Deena Shanker

DON'T GIVE UP|This is a <a href="https://www.theactivetimes.com/healthy-living/ease-stress-tips">stressful and uncertain time</a> for millions and millions of Americans. It might be tempting to give up instead of slogging through all the paperwork and bureaucracy. Take breathers and decompress if you need to, but don't walk away entirely. Remember, this is to protect your health and that of people you love as well as your financial future. After all, medical debt is <a href="https://www.theactivetimes.com/home/highest-bankruptcy-filings-state-2019">one of the main causes of bankruptcy</a>. If you've recently lost your job during the coronavirus pandemic, beyond getting new health insurance, <a href="https://www.theactivetimes.com/coronavirus-laid-off-what-to-do">here are the other must-take steps you should follow</a>.

Tyson reinstates policy that penalizes absentee workers

June 4, 2020 at 2:49 p.m.

Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat processor, will return to its pre-Covid-19 absentee policy, which includes punishing workers for missing work due to illness, the company confirmed in a...

Workers trim beef at the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Dakota City, Neb. in 2012.

Smashing eggs, dumping milk: Farmers waste more food than ever

May 19, 2020 at 3:51 p.m.

Food waste is taking on a new meaning in the pandemic era. Dumped milk in Wisconsin. Smashed eggs in Nigeria. Rotting grapes in India. Buried hogs in Minnesota. These disturbing...

There’s plenty of meat in America — for those who can afford it

May 14, 2020 at 3:55 p.m.

While many regular American grocers are running out of meat, specialty food producers have plentiful supplies — for those who can afford it. Production of luxe varieties like heritage pork,...

BBQ Nachos from "The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook," by Isa Moskowitz.

You don’t need to go full vegan to get the vegan benefits

June 3, 2018 at 11:07 a.m.

Cutting meat and dairy out of your diet is hard. Staying healthy while you do it can be harder. The wrong kind of exclusively plant-based diet, one that includes a...

Fake fish finds niche in growing faux meat market

June 8, 2018 at 7:49 p.m.

Tyson Foods this fall took a 5 percent stake in Beyond Meat, the company proudly bringing customers fake meat that bleeds. With Impossible Foods' new "burgers," made for high-end restaurants,...

A package of Tyson Foods chicken is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Ill., on May 5, 2016.

Is there a vast conspiracy to overcharge for chicken?

June 12, 2018 at 4:40 p.m.

What do you call it when would-be competitors embark on a unified strategy to limit supply, drive up prices, and bilk customers of their hard-earned cash? An antitrust conspiracy, of...

Until recently, many major food sellers included bread made with a chemical called azodicarbonamide, which is also used to make yoga mats.

The yoga-mat chemical’s quiet fast-food exit

June 10, 2018 at 1:44 p.m.

In early 2014, a blogger known as Food Babe launched a petition pushing sandwich chain Subway to remove an obscure chemical also used in yoga mats from its bread. Two...

The nutrition facts label on the side of a cereal box is photographed in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says knowledge about nutrition has evolved over the last 20 years, and the labels need to reflect that.

Sweet disclosure: You’re about to find out how much sugar is added to your food

June 10, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

The Food and Drug Administration recently ordered new nutrition labels for cereal boxes, candy bars and every other packaged food item in the supermarket. Soon they will list not only...

A nutrition facts label in a supermarket in New York in 2010.

Can food labels kill added sugar?

June 12, 2018 at 3:13 a.m.

Sugar is everywhere in the American diet, and now the Food and Drug Administration will begin highlighting just how much of the sweet stuff is added to what we eat....

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