Matthew's Food Blog

References

Sources & Works Cited

A combined list of every source used across the seven blog posts. Sources include government health agencies (CDC, USDA, EPA), international organizations (WHO, UN FAO, UNEP), research universities (Harvard, Stanford), and major nonprofit organizations (American Heart Association, Feeding America). That's 15 citations across the blog.

My 7-Day Food Diary

  1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (ODPHP) — Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020–2025

Nutrition by the Numbers

  1. American Heart Association — Added Sugars
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Adult Obesity Facts
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Childhood Obesity Facts
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Only 1 in 10 Adults Get Enough Fruits or Vegetables
  5. World Health Organization — Healthy Diet Fact Sheet

Food Waste

  1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — Food: Material-Specific Data
  2. United Nations Environment Programme — Food Waste Index Report 2024
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — Food Loss and Food Waste
  4. Feeding America — Food Insecurity in America

Food Banks

  1. Feeding America — Our Work
  2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service — Food Security in the U.S.

Is Plant-Based Meat the Real Deal or All Hype?

  1. Harvard Health Publishing — Impossible and Beyond: How Healthy Are These Meatless Burgers?

The Science of Fermentation

  1. Stanford Medicine — Fermented-Food Diet Increases Microbiome Diversity, Decreases Inflammatory Proteins (2021)
  2. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — Fermented Foods