Thursday, April 15, 2010

Food Charts

Today is all about food, mainly because I was hungry while surfing the web today. But anyways, first up today is a nice infographic by NGF about how much salt is contained in various common foods we eat. Love the use of color and the play on salt piles and texture to add some fun depth to it all. And who knew that cutting our salt intake in half could save 150,000 lives a year?

Full article here (via Chart Porn)

Speaking of food intake, the New York times had an article in its business section about how commercialized, processed foods have begun to completely dominant the average American diet. What's interesting about the breakdown of different countries' food intake is how much baked goods Mexico each, how many veggies China eats and how incredibly little India eats in general.

Full NYTimes article here.

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