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Smart Snacking Ideas

Smart Snacking Ideas

When you think of snacking, do thoughts of potato chips and ice cream come to mind?  Or do you automatically reach for a piece of fresh fruit? Snacking is an easy and satisfying way to help control your portions and helps you to avoid overeating or binge eating.  Here are a few of my favorite snacking [...]

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Common Food Allergies

Common Food Allergies

Food allergies come from an immune system response whereby the body “thinks” a particular food is harmful.  Ninety percent of all food-allergic reactions come from eight main food categories.  These are: eggs fish milk peanuts shellfish soy tree nuts (such as walnuts or cashews) wheat Managing allergy triggers Fortunately, there are some steps you can [...]

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Grow Your Own Sprouts!

Grow Your Own Sprouts!

Have you ever wanted to grow your own sprouts but you didn’t exactly know how to get started?  Generally speaking, growing your own sprouts is amazingly easy and very inexpensive. When you soak seeds, nuts or grains at room temperature, the enzyme inhibitors are released and the enzymes are activated.  The seed begins to grow [...]

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Best Foods for Your Heart

Best Foods for Your Heart

Heart disease has become one of the fastest silent killers in America today; striking, many times, without warning signals. Lowering your cholesterol by watching what you eat is the first step to a healthy heart. Check out these heart-healthy foods: Green veggies. Vegetables such as green and red leaf lettuce, arugala, Swiss chard, collard greens, [...]

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Alternative Protein Choices

Alternative Protein Choices

There seem to be alot of questions when we talk about protein. Many people are unaware that animal products are not the only way to get protein in their diets. Every day you get protein in so many different foods that you probably don’t even know about. Meat has all the advantages of providing your [...]

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