World Food day 2021: Know Ways to Reduce Food Wastage

World food Day 2021 is celebrated on 16, Oct every year, get to learn the ways to reduce food waste and promote local ecosystems.

Ones food choices have an impact on the following

• Food Production

• Nutrition

• The environment

• Lives

Few shocking statistics relating to hunger, food and also agri-food system are as follows

• Nearing to 40% of the world population cannot afford a healthy diet

• Secondly nearing to 2 million people are obese or overweight, due to both sedentary lifestyle and poor diet.

• About 14% of the world's food is lost because of inadequate harvesting, handling, storage and transit and about 17% is wasted at a consumer level.

• The world's food systems are responsible for above 33% global greenhouse gas emissions.

• The world's agri-food system does employ more than one billion which is more than any other sector.

What we can do to reduce food shortage?

Shop smartly

Do not buy excess food items, only buy those food items, which you would like to have rather than those foods, which you would store it for a longer period and throw it away.

Store food properly

When individuals do not store the food properly, they tend to waste lots of food, these are also unsure as to how to store fruits and vegetables, which can lead to premature ripening, eventually lead to rotten produce.

Learn to preserve

Pickling, drying, fermenting, canning, freezing and curing are varied methods, which you can use to make food last longer, thus reducing the wastage.

Do not be perfectionist

Major Grocery chains such as Walmart and Whole foods have all started offering ugly fruits as well as vegetable at an discount price, this they do it, to reduce the wastage.

Keeping your fridge clutter free

You can avoid food spoilage by keeping your fridge organized, by doing so, you will be able to clearly see foods in the fridge, when you have purchased them, try to use the old ones first and then you can go for the new one later.

Save leftovers

One should try to store the leftovers in a clear glass container rather than storing the food in an opaque container, this would also ensure you do not forget the food.

Eat the skin

Researchers were able to identify a group of compounds which were present in apple peels are called triterpeniods, they tend to act as potent antioxidants in the body and they may have cancer fighting abilities.

Eat the yolk

If you do not like its taste of the texture of the egg yolks, one can add them to other recipes to mask the flavor. You can also use yolks as an ultra-moisturizing hair mask.

Be a seed saver

You can easily save pumpkin seeds, all you require to do is, simply wash as well as dry the seeds, then you can toss them with a little olive oil and salt and toast them in the oven.

Monitor your serving size.

Many people face the problem of overeating. One should ensure their portion size remains in a healthy range, it not only helps you to be in good shape but also helps reduce food wastage.