Beans, the Best Nutritional Bang for Your Buck
A nearly perfect food to add to your daily diet is beans, also known as legumes. Besides being very budget-friendly, they are highly nutritious and offer all the following: …
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The Antioxidants/Anti-inflammation Connection
As you work to form habits that will help you eat mindfully without even having to thing about it, remember the connection between ANTI-oxidants and ANTI-inflammation. Antioxidants play a …
Eating Mindfully Without Having to Think About It
As we begin a new year, it’s a good time to take a look at what we’re eating, how we’re eating, and consider what we need to do differently. …
Fight Covid-19 with Food
This week we’ve had promising news about an upcoming vaccine, and the CDC has reiterated the benefits of wearing a mask, washing your hands, and social distancing to help …
Plants for Fiber and Disease Prevention
The connection between eating a plant-based diet and better health has been well documented, as well as the connection between fiber consumption and health. Connect the dots by remembering …
Mostly Plants = Lower Blood Pressure
It turns out that even if you don’t cut out meat and dairy completely, but go mostly plant-based, your blood pressure will improve. A study from Warwick Medical School, …
Chocolate is Good for Your Heart, and More!
A combined analysis of studies from the past 50 years, which included six studies and a total of 336,289 participants, has examined the association between consuming chocolate and coronary …
Poor Diet is the Leading Cause of Poor Health in the US
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a study on July 20th stating that “across all preventable risk factors for disease in the US, poor diet is now the …
The Many Benefits of the Humble Apple
When it comes to choosing a food that gives you more bang for your buck, you can’t go wrong with apples. They are inexpensive, easy to eat, easy to …
Spice it Up!
Many people are addicted to fast food because it’s loaded with salt, sugar, and fat. At the same time, they are reluctant to eat home-cooked meals that they find …
Superfood! Flaxseeds
The Latin name for flaxseed is Linum usitatissimum, which means “very useful”. The plant is grown to provide material for fabric (what we usually call linen), string and linseed oil …
More Fiber = Less Disease and Longer Life
Besides living longer and having a better quality of life, we know know that being without chronic disease improves our chances of surviving Covid-19. We also know that the …