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Health Food for the Brain
By Jackie Silver Besides the many nutritious components of the egg that we’re already familiar with – high protein, low fat – there’s a fatty acid in egg yolk that appears to help the aging brain stay healthy. Arachidonic Acid (ARA) is a type of Omega-6 fatty acid present in egg yolk that helps maintain…
Read More5 Steps Could Add 22 Years to Your Life
By Alison Granell, Men’s Health Men’s Health 1. Next time you’re asked, “Soup or salad?” order the salad. +2 years Italian researchers found that eating as little as 1 cup of raw vegetables daily can add two years to your life. Why raw? Cooking can deplete up to 30 percent of the antioxidants in vegetables.…
Read MoreGolden Elixir Salad Dressing Recipe
excerpt from: ‘Essential Cuisine – Healthy Cooking Classes 6 DVD Set’ ½ cup Extra Virgin Flax seed oil or Olive Oil 1 Whole lemon juiced 2 tbsp Raw sesame tahini ¼ cup Tamari soy sauce (low-sodium, wheat free if possible) ¼ cup Spring water 2 tsp Dried kelp seasoning 1 Small clove garlic* 1 tsp…
Read MoreWhy we eat too much, and how to get control
We all know we’re supposed to eat healthy portions. So why is it that a rough day at the office or even just the smell of chocolate-chip cookies can cause us to throw our best intentions out the window? If you overeat, think about what triggered your overindulgence so you can do better next time.…
Read MoreMaking Love in the Kitchen: Look Younger with Plants and Burgers
by Meghan Telpner Meghan Telpner is a Toronto-based nutritionist and holistic lifestyle consultant. Her Making Love In The Kitchen video series will bring you tips on how to prepare healthful, nutritious goodness from whole foods. Visit her site for more love. On September 15th, Meghan we will be kicking off a 5 Days Vegan group…
Read MoreThe Perfect Day of Eating
Control weight and boost energy with hour-by-hour tips. By Lauren Gelman, Prevention Raise your hand if you wish a nutritionist would tell you exactly what to eat and when to look and feel great all day long. Yeah, we thought so—that’s why we tapped three experts who counsel real women on the simple secrets of…
Read MoreBoost Your Memory with These Foods
Suffering from memory melt? It may be because you’re cutting carbs, a study in Appetite reports. Volunteers followed either a very low-carb or a low-cal diet. Those who quit breaking bread performed worse on memory tests than their calorie-counting peers, but their scores returned to pre-diet levels when they started eating small amounts of starches…
Read MoreWant a Great Cocktail- Sans Alcohol? Here’s A Recipe!!
I love Mojitos but depending on what and how much I have eaten, it affects what and how I can drink. So for those days when you want to savor the flavor or summer, try this Virgin Mojito recipe that I found on the Beauty Tips Page of CynthiaRowland.com Cynthia found this recipe at FoodandWine.com…
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