I get so excited as spring and summer comes because of all the fresh fruits and vegetables that start showing up. It is strawberry season now so I no longer need to purchase overpriced and tasteless berries. Strawberries are so delicious and also very healthy for you. One cup of strawberries has just 50 calories …
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Brunch Recipes for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12 and I hope you have started giving some thought as to how you can serve your mother on this special day. For those of us whose mother lives to far away to visit, we have to make due with sending a gift and talking to her on the phone. …
Give Me Real Food!
Americans spend over 90% of their food money on processed foods. That is pretty scary since there are over 3,000 food additives that are added to the foods Americans eat. A lot of these additives which include preservatives, flavorings, colors and other chemical ingredients which are in our foods are banned in other countries because …
Eating to Prevent Kidney Disease
A dear friend of mine has recently been going through some difficult medical problems, one of which includes kidney problems. In order to try and help her, I decided to do some research to see what foods and life style changes she may need to make in order to help her kidneys function normally. Some …
The “Monsanto Protection Act”
I am assuming that everyone knows who Monsanto is. If not, suffice it to say they are the largest company that produces the chemicals for our food and the genetically modified seed for the fruits and vegetables we eat. At this point, almost 80% of all nonorganic processed foods including those labeled “natural,” contain some …
Use Sesame Seeds For A Healthy Diet
Last week I talked about figs as a healing food. This week sesame seeds are on the list of healing foods. A recent study found that people with high cholesterol who ate a few spoonfuls of sesame seeds each day lowered their LDL cholesterol by almost 10 percent. They are filled with minerals such as …
Figs – One of the Worlds Healthiest Foods
If you are like me, you probably don’t eat figs very often. They are just not one of those items that are readily available or talked about very much. I like dried figs okay, but when I do eat them, I try to buy organic figs because commercially grown figs are usually treated with sulfur …
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Watch Out For That Easter Candy!
Easter will be here in a couple of days and hopefully you won’t be temped to eat to much (hopefully not any) of the artificially colored Easter candy that you see everywhere you go. Most of the candy ingredients usually start with sugar and corn syrup, followed by high fructose corn syrup or some other …
The Dangers of Somer Herbal and Dietary Supplements
There are a lot of different views about taking supplements. Some physicians recommend that a multi-vitamin be added to your daily diet. Others say that if you are eating a healthy diet there is no need for vitamins. Depending on the vitamin, especially multi-vitamins, you may not be getting what you think you are. I …
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Why You Crave Processed Foods
A couple of weeks ago, I happened to be around to watch the Dr. Oz Show. I think Dr. Oz has some great information and I was really fascinated with this show. He had Michael Moss on who is the author of Salt Sugar Fat which has just recently been released. Michael Moss is a …