April 4th, 2007
Ahh, dark leafy green vegetables. Do you know that they are the number item missing from most American diets? Why? In our busy society, focused on getting more done in record time, our healthy eating habits often fall by the wayside. Most of us don’t eat enough vegetables to begin with and getting in 5-7
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January 4th, 2007
In traditional Chinese healing, sea vegetables correspond to the winter season and to the kidneys, adrenal glands, bladder and reproductive organs. The strengthening, balancing and cleansing properties of sea vegetables are known to help these organs as well as the hair, skin and nails. Sea vegetables (or seaweeds) provide a large array of minerals and
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December 3rd, 2006
Sweet potatoes are on everyone’s mind this season. They seem to go hand-in-hand with the holidays, but eating these and other sweet vegetables needn’t be limited to this time of year. Cravings for sweets can be greatly reduced by adding sweet vegetables, such as sweet potatoes, yams, parsnips, beets, squash, turnips and rutabagas, to your
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November 3rd, 2006
Brown rice, with its sweet nutty flavor, provides four times the amount of insoluble fiber found in white rice because it is a whole grain that has not been stripped of its natural bran covering. It contains an impressive amount of vitamins and minerals such as concentrated B vitamins (which helps nervous systems and mental
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