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Fruity Power Foods
You should never underestimate the power of food, especially if you felt bad or tired or grumpy or hyper or jittery or slow – and wondered why. Most of the time, these negative characteristics are...
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100 Healthful Recipes
The title is fairly self-explanatory but if you must have a description. Here’s one: Eating For Life 100 Healthful Recipes should be your go-to cookbook for easy, nutritious and delicious meals and...
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New Book: In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
Make sure to order your copy of the new book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan. There’s a special pre-order deal going on right now so you might want to order and get a...
View Article6 Reasons to Slow Down While Eating
From Little Dumb Man (he’s not so dumb, afterall): Around holiday time, a common comment I hear is, “I cooked for 6 hours and we ate everything in 20 minutes.” Well, aside from the fact that there must...
View ArticleIf People Could Change Just One Thing About Themselves…
If people could change just one thing about themselves and only one thing, I’d wish for them to choose: eating healthful, unprocessed, untreated, organic REAL food. Why? Food is where practically...
View ArticleParents! Your Kids Shouldn’t Eat Processed Food!
Mother of three, Robyn O’Brien has looked deep into the perplexing world of childhood food allergies and sees a conspiracy inside the food industry. “Ms. O’Brien encourages people to do what she did:...
View ArticleThis is Wrong: Edible Antifreeze
From NewScientistTech: “Edible antifreeze developed by a US researcher could keep ice cream tasty and smooth, and prevent other frozen foods from being ruined. The antifreeze contains proteins similar...
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You Have Hemorrhoids!
Um. Yes I know this is an embarrassing topic for you (not me, I don’t have hemorrhoids!) but it really needs to be addressed these days. Denying that you have them isn’t productive so cut it out right...
View ArticleHawaii Bans Aspartame, NutraSweet/Equal – Mahalo!!
Excerpt from rense.com: “Efforts continue to ban this deadly excitoneurotoxic carcinogenic drug that is addicting the public and triggering so many symptoms and diseases from MS and lupus and seizures...
View ArticleFat Men and Shrinking Penises
Florida surgeon Dr. J. takes an interestingly terrifying peak at the effects of obesity in men. He says that when men gain weight, abdominal fat changes testosterone to estrogen that remains stored in...
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Achieve a Deep Uninterrupted Sleep -Today Americans get 25 percent less sleep than they did a century ago. Nearly 4 out of 10 don’t get the minimum 7 hours of sleep necessary for optimal health and...
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Why You Shouldn’t Eat (popular) Breakfast Cereals
Yeah, breakfast cereals are easy and hassle-free in the mornings and well, you like them! I know! Just pour them out of the box and into the bowl, pour some milk and voila! Breakfast in a bowl. You’re...
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Healthy Organic Breakfast Ideas
Yesterday I went on (and on!) about how bad and unhealthful popular breakfast cereals are, but I didn’t even suggest any breakfasts that are healthy for you. How RUDE of me. Here are some ideas, so...
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Attack of the Killer Broccoli
Sometimes you just have to step back from life’s overflow of information, and from the endless alarming news you hear day after day – to play… Attack of the Killer Broccoli! Use the arrow keys to move...
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Natural Aphrodisiacs to Increase your Sex Drive Just in Time for Valentine’s Day
Figs - A popular aphrodisiac with the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. These crunchy sweet yet soft luscious fruit are known to build up sexual stamina because of the high amino acid content. Garlic –...
View ArticleMore Reasons to Give up Cereal, especially CORN FLAKES
Remember when I wrote about why you shouldn’t eat popular cereals? Well, I found another reason and it’s a doozy. It’s more than that, even. It should be the clincher for you to give up these...
View ArticleCollege Students Demand ‘Organic’ Fare
From adage: “College students, increasingly concerned about the source and quality of food they’re eating, are demanding that schools purchase regional produce. That’s forced major food-service...
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Turmeric could help with heart failure
From The National Post: “The spice that gives the kick to many Indian curry dishes might also help prevent the ravages of heart failure, a surprising new Canadian animal study has concluded....
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Is eating Genetically Modified Foods Safe?
I personally would like to stay away from engineered foods but it’s so hard to do that if you live in the U.S. Many people don’t believe it does any harm but I do. Why take the chance on your health...
View ArticleA Non-organic Farmer Doesn’t Want You to Know That There are Hormones in the...
From the slttribune: “Most Utah consumers want to know what’s in their food and how it is produced. Some prefer vegetables and fruit that are grown without pesticides, and milk and meat that are...
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Book: Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients...
Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated into What America Eats – Like most Americans, Steve Ettlinger...
View ArticleMSG, the Secret Killer Behind the Savor
From the nyt: “In 1968 a Chinese-American physician wrote a rather lighthearted letter to The New England Journal of Medicine. He had experienced numbness, palpitations and weakness after eating in...
View ArticleUnder 18? Show the world how to save the planet
From the Whole Earth Generation Contect (Whole Foods): Now’s your chance to inspire the world and make the planet a greener place. Are you under 18 and thinking green? Show us what you’re doing to be a...
View ArticleThe World’s Best Water
From discovery: “How long has it been since you really enjoyed a glass of water? Odds are, any number of things in your H2O (both better and worse for you than just regular water in its unspoiled...
View ArticleFDA Says High fructose Corn Syrup is not Natural
From nutraingredients: “Products containing high fructose corn syrup cannot be considered ‘natural’ and should not be labeled as such, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said. The decision...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Genetically Modified Foods
From wikihow: “Whether genetically modified (GM) foods are safe or beneficial is still controversial, but some people would prefer to avoid them until the evidence is clear. Most foods we eat may...
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Don’t Replace Meat with SPAM!
According to the Associated Press, since meat prices have skyrocketed, people have resorted to buying canned meat, namely: Spam. ICK! All I can say is: DON’T DO THAT! Why? Because anything processed...
View ArticleSnacks That Heal!
1. When You’re Stressed Eat This: 1 Cup of Low-Fat Yogurt or 2 Tbsp of Mixed Nuts Scientists in Slovakia gave people 3 grams each of two amino acids — lysine and arginine — or a placebo and asked them...
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The Healing Powers of Vinegar
Where have I been? Living in the middle of nowhere, buried under a rock? I swear, I’ve just heard about the miraculous substance called Vinegar. Supposedly apple cider vinegar that is cold pressed and...
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What to do with Beets
Beets. You either love ‘em or leave ‘em. I love ‘em, thankfully. You might like to know that beets are incredibly good for you. They’re high in folic acid, potassium, calcium and antioxidants...
View ArticleReasons Why You Are NOT Sleeping
From forbes: Marital Strife Research has shown that married people tend to have fewer sleep problems than those who are divorced. But it turns out the quality of the marriage is important, too. New...
View ArticleCalifornia 1st to Ban Trans Fats!!
From the iht: “Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California signed a bill banning trans fats in restaurant food, making California the first U.S. state to ban the use of the cooking oils linked to...
View Article20 Mega Salty Dishes in America
We all know that overdo-ing it on the salt, is a big no-no for your heart and for your body, in general. The following list includes some of the most salt laden dishes in the U.S. You may be surprised...
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A Book on Learning to Live Self-Sufficiently
As a family that has abandoned the city and suburbs for the countryside, the very presence of a book like John Seymour’s “The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It” is enough to inspire fits of joy....
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Picnic Recipes
The weather is still warm enough to go out and picnic so here are 101 recipes, so you won’t run out of ideas. There’s more to picnic than bbq chicken and potato salad. Really! Check it out here.
View ArticleAlternatives to Wheat Flour for Gluten Free Recipes
Rice flour. This very fine-textured flour is made from polished white rice. Rice flour, brown: Because it contains the bran, brown rice flour contains more fibre than white rice flour. Amaranth flour....
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What to do with all those apples
It’s apple season and they’re everywhere now. What can you do with them besides making apple pie and apple sauce?? Quite a lot of things, you’ll be surprised to know. Apples are one of the most...
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Green Tea Kombucha
Organic Green Tea Kombucha is based on an ancient remedy and offers a convenient form of kombucha designed for daily use. Legend has it that some 2,000 years ago, Kombucha originated in Russia, and...
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The Self-Healing Cookbook: Whole Foods To Balance Body, Mind and Moods
This playful, user-friendly guide to macrobiotics has become a well-loved classic (over 180,000 copies sold). A favorite repeat seller in natural food stores and alternative health care clinics, it has...
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Hungry Girl
Just because you’re watching your waistline doesn’t mean you need to go hungry. Recipes from Hungry Girl–like the Fiber-Fried Chicken Strips featured below–feed your every craving without piling on...
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Winter Gardening
Who says you have have to wait until Spring to start your garden? Not me. Invest in this awesome greenhouse and you will be able to grow veggies and fruit during the colder months. Extend the growing...
View ArticleEat Organic for 3 Years
From the nyt: “Fruits, vegetables and animals can be 100 percent organic. What about people? In a fascinating experiment — on himself — Dr. Alan Greene, a pediatrician and author in Danville, Calif.,...
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14 Foods That Will Change Your Life
For those of you interested in staying healthy and happy, here’s a must-read book, the super-bestselling book that’s enhancing America’s health. It’s a book that will help increase the longevity of...
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How to make your own Yogurt 1 Quart at a Time
In my continuing effort to live more greenly, I’m happy to recommend another kitchen appliance that will help you not only make your own yogurt, but will also get you to be more environmentally...
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Forget Cereal and Eat a Healthy Breakfast – Some Suggestions
I’ve written several posts about this but I can’t stress enough that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and as the most important meal of the day, it should be healthy. So, why do so...
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11 Heart Healthy Foods
More and more people are finding themselves with heart disease, and it’s no longer just about older adults. Increasingly, and alarmingly, many kids and teens are reported to be having problems related...
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Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides
Why Should You Care About Pesticides? The growing consensus among scientists is that small doses of pesticides and other chemicals can cause lasting damage to human health, especially during fetal...
View ArticleHow to Reduce Lung Cancer Risk by 55%
From naturalnews: “A higher intake of vitamin E can cut the risk of lung cancer by more than half, researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has found. In a new study...
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Food, Inc.
One of the most important things you could do this year for yourself and your family if you care about them at all, is to watch the film, Food, Inc. It’s a matter of life and death. Get it at Amazon...
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Gardening in March
Ahhh, the beginning of Spring. This time of season is so wonderfully refreshing! Everything and everyone starts to come out of hibernation; leaves start to grow on trees, flowers bloom and people...
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