Farm to Table to Fitness
Choose local, fresh produce. The path from farm to table will give you a menu of foods with maximum flavor and help shorten your trek to good health and fitness.
How Logging Helps You Defeat Sugar AddictionLogging your food intake is a highly effective tool for changing your eating patterns. It can be particularly effective when dealing with sugar addiction or binge eating.
East-West Green Leafy Vegetable Comparison: Kale, Spinach and LettuceA green leafy vegetable may be called by the same name in the East as well as the West. However, in the West and only the leaves are eaten, and the stems are discarded; while both leaves and stems are eaten in the East. Moreover, the leafy greens are also prepared differently. In the West,the curly kale is braised with other whole foods. As for Western spinach, the leaves are pan-cooked while the leaves are discarded. In the case of western lettuce, the leaves often double up as wraps as as a bed for other foods. In the East, the Chinese kale is often blanched or stir-fried. Meanwhile the Chinese spinach may refer to the amaranth greens or Malabar spinach, both of which are cooked with leaves and chopped stems. As for the Chinese lettuce or celtuce, the stem is either pickled or blanched while the leaves are eaten as a stir-fry.
3 Reasons The Media Are Misleading YouIt really is a no-brainer, right..? – “Natural” is better for your health, both body and mind… so why exactly is it that the mainstream media doesn’t appear to see it the same way..? Could it be the desire to keep the general public ill-informed..? Hmmm, partly but, I really don’t think that’s the complete reality… first, it’s their job to inform us and second, they’d never be able to hide the truth for too long… history has in fact shown us that on more than one occasion that “The Truth Will Out..!”
Eat Tuber Roots, And Tuber Leaves As Well: Sweet Potato, Yam and CassavaTropical tuber roots like the sweet potato, yam and cassava are often eaten as root vegetables but the tuber leaves are just as, if not, even more nutritious, and are never left to waste. Sweet Potato Tuber…
Diet: Eating For Short Or Long Term Benefits?A short-term diet dies not appeal to the taste buds It can work against you if you resort to it repeatedly. Further it can only bring about temporary results. On the contrary, a long term diet is synonymous with a lifestyle practice, as in following a plant-based diet where nature works hand in hand with you. You will get to eat a variety of colorful whole foods that fill you up, nourish and heal you. These natural foods can also be prepared in delicious ways; and they can even improve your looks and performance at work.
The Black And White Medicinal Mushroom ShowTwo fungi or mushrooms, the black auricularia and the white tremella, are riding a wave of recent interest in the West. They are ahead of the pack for their health-giving, medicinal and beauty properties. Besides, with these two mushroom fungi types, you eat healthy within your means. Moreover, the edible mushrooms make delicious, easy to prepare meals.
10 Ways to Boost Your Energy Levels10 quick and simple ways to boost your energy levels naturally and simply. If you feel you are low on energy try a few of these simple ideas.
The Single Best Reason To Eat OrganicWhy organic meat should be your choice. Read about conventionally kept animals and solutions for carnivores.
Why A Plant-Based Diet MattersA plant-based diet caters to your need for variety in your diet. The different colors of varied whole foods are closely bound up with their phytochemical content. You can also tap the healing powers of natural foods, though not for instant results. Further, the chlorophyll of greens will help you make it through life. Finally, the way food is prepared will affect the outcome of a plant-based diet.
Do the Switch: How to Go From Processed to Whole FoodsWhat is processed food? Is it good for your health? Are calories in processed food the same as calories in natural or whole food? How does it affect my weight? When you look at the ingredients label, do you know what these ingredients are?