Healthy Eating
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What’s the Verdict on Olive Oil: Is it Good or Bad for You?
I cook exclusively with extra virgin olive oil. I use in in all baked goods and salad dressings and as a dip for bread. Whole foods has a great variety available and believe it or not the prices there are reasonable if you choose carefully. There’s been a lot of controversy lately over whether you
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What Happens if You Eat Organic for a Week?
We need to return to healthy farming practices. Our children are being adversely affected by all the pesticides, cancer rates are rising, our water is being polluted and we are killing off our honey bees which will have widespread ramifications. Choose organic whenever possible! The issues of GMO labeling and possible health effects can seem
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Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found In Wine?
I like wine. In fact, I really like wine. I don’t drink a lot of it, but when I do drink it, I would prefer it did not contain arsenic. So you can imagine my concern when I found out that a class action lawsuit had been filed because a bunch of other people also
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Eat Carrots!
Keep your lungs healthy by eating carrots. Carrots are loaded with the antioxidant alpha-carotene which protects cells from damage.
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Eat Local
Here are a couple of great reasons to buy fresh local or local organic foods: Higher nutritional value Purchasing foods locally maintains freshness, preserving the nutritional content. This is especially beneficial if the food is organic. Reduce Greenhouse Emissions While Conserving Fuel Since food is locally grown, less fuel is consumed during transportation. Fewer greenhouse