{"id":7453,"date":"2017-06-28T16:08:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T23:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com\/?p=7453"},"modified":"2021-10-04T14:51:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T21:51:30","slug":"weekly-roundup-food-for-a-happier-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/lifestyle\/weekly-roundup-food-for-a-happier-4th-of-july\/167453.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Roundup: Food For A Happier 4th of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an aspect of the holidays that makes me&#8230;sad. I mean, I\u2019m all about the big family get-togethers, the extra chairs pulled up to the dining table, the reasons to turn lunch into a picnic at the park\u2014what&#8217;s not to love?<\/p>\n<p>Well, there\u2019s the food: so extravagant, so indulgent, and in such excessive quantities that a post-meal ritual is to fall into a \u201cfood coma\u201d. Not to mention the alcohol.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TIME Magazine reported that around <a href=\"http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2012\/07\/04\/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-fourth-of-july\/slide\/all\/\">155 million hot dogs<\/a> are consumed every 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July. Inherently, we know that the reddish, plasticky tube of meat isn\u2019t really good for us, but Peter Clifton, professor of nutrition at the University of South Australia, puts it like <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3983197\/hot-dog-nitrates\/\">this<\/a>: \u201cAll data says processed meat is bad: more diabetes, higher mortality, more cardiovascular disease.\u201d Yup, hot dogs are bad, stay away from them.<\/li>\n<li>The consumption of grilled or barbecued meat increases one\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/media\/six-tips-that-may-cut-cancer-risk-at-your-fourth-of-july-barbecue\/\">risk for pancreatic cancer <\/a>by 60%.<\/li>\n<li>Drinking beer<\/li>\n<li>The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iihs.org\/iihs\/news\/desktopnews\/independence-day-ranks-highest-in-average-daily-crash-deaths\">a 5-year study<\/a> that showed that an average of 118.4 lives are lost in car crashes, making it the most consistently deadly day of the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But take heart, my friends! There\u2019s a better way to fully enjoy your 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July holiday. Even if you\u2019re the only one at the barbecue who\u2019s committing to a healthier July holiday, consider the idea that you&#8217;re a plant-based ambassador. Your dishes may spark conversation about how plant-based can actually be a delicious holiday option. You never know who might be convinced.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sides<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/readandwatch\/eat\/italian-pasta-salad\/111240.html\"><strong>Italian Pasta Salad<\/strong><\/a>: Tangy, light, and filling, this pasta salad uses ingredients like sundried tomatoes and arugula to turn this pasta salad into a something gourmet and unique.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/undo-my-disease\/diabetes\/fresh-watermelon-mango-salad\/161285.html\"><strong>Fresh Watermelon Mango Salad<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cFew things are lovelier or more refreshing than a salad of freshly cut fruit. The only way to make an already-great fruit salad better? A drizzle of bright, lightly sweet lime-agave dressing.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Mains<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/undo-my-disease\/diabetes\/chili-cheeze-baked-potato\/094803.html\"><strong>Chili-Cheeze Baked Potato<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cToss the sour cream and butter and top your potato with a tasty 3-bean chili!\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/undo-my-disease\/diabetes\/avocado-chickpea-salad-sandwich\/174794.html\"><strong>Avocado Chickpea Salad Sandwich<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cCreamy and textured like egg salad, this sandwich will make you forget the real thing.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/readandwatch\/eat\/recipes\/smoky-oat-burger\/171338.html\"><strong>Smoky Oat Burger<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cChewy, hearty, and with a seriously \u2018meaty\u2019 flavor, this might be one of the best vegetarian burgers out there.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Desserts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/undo-my-disease\/diabetes\/secret-ingredient-brownie-bites\/144730.html\"><strong>Secret Ingredient Brownie Bites<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cNormally, brownies would be out of the question for plant-based foodies. But with the secret ingredient, this guilty pleasure becomes a low-glycemic treat.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/readandwatch\/eat\/lemon-cheesecake\/151327.html\"><strong>Raw Lemon Cheesecake<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cThis amazing cheesecake is so good, you\u2019ll think it\u2019s the real thing. Made without dairy and without baking, it\u2019s the easiest cheesecake you\u2019ll ever make!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy 4th of July, everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an aspect of the holidays that makes me&#8230;sad. I mean, I\u2019m all about the big family get-togethers, the extra chairs pulled up to the dining table, the reasons to turn lunch into a picnic at the park\u2014what&#8217;s not to love? Well, there\u2019s the food: so extravagant, so indulgent, and in such excessive quantities that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":21365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,2,7],"tags":[348,329,147,263,349],"thb-sponsors":[],"yst_prominent_words":[802,920,1045,1321,756,1394],"class_list":["post-7453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-healthy-habits","category-lifestyle","category-why-plant-based","tag-4th-of-july","tag-holiday","tag-plant-based-nutrition","tag-vegetarianism-2","tag-weekly-roundup","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"views":548,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7453"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20321,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7453\/revisions\/20321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7453"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=7453"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=7453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}