Posts Tagged "protein"

Nutritional Yeast Salad Dressing Recipe

Posted by on Mar 23, 2011 | 3 comments

If you’re already drinking green smoothies every morning, then you’re doing pretty well for vitamins and minerals.  Mostly.  One set of vitamins that is under-represented in your smoothie, unfortunately, is the B vitamins. This salad dressing recipe will help rectify that.  If you’re already planning to eat more leafy green salads, then you can boost the nutritional content of your salads by pouring a bit of nutritional yeast salad dressing on top.  Nutritional yeast contains huge amounts of B vitamins (Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, and even Vitamin B12...

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Five Healthy Snacks for the Next Time You Have the Munchies

Posted by on Feb 12, 2011 | 0 comments

What makes a good snack? Clearly, it should be yummy. And it should satisfy whatever craving you may have (if you want sweet, then endless bags of salty chips may make you feel sick, but they won’t satisfy the craving for something sweet). It should be quick to prepare, and easy to carry with you to wherever you may want to eat it. It shouldn’t be overly high in calories, or messy to eat. And it should have some nutritional value (protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals…) Each of these snacks has 250 calories or less. Something salty? Black bean dip with tortilla chips and...

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Green Smoothies – the Breakfast of Champions

Posted by on Dec 1, 2010 | 44 comments

Green Smoothies – the Breakfast of Champions Background: Life is busy, and sometimes it’s hard to find the time to eat as well as we know we should. It’s recommended that we consume between 25 and 35 grams of fiber each day, but the average person consumes less than 10 grams. Researchers report that a high-fiber diet can reduce cardiovascular risk, cholesterol and blood pressure. It’s recommended that we consume 5-9 servings of fruit and vegetables each day, but most people consume far less, and little of that is unprocessed. This, despite the fact that fresh fruits...

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