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For a number of years fat has been given a bum rap, due in large part to the low fat posse; but with time has come wisdom and fat, the right fat, is now getting the credit that it’s due. It’s taken thirty years of research to get to this point, but it would appear that all [...]
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With the following list of alternatives to your favorite restaurant meals, you can indulge with zero guilt and make dieting a piece of (low-fat angel food) cake.
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Have you tried quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah)? If not, put it on your next shopping list! Quinoa is a whole grain from South America that was used as a staple in the Incan diet, who believed the grain was sacred. It has become more popular in the last few years and recently the Food and Agricultural [...]
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So which foods should you go for if you want to be at the top of your game, getting the most out of your meals? Coincidentally most of the time, low calorie foods are often the most nutritious. So what can we get munching on to fill out body with goodness?
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Do you know everything that your child is eating? If not, how do you know they are getting the proper nutrition? Our children will sometimes make the wrong food choices, but there are some things you can do to encourage them to make the healthy choice at school.
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These days there are so many conflicting reports of what’s healthy that it’s hard to know which information to trust. Perhaps a back to basics approach is best. Fruits and vegetables really are the best thing for people to eat to stay healthy. They’re packed full of nutrients and other healthy compounds, and there’s not [...]
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Your produce doesn’t have to be cultivated on a farm! Discovering the many uses of dandelions is a fun way to introduce the concept to your family that wild foods can be edible. Dandelion cookies, anyone? Kids: you can help by picking dandelions, then learning how to pull the petals off by holding the green [...]
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Have you ever wondered about those tiny numbered stickers you find on produce at the grocery store? They’re called PLU codes, which stands for “price-look-up”, and there are over 1300 different codes! Notice how the cashier at the store weighs the produce and enters the PLU code at the cash register. This is how the [...]
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Have you struggled with making a whole wheat pizza dough at home that your family will love? This pizza with a recipe for whole wheat crust is quick and easy! You can have a delicious pizza with whole wheat crust, baked and on the table in under 40 minutes.
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Summer is a time of abundance, with fruits and vegetables plentiful and fresh, and full of nutrients galore. The sooner you eat something after it is harvested, the better its nutritional content. When your produce has to be trucked in from somewhere else, vitamins are degraded over the long shipping times, and nutrition is [...]
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Pasteurization is a process that uses heat to kill microorganisms in food. This is most commonly used for milk and other dairy products, but can be applied to certain other foods as well. The key point to remember about pasteurization is that it is not selective as to which microorganisms it kills, and it kills [...]
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Contrary to popular belief, diet soda does not help with weight loss. This seems backwards, doesn’t it? How can the diet sodas so many people use to help keep them thin, and with virtually no calories in them, actually cause weight gain? Unfortunately, the artificial sweeteners in diet sodas, as well as many other [...]
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