What’s for Lunch? Snacks!
Many people I speak with mention that they quickly tire of repetitive lunches. Day after day of wraps or sandwiches with a side of chips or baby carrots is certainly a recipe for boredom. One of my...
View ArticleQuick & Healthy Recipes: Apple-icious Curry Dressing
(Recipe adapted from Ani Phyo’s Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen.) This dressing couldn’t be easier to make. It is also full of nutrition and delivers a delicious and unique taste that will immediately win you...
View ArticleYou Ask, I Answer: Free Radicals
What exactly are free radicals, and how worried should I be about them? I realize I have barely a kindergarten concept of them. – @Beth_Pettit Via Twitter The concept of free radicals within the scope...
View ArticleYou Ask, I Answer: Peanuts vs. Tree Nuts
A peanut butter sandwich is as American as apple pie. What are your thoughts on peanut butter, though? I’ve been hearing that peanuts, which I know are actually legumes, aren’t as healthy as tree nuts....
View ArticleQuick & Healthy Recipe: Perfect Pasta Sauce
Your typical tomato sauce recipe calls for plenty of chopping — and time! Many sauce purists, in fact, claim the only way to achieve deliciousness is by simmering tomato sauce for hours on the...
View ArticleQuick & Healthy Recipe: Spiced Lentil & Quinoa Bowl with Avocado Dressing
I consider this a perfect year-round dish. In the cold winter months, the warm lentils and quinoa, along with the spices, make for a comforting dish. Once summer hits, I love this as a cold salad! This...
View ArticleQuick & Healthy Recipes: Allergy-Friendly Breakfast Pie (Wheat, Soy, Dairy,...
You can have this pie whenever you please — day or night. However, its fruity flavors are breakfast-ish to me. And, while it is a pie, it is made of such healthful ingredients that you can start your...
View ArticleNumbers Game: Answer
The vast majority of large-scale, long-term studies on nut consumption conclude that an individual who consumes one ounce of nuts five times a week has, on average, a 35 percent lower rate of...
View ArticleQuiz: Labels, Claims, and More!
A few months back, I posted ten questions testing my readers’ label-scouring skills. I was very happy to receive great feedback on it… and decided it was time for another pop quiz, class! The answers...
View ArticleWhat’s The Deal With Supplements?
Two alarmist bits of news captured the health world’s attention yesterday. First, ‘supplements may cause early death in older women’. Then, ‘vitamin E may be risky for prostate‘. Let’s dissect. The...
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