What’s For Breakfast? Try a Delicious Bowl of Nectarine Pudding
A nutritious, balanced breakfast is a great way to start your day – it gives you the energy you need to be energetic and productive through the morning. Strangely, almost 40% of adults regularly skip breakfast. Trying to lose weight, too busy to prepare anything, nothing in the house… – these are just some of the reasons people give for not eating breakfast. Breakfast doesn’t have to take long to prepare – leave time-consuming menus like steak & eggs with oven-fried potatoes for the weekend. On busy weekdays, opt for a breakfast that can be prepared quickly...
Read MoreRaw Tomato Soup – with a Bite!
My husband and I have been leaning toward a healthier diet containing a lot more raw fruits and vegetables. He finished a 12-day juice-fast a few days ago, so he’s still transitioning back to ‘normal’ food. So today for lunch I decided to take advantage of some beautiful tomatoes we bought a few days ago to make a raw tomato soup. I looked at a number of recipes online, found several that looked sort of interesting, and ended up creating a vitamix creation, containing tomatoes, and red pepper, celery, garlic, and fresh herbs from my garden (I love my herb garden in...
Read MoreProtect Yourself from Alzheimer’s Disease by Consuming More Vitamin E
According to a study published in the Archives of Neurology, getting more vitamin E from your diet – not supplements – offers significant protection from Alzheimer’s disease. In the Rotterdam Study, researchers from the Netherlands followed 5,395 healthy men and women, aged 55 and older, for 10 years to evaluate the link between vitamin E, vitamin C, beta carotene and flavonoids with the long-term risk of dementia. Participants whose diets provided the most vitamin E were 26 per cent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s compared to those who consumed the least. Vitamin C, beta-carotene...
Read MoreChocolate Banana Smoothies – Nutritiously Delicious!
Today in the news: Cornell University food scientists found that cocoa powder has nearly twice the antioxidants of red wine and up to three times the amount found in green tea. Research has demonstrated that the antioxidants in cocoa are highly stable and easily metabolized by the human body, which means they can be readily used by the body. Cocoa has a high concentration of anti-aging polyphenol antioxidants, so it’s possible that incorporating dark chocolate into your diet might alleviate the signs of aging. – – – – I’ve known for a long time that dark...
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