The standard joke about social networking is everyone is telling you what they had for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Do I really care that Joe had nachos for lunch? So you may wonder why I would bore you with what I had for breakfast today.
Actually, I’d like to start a series of blogs sharing with you [...]
I just read something very interesting about mushrooms and vitamin D. You probably already know that mushrooms are normally grown in dark places. In France, they’re often grown in caves. It’s a great moist environment for them. Most people don’t think of mushrooms as being a good source of vitamin D. However, as it turns out, if [...]
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We Know Broccoli is a Healthy Vegetable
We hear a lot about the great health benefits of the cruciferous vegetable, broccoli. For starters, it contains sulforaphane, a big name for an antioidant that is a powerful chemical when it comes to helping prevent cancer and heart disease. It can even help minimize the risk for cataracts. It’s got more [...]
The Nielsen Marketing Institute did a study asking the question “Are Healthy Thinkers Also Healthy Shoppers?” It was encouraging to read that the more you know about what’s healthy eating, the more you’re likely to seek out healthy foods. As their survey said: “Shopper insights showed consumer interest in minimally processed foods, a short list [...]
Most people don’t get enough fiber in their diet. While we should be eating, on average, from 25-35 grams of the stuff, most people are lucky if they even get 10-12 grams. If you know how many calories you should be eating, then shoot for 14 grams of fiber for every 1000 calories you eat.
The [...]
I started reading the book, “Appetite for Profit” by Micehel Simon last night. Some of the statistics she shares in the book really blew me away. Our caveman ancestors ate a totally different diet than we now do. Back then they were lucky to find a source of meat and bringing it down was not [...]
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