Category: food
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Living the Paleo Way
We already know junk and processed foods along with sedentary way of life are the main culprits of a number of lifestyle diseases. Can you imagine a world without all these detrimental foods? Yes, you can. It was the way our ancestors lived thousands of years ago in the Paleolithic age on a diet that…
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Is Every Type of Olive Oil Just The Same Thing?
To start off, you need to first and foremost appreciate that there are different olive oils out there and they are each differentiated based upon the type of processing that they had to go through. 1. Virgin Olive Oil Olive oil that’s been classed as being virgin is one that has been produced by physical…
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Best Things To Keep Your Heart Healthy and Strong!
Heart diseases kill people faster than any other disease, but a lot can be done to keep the heart healthy. There are several risk factors that predispose people to heart diseases. However, people who have a strong genetic predisposition to heart diseases can decrease the risk or delay the onset of heart problems by adopting…
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Eat a Rainbow
Healthy eating is as simple as filling your plate with a rainbow of color! Red – Tomatoes, watermelon, guava Benefits: Lycopene: antioxidants Orange – Carrots, yams, mangoes, pumpkins Benefits: Beta-carotene: immune system Yellow-orange – Lemons, oranges, papayas, peaches Benefits: Vitamin C: detoxify harmful substances Green – Spinach, kale, collards Benefits: Folate: builds healthy cells Green-white…
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Go Greek or Go Home
NPR recently released a story on the Greek yogurt identity crisis happening in our grocery aisles and shopping carts. With the help of cornstarch, agar agar and/or milk protein concentrate, imposters have started to invade our dairy shelves. We’ve trusted the USDA and FDA to provide us with correct information on nutrition labels and assure…
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Health Benefits Of Spinach
No matter how many vitamins you take, you still won’t receive all the health benefits of spinach. That’s because spinach contains more health giving elements than vitamins and minerals, it has other phytonutrients not contained in multiple vitamins. In fact, there are at least 14 different flavonoids contained in the leafy green vegetable that can…