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Spinach Facts and Recipes Spinach is a native plant of Persia and was introduced to China in the 7th century. Spinach is a member of the goose-foot family and is closely related to beets and chard. Spinach is of the highest quality when eaten fresh. It ...

Eating Healthy As We Grow Older In the below video Brenda Walsh, an outpatient clinical dietician discusses ways of eating healthy as we grow older. Making sure to have 3 servings of a fortified dairy product daily and 2 servings of a fatty fish such as ...

Persian Cucumber Recipes Garlic Cucumber Salad 8 ozs. Cucumber (1 large hothouse cucumber or 3 small Persian cucumbers) 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sesame oil Cut the cucumbers into quarters lengthwise and slice off ...

Pearl Onion Facts and Recipes Contrary to common opinion pearl onions are not a specific variety of onion but a type of tree onion. Pearl onions are small, round, white or red onions harvested when about 1 inch or less in diameter. While still attached ...

High Fructose Corn Syrup Podcast Sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup are used in many foods. Everything from soups to salad dressings seem to include it in varying amounts. Consumption of high fructose corn syrup has gone up dramatically since it ...

Here are some random yet interestingfacts about beets Ancient documents describe beets growing in the hanging gardens of Babylon around 800 BC. Beets as we know them today are derived from wild sea beets that originated around the coasts of Europe, the ...

Increase Your Intake of Omega 3 Fatty Acids The below video presents some very good tips on ways to Increase Your Intake of Omega 3 Fatty Acids Some of the suggestions include… Taking a fish oil supplement that is mercury free… you can even ...

How to Provide Healthy School Lunches Many caregivers struggle to provide children with healthy school lunches. Good news is that there are some things you can do to at least try and make that perfect nutritious lunch. The video below discusses some ...

Healthy Kids Snacks for After School Providing healthy kids snacks for after school time can be a real challenge for parents. Many children head straight for the refrigerator or cabinets soon after they return from school. One way to help prevent kids ...

Growing Potatoes Vertically… The Harvest We wanted to update everyone on the results of our growing potatoes vertically project. After all of the foliage turned brown and started withering we waited an aditional 2 weeks before attempting to ...

Indoor Herb Gardening My husband and I decided to try indoor herb gardening this winter by using the herbs we grew outside this past season. Most of the herbs grown in pots were too big to move inside so they were split into smaller plants and repotted ...

Leslie Fieger and The Delfin Trilogy Are you familiar with Leslie Fieger and The Delfin Trilogy? If not I would ask you this… “Are You Finally Ready To Experience QUANTUM Growth and Total Transformation In Your Personal, Spiritual, Financial, ...

Vegetable Garden Update Well…I haven’t discussed our vegetable garden in a while so here is an update. Most of our plants are doing well except the eggplant…we lost most of the eggplant due to unusually wet conditions during June and ...

Articles About Nutrition and Health I was reading some health articles about nutrition and health on the MSN website and found a couple I thought you might be interested in. One of the articles is titled Avoiding Mercury in Fish and answers the following ...

Food Additives to Avoid I just read an article about what food additives to avoid and thought the information was valuable enough to pass on to you. It was written by Jean Weiss for MSN Health & Fitness. ***** Whoever coined the term food additives ...

How to Choose Healthier Pasta This video will show you how to choose healthier pasta. This is especially important if you love to eat pasta, but you’re worried that it’s just empty carbs? Prevention Magazine’s Nutrition Director Cynthia ...

What are “calories”? General Nutrition: What are “calories”? Calories are energy measurements in food, and the number of calories you have will determine your health and your weight. You need calories for every metabolic function ...

What information can be found on a “food label”? General Nutrition: What information can be found on a “food label”? The main thing to think about with a food label, and what I say when I’m teaching my clients how to read a ...

How was the food pyramid changed in 2005? General Nutrition: How was the food pyramid changed in 2005? Now, the change that’s occurring in the pyramid is still, unfortunately, ruled by the industry, but it is looking at the challenges we have to ...