Healthier you, greener planet
From the category archives:
Surprised by the title of this post? The truth is, you can avoid the flu and other severe illnesses. I’m talking about long-term. When I say “never”, I mean never.
Why do I have the audacity to claim that you could get to a place in your life where the flu can’t even touch you? I [...]
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The nutrients in eggs are varied and plentiful. That combined with their low cost should make them a winner with frugal cooks around the globe.
However, during the past couple of decades, the greatness of eggs has been clouded. Mainly, it was because of the misinformation that dietary cholesterol leads to high blood cholesterol (which is [...]
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Non-raw food vegetarians will tell you grains are great. Most raw food gurus advise avoiding them. Primal diet fans believe that grains are an unnecessary evil.
Who’s right?
All of them. To an extent. Grains do contain vital nutrients, such as some of the B vitamins and several trace minerals (which vary depending on the grain). Whole [...]
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Wondering whether you should bother growing sprouts? Whether the nutrition in sprouts is worth the hassle?
There is some debate about the issue, even among the nutritional “gurus” who agree on most other points. My opinion–based on my own personal research and experience–is that to grow sprouts is a worthwhile and easy endeavor, and that adding [...]
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When I was a kid, I hated spinach. Or so I thought. I hated it because my sole experience with it was green sludge in a can.
Blech. Popeye was not my hero.
But later in life, I discovered raw spinach. And wondered where it had been all my life. Especially since my parents had a couple [...]
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My husband will be happy. I bought some crimini mushrooms today, for the first time in a long time. I haven’t been because, frankly, they cost extra dinero. Since our food bill is already going through the roof with the addition of another eater in the house, I thought, do we really need them?
One could [...]
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The most natural way to boost your immune system is not through taking herbs or practicing yoga, Rather, it is through eating foods that optimize immune function.
The following article taken from mercola.com lists the 12 best foods to eat during cold and flu season.
(P.S.–I am reducing my time online for the next couple of weeks [...]
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Vegetable soup recipes can get a bit dull sometimes. But I recently created a recipe for a vegetable soup that both my husband and I found quite tasty, if I do say so myself.
I don’t often invent recipes, but the several zucchini and yellow squash I received from my last food co-op pick-up, [...]
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A friend recently asked me what the difference was between organic meat and grass-fed meat. After all, the term “organic” is now nearly synonymous with “healthy.” Although that’s mostly true when you’re talking produce, organic meat should be approached with much more caution.
Before getting into organic vs. grass-fed, let me touch on the label “natural” [...]
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