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Addicted to Nature?
Certain foods gain control over you – like my friend, Marcia, who LOVES potatoes and wants at least one potato in some form EVERY DAY. Some foods rob you of your health – excessive cheeseburger consumption , confections loaded with butter and sugar, even ice cream and potatoes can tax your body and keep you from super health. I appreciate news like this article provides and I hope you enjoy it too.
Read MoreOrganic Carpetbaggers Flood the Market with Junk
Last year the organic food industry raked in almost $30 billion. That’s nearly an eight percent hike from last year.
Read MoreApricot Chicken Sandwiches
INGREDIENTS
6 ounces poached chicken tenders
2 tablespoons no-sugar-added apricot fruit spread
2 tablespoons chopped fresh apricots (pits removed)
4 slices whole wheat bread
4 lettuce leaves
Supermarket Meat Crawling With Bacteria
Tests revealed that 47 percent of the meat was contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus. Nearly all of the samples were resistant to one antibiotic, and 52 percent were resistant to at least three different drugs.
Read MoreFighting Cancer With Coconut Oil
This might come as a surprise to you, but one of the smartest choices of good fat you can add to your diet is organic virgin coconut oil. Yes, coconut oil.
Read MoreDr. Oz’s Top 10 Daily Essentials
To make life simpler, Dr. Oz has whittled down his top 10 daily essentials, starting at number 10 and building toward the single most important thing you need to do on a daily basis to achieve optimal health.
Read MoreHoneysuckle Pineapple Dessert Recipe
From Irina Wardas Happy and Healthy Mother’s Day! Honeysuckle Pineapple Dessert RecipeEat and Lose Weight with Pineapple Dessert Recipes Ingredients 4 slices fresh pineapple 1 1/2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons cherry brandy 1 teaspoon lemon juice Directions: To marinate: combine honey, brandy and lemon juice in a nonporous glass dish or bowl. Mix together and…
Read MoreA Free Farm Holiday For Those Willing To Work
One major caution: This is hard, physical work and the aches will build up if you’re not used to it. Of all the crops, tomatoes were the most difficult to pick. When broken, freshly picked tomatoes spray a natural irritant that stings so badly I couldn’t see and had to wash out my eyes before restarting work.
Read MoreShould You Always Buy Organic?
By Deepak Chopra The benefits of organic farming are undeniable. Crops grown without chemical pesticides do not contaminate the earth with toxic substances. Organic farmers use crop rotation and other natural processes to keep the soil healthy and fertile. Studies show that some (but not all) organically grown fruits and vegetables are higher in certain…
Read MoreThis ‘Beloved’ Food Can Cause Allergic Reactions for Years – and Infertility for Generations!
Soy can be found in almost every product on your grocery store shelves — corn chips, ice cream, canned tuna and every packaged food you can think of. It goes under names like yeast extract, soy protein, soybean oil, soy lecithin and soy flour. But soy is one of the top eight allergens that cause…
Read MoreImaginary cancer-fighting life saver
By Jenny Thompson Ask any car salesman if you need to buy a car and you’ll get a resounding “Yes!” After all, his livelihood depends on putting you in the driver’s seat. Same with mammograms. The American College of Radiology advises all women over the age of 40 to get a yearly mammogram. But ACR…
Read MoreDamages caused by the wireless devices surrounding us.
Below is an article I read on Yahoo.com, some of you might have read it too; Most of us think we know all about it, but do we really know these facts and are we truly alert to the damages causing by the wireless devices surrounding us?(including cell phones, cordless phones, wireless routers, laptops and…
Read MoreDr. Weil’s Simple Roasted Root Vegetables
Sometime the best foods at Thanksgiving are the simplest, cooked in their natural state with minimal spices to let the original flavor shine through. That’s certainly the case with the latest contribution to the Eat Well Vegetarian Thanksgiving series. The recipe comes from Dr. Andrew Weil, the popular alternative health physician who espouses the power…
Read MoreWhy Plants Are (Usually) Better Than Drugs
Dr. Andrew Weil I have always been fascinated by the difference between plants and the drugs that are isolated from them. This goes back to my student days at Harvard in the 1960s, where I received my undergraduate degree in botany, and then went on to medical school. It’s rare — too rare, I have…
Read MorePorcini Mushroom Soup
Warm Winter Soup Not everyone loves giant slurpy pieces of mushrooms, if this is you, simply chop the larger porcini into smaller pieces before soaking them. I should mention I decided to add some oven-roasted chestnuts* to this soup as well – totally optional, although they add an unexpected dense, sweetness, and are a traditional…
Read MoreFacial Meditation for Winter Skin
By Irina Wardas It is cold and windy outside, so we need to pay more attention to our skin. Try these home-made easy to make facials – facial meditations *- to heal, soften, rejuvenate, nourish and moisturize your dry winter skin. Cottage Cheese Facial Ingredients: 1 tsp. cottage cheese 1/tsp. raw organic honey 1 tsp.…
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