Magnificent Mushrooms

More Healthy Foods Mention “mushrooms” and what comes to mind? A well-known white button from the fresh veggie aisle of the supermarket. But there’s more to this sweet, crunchy and juicy food that enhances flavour and adds exciting texture to virtually any dish. With the minute amount of calories and tremendous amounts of nutrients, there [...]

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Whole Grains

EatWell Be Well Scan the bread or cereal aisle and you will see that every package touts some kind of nutritional whole-grain goodness – multigrain, 100% wheat, cracked wheat, organic, pumpernickel, bran, and stone ground. These all sound like whole grains, but none of these descriptions actually indicate whole grain. Beware of buzzwords. Even though [...]

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Caffeine Free Your Body

As part of our daily routine, caffeine is not losing its popularity with time. With a thorough knowledge about its effects on our systems, most of us are able to make an educated decision before making a choice between a cup of coffee or herbal tea. We all want to do what’s best for our [...]

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Chocolate – Best Medicine

Sweet Tooth? Do you religiously strive for your “moment of ecstasy” by indulging in delicacy of chocolate? Do you know why this luscious, smooth, almost irreplaceable food make you feel sooooo good? You may find that chocolate is not as evil as we thought. Used throughout history as a tonic, it has a number of [...]

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Asian Grilled Salmon

More Healthy Recipes This simple marinade for grilled salmon gives it a slightly sweet flavor that’s really terrific. Don’t marinate the fish too long, 30 minutes is good, but no more than an hour or you won’t taste the fish. If you have leftover cooked salmon, try what I do and roll it into a [...]

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Don’t Eat More – Eat More Often

Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones (Tim McCarver) By Elena Voropay Does your work schedule keep you busy? Are you lucky enough to eat at least a couple of times a day? You probably wondered how can these measly meals add pounds to your body weight, and these pounds are not [...]

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Fishing For Omegas

Eat Your Fish Do you carry a fishing pole in your car “just in case”? If you are one of those hard-core fishermen, chances are you spent all summer fishing and have stocked enough fish for the next few months. Living on a planet whose surface is over 70 percent water, and whose waters support [...]

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Omega-3s – Fish or Flaxseed?

Better Healthier Eats Fish oil and flaxseed oil are both good sources of essential fatty acids, but how do you decide which one is right for you? Both fish oil and flaxsed oil contain essential fatty acids, or EFAs. These are necessary fats that humans cannot synthesize, and they must be obtained through diet. EFAs [...]

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Glowing Skin From Within

Glowing Skin From Within The skin is usually the first indicator of your body’s age. Your lifestyle, genetics and environment all play a role in how young you are. And if you can’t change what your body is programmed for from birth, you can slow down the aging process of every organ in your body [...]

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Rainbow of Teas

Tea is nearly 5,000 years old and was discovered, as legend has it, in 2737 b.c. by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. The tea species Camellia sinensis produces all the varieties of tea: green, black, oolong, pu-erh and white. The growing season, geographic region and [...]

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