Food expiration dates don't mean what you think | Carolyn Beans

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Countries around the world waste huge amounts of food every year: roughly a fifth of food items in the US are tossed because consumers aren't sure how to interpret expiration labels. But most groceries are still perfectly safe to eat past their expiration dates. If the dates on our food don't tell us that something's gone bad, what do they tell us? Carolyn Beans shares how to prevent food waste. This TED-Ed lesson was directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Alexandra Panzer and the music is by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	Hey everyone, this is your host,
0:10.0	Shoshana Unger. Have you ever found yourself staring into the abyss of your fridge, wondering if those weak old leftovers are a culinary delight in waiting, or a science experiment gone wrong.
0:27.0	Well, you're not alone.
0:29.0	Join Educator Carolyn Beans as she takes us on a journey into the quirky world of food labels and
0:36.3	kitchen conundrums. Why do we toss out perfectly good food and how much of it
0:41.9	ends up in the trash. With a blend of wit and wisdom, this
0:46.1	lesson uncovers the surprising truths behind those mysterious dates stamped on your
0:51.0	groceries.
1:00.0	Can you hear me now? I'm Dr. Lari Santos, and I'm devoting the new season of my podcast The Happiness Lab to topics that are dear to my heart with people dear to my heart like my mom.
1:08.3	Wait a minute let me put the TV up. I'll be finding out why I personally struggle so badly with perfectionism, stress,
1:14.3	and even sitting still and doing nothing.
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1:31.0	How much of the food in your fridge will you toss before it reaches the table?
1:35.0	Hamburger buns from last summer's picnic, milk passed its sell-by date,
1:40.0	carrots that lost their crunch.
1:42.0	Countries around the world waste heat. Carrots that lost their crunch.
1:42.8	Countries around the world waste huge amounts of food every year,
1:47.8	and the United States is one of the worst offenders.
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