My husband was in Whole Foods the other day and when he came home he had brought with him a new item called Chia Star (www.chiastar.com). This is a drink that contains chia seeds and is advertised for it’s healthy benefits as well as a high endurance sports drink. I had heard of chia seeds …
Category Archives: Healthy Eating
Making Your Thanksgiving Healthier
Thanksgiving is sneaking up on us fast and will be here before you know it. I am determined this year to make sure I don’t eat more than what makes me feel comfortable. Since I already exercise regularly, I always make it a point to make sure my day off from exercise is not on …
Why You Should Eat More Garlic
It’s cold and flu season and when my husband started feeling a little under the weather garlic came to my mind. One of my favorite authors is the late Leo Buscaglia who writes a lot about love. I remember him telling the story about when he was growing up and his mother would hang garlic …
Health Benefits of Kefir
I eat Greek yogurt on a regular basis for the probiotics it contains. I recently stumbled on an article on Kefir. I had never heard of it but was intrigued. The benefits of Kefir are about 10 times more beneficial that the probiotics in yogurt. Some of the other benefuts include building a healthy immune …
High Amounts of Fructose Reduces Ability to Learn
A study released by scientists at UCLA have found that a diet high in fructose can reduce the ability to learn and recall information in rats. I have no doubt this also affects human brains as well. This includes cane sugar (which is sucrose) and high fructose corn syrup. These are usually added to processed …
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It’s Cranberry Season!
I was shopping today and noticed that fresh cranberries are in stock at my local grocery stores. Freshly made cranberry sauce was a staple at my house growing up every Thanksgiving and Christmas. Turkey without the cranberries and dressing was not a meal! My mom always made cranberry sauce from fresh cranberries. There was never …
Healthy Benefits of Real Maple Syrup
Even though real maple syrup has a high sugar content, it is still lower than corn syrup and certainly tastes much better. Also, if you are going to be consuming sugar, you may as well get some benefits from it. Real maple syrup contains manganese, zinc, small amounts of calcium, potassium, iron and other vitamins. …
Feeding Cows What?
I recently ran across an article saying that some farmers are feeding their cows candy and junk food because of the drought we have had this year and the high price of corn. I was a little skeptical at first and couldn’t believe my eyes but as I researched it more, I found quite a …
Start Your Fall off With Good Healthy Fall Flavors
With the arrival of fall, we have tailgate parties, Halloween, school fundraiser sales and Thanksgiving. Don’t fall into the trap of eating to much of the wrong foods. There are many delicious fall produce such as apples and several different squash and pumpkins. All of these are so good for you and you can be …
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The Dangers of Food Dyes
There has been a lot of talk about artificial food dyes, but unfortunately, not enough. We can’t seem to make any headway in the USA on banning any of them. While most European countries have banned them or they have to put a warning label on products that contain them, we in America just go …