Green Daily

In the fitness world, "eating green" now has two meanings: eating vitamin-rich leafy green vegetables, and altering your diet to make the smallest footprint on the earth.

This month, Fitness Magazine featured an article on eating green that offers seven tips for keeping your diet Earth-friendly. At first glance, the suggestions seem pretty obvious (buying local organic foods, eating foods that are in season, cutting down on meat consumption and paying careful attention to fish). But the article actually had some decent information, like that by buying local food, you're not only cutting down on greenhouse gases, but you're also likely supporting farmers that practice sustainable methods of farming, and preventing more land from turning into urban sprawl (okay, so that last point is a bit of a stretch).

Fitness also suggests that, especially for people trying to save money, splurge on the organic fruits whose skin you typically consume, but if you need to save, it's best to buy convention fruit whose skin or rind is removed before eating, because it's less likely that you'll be exposed to any pesticides. In addition, the article reminds us that, while we can generally trust the organic label on most products, organic or free-range labels on eggs, poultry, and fish are deceiving, because "free-range" can simply mean that the chicken cage doors were left open for a few hours, and there isn't one simple standard for seafood.

So, considering this issue of Fitness also includes articles entitled "Fake a Runway-Ready Look!" and "Plump Your Pout: 5 Tricks for Full Lips," the article wasn't half bad.