjoy them
Your complete guide to buying, cooking and enjoying beans, including tips, techniques and a comparison of common bean varieties.
foodprint.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Must beans be soaked? Can they be salted? Are canned beans just as good as dried? We answer these questions (and more) in our ultimate guide to beans, featuring tips for cooking dried and canned beans and a rundown of some common varieties: foodprint.org/blog/the-foo...
Food is complex. Nutrition is wicked hard. So I’ve decided it’s okay to be comfortable with doubt and uncertainty. I keep thinking back on this quote from American journalist and social critic H.L. Menchken:
”For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."
”For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Food is complex. Nutrition is wicked hard. So I’ve decided it’s okay to be comfortable with doubt and uncertainty. I keep thinking back on this quote from American journalist and social critic H.L. Menchken:
”For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."
”For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."
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Will dietary advice on dairy and saturated fat soon lurch from one extreme to another?
Moderation falls to the wayside. This is one way to titillate MAHA fans.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/dial...
Moderation falls to the wayside. This is one way to titillate MAHA fans.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/dial...
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Will dietary advice on dairy and saturated fat soon lurch from one extreme to another?
Moderation falls to the wayside. This is one way to titillate MAHA fans.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/dial...
Moderation falls to the wayside. This is one way to titillate MAHA fans.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/dial...
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Out today: The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods
Today, the Lancet publishes three major papers on ultra-processed foods and human health: science, policy, and politics (I am a co-author on the policy and politics papers). Here's Peter Bond's photo, the logo for the series. THE PAPERS I. …
Today, the Lancet publishes three major papers on ultra-processed foods and human health: science, policy, and politics (I am a co-author on the policy and politics papers). Here's Peter Bond's photo, the logo for the series. THE PAPERS I. …
Out today: The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods
Today, the Lancet publishes three major papers on ultra-processed foods and human health: science, policy, and politics (I am a co-author on the policy and politics papers). Here's Peter Bond's photo, the logo for the series. THE PAPERS I. SCIENCE Ultra-processed foods and human health: the main thesis and the evidence. Carlos A Monteiro, Maria LC Louzada, Euridice Steele-Martinez, Geoffrey Cannon, Giovanna C Andrade, Phillip Baker, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Marialaura Bonaccio, Ashley N Gearhardt, Neha Khandpur, Marit Kolby, Renata B Levy, Priscila P Machado, Jean-Claude Moubarac, Leandro F M Rezende, Juan A Rivera, Gyorgy Scrinis, Bernard Srour, Boyd Swinburn, Mathilde Touvier.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Out today: The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods
Today, the Lancet publishes three major papers on ultra-processed foods and human health: science, policy, and politics (I am a co-author on the policy and politics papers). Here's Peter Bond's photo, the logo for the series. THE PAPERS I. …
Today, the Lancet publishes three major papers on ultra-processed foods and human health: science, policy, and politics (I am a co-author on the policy and politics papers). Here's Peter Bond's photo, the logo for the series. THE PAPERS I. …
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In our new podcast episode, we join @foodfixco.bsky.social founder Helena Bottemiller Evich and @thefern.org editor-in-chief Theodore Ross, the co-hosts of the podcast “Forked,” to discuss the MAHA movement and how it is — and isn’t — changing the way we eat.
Listen: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
Listen: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In our new podcast episode, we join @foodfixco.bsky.social founder Helena Bottemiller Evich and @thefern.org editor-in-chief Theodore Ross, the co-hosts of the podcast “Forked,” to discuss the MAHA movement and how it is — and isn’t — changing the way we eat.
Listen: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
Listen: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
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More AI-hijacking: this time, What to Eat Now!
It's a brave new world out there and I'm not having an easy time with it. I've already told you about the DeepFake Instagram post using my image. Now, there's more! Would you believe DeepFake books? When I went on the Amazon book site on the…
It's a brave new world out there and I'm not having an easy time with it. I've already told you about the DeepFake Instagram post using my image. Now, there's more! Would you believe DeepFake books? When I went on the Amazon book site on the…
More AI-hijacking: this time, What to Eat Now!
It's a brave new world out there and I'm not having an easy time with it. I've already told you about the DeepFake Instagram post using my image. Now, there's more! Would you believe DeepFake books? When I went on the Amazon book site on the publication date for What to Eat Now (November 11), my new book was listed first, …
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November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
More AI-hijacking: this time, What to Eat Now!
It's a brave new world out there and I'm not having an easy time with it. I've already told you about the DeepFake Instagram post using my image. Now, there's more! Would you believe DeepFake books? When I went on the Amazon book site on the…
It's a brave new world out there and I'm not having an easy time with it. I've already told you about the DeepFake Instagram post using my image. Now, there's more! Would you believe DeepFake books? When I went on the Amazon book site on the…
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The new book by @marionnestle.bsky.social reflects decades of insights gleaned from navigating the perverse economy of food. It is well worth your time, whether or not you agree with every word. Because her words offer clarity on the working of our #FoodSystems.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/deca...
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/deca...
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The new book by @marionnestle.bsky.social reflects decades of insights gleaned from navigating the perverse economy of food. It is well worth your time, whether or not you agree with every word. Because her words offer clarity on the working of our #FoodSystems.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/deca...
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/deca...
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Forgive us, but we are not buying the hype. Food is not medicine. Food is life. Good food is essential for good health. But it is not a substitute for medicine. A discerning look at data behind recent headlines.
New study in @jama.com.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/real...
New study in @jama.com.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/real...
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Forgive us, but we are not buying the hype. Food is not medicine. Food is life. Good food is essential for good health. But it is not a substitute for medicine. A discerning look at data behind recent headlines.
New study in @jama.com.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/real...
New study in @jama.com.
conscienhealth.org/2025/11/real...
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Listen to the episode: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
Episode 30: Eat More Beans
We set out to find the ultimate bean lovers to learn how to get everyone to eat more beans — and maybe even fall in love with them.
foodprint.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Listen to the episode: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
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When bean-inspiration strikes, there’s no faster way to scratch the itch than by opening up a can of beans. Stews, soups, salads, pastas, curries, toasts — there’s pretty much nothing a canned bean can’t do.
Here’s how to make the most of this pantry staple:
Here’s how to make the most of this pantry staple:
30+ things to do with a can of beans
Discover 30+ delicious and creative ways to use a can of beans — from cozy soups and hearty bean bakes to fun ideas like pizza beans.
foodprint.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
When bean-inspiration strikes, there’s no faster way to scratch the itch than by opening up a can of beans. Stews, soups, salads, pastas, curries, toasts — there’s pretty much nothing a canned bean can’t do.
Here’s how to make the most of this pantry staple:
Here’s how to make the most of this pantry staple:
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The NOVA food classification system defines processed vs ultra-processed foods as summarized in this slide:
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The NOVA food classification system defines processed vs ultra-processed foods as summarized in this slide:
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Industry funded studies of the week: Mango
In case it's not obvious, I view studies claiming major health benefits from eating one food---mangoes in this case---to be about marketing, not science. We don't eat just one food; we eat diets of enormous complexity. This makes such studies inherently…
In case it's not obvious, I view studies claiming major health benefits from eating one food---mangoes in this case---to be about marketing, not science. We don't eat just one food; we eat diets of enormous complexity. This makes such studies inherently…
Industry funded studies of the week: Mango
In case it's not obvious, I view studies claiming major health benefits from eating one food---mangoes in this case---to be about marketing, not science. We don't eat just one food; we eat diets of enormous complexity. This makes such studies inherently ridiculous. And I'm not the only one who thinks so. Some examples: I. Insulin sensitivity This one comes from…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Industry funded studies of the week: Mango
In case it's not obvious, I view studies claiming major health benefits from eating one food---mangoes in this case---to be about marketing, not science. We don't eat just one food; we eat diets of enormous complexity. This makes such studies inherently…
In case it's not obvious, I view studies claiming major health benefits from eating one food---mangoes in this case---to be about marketing, not science. We don't eat just one food; we eat diets of enormous complexity. This makes such studies inherently…