Tryptophan & Turkey
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America’s annual day of feasting – Thanksgiving – is right around the corner and the main entrée is bound to be turkey on most American’s dinner plates.
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Eat Fermented Foods
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There are literally trillions of bacteria that call your intestinal tract home and they want you to feed them.
Read MoreShow Thanks By Wasting Less Food
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The average U.S. family of four wastes between $1,350 to $2,275 of food each year. That averages out to be 36 pounds of food per person wasted each month at the retail and consumer levels.
Read MoreGoodness Of Goat Meat & Milk
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Many of us living in the United States are missing out on a source of lean, healthy protein that three quarters of the rest of the world have been eating for centuries – goat meat and milk.
Read MoreTo Kombucha Or Not
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How many of you are familiar with kombucha tea? This trending tea has successfully made its way from health food stores into mainstream supermarkets creating a buzz among health enthusiasts.
Read MoreNutrient Deficiency In Vegans
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Embracing the vegan lifestyle is not for everyone. It restricts a good portion of food that many of us take for granted and have few issues with eating them.
Read MoreCottage Cheese Makes A Comeback
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Move aside Greek yogurt – cottage cheese wants more of your shelf space and a starring role on the American plate like it used to have years ago.
Read MoreHigh Protein Diets Aid Weight Loss
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“Eat a high protein diet for weight loss.” We’ve heard this advice many times in recent years and now maybe there really is some proof that doing so can be an effective treatment for obesity.
Read MoreEat Oranges This Winter
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We’ve heard of the term “seeing red” but during the months of December, January and February, this is primetime for seeing the color orange at the grocery store.
Read MoreWho Benefits From a Gluten Free Diet
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Years ago, celiac disease was viewed primarily as a medical curiosity as few physicians knew much about it or correctly identified the symptoms.
Read MoreThe Military Diet
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Give the creators of the Military Diet some credit: they know how to market! A man hears “military something-something” and his attention is immediately grabbed.
Read MoreHail To Hazelnuts
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The season of hazelnuts is coming soon. It is during the late fall and winter months when you will soon see hazelnuts in a bulk bin or else packaged shelled or unshelled.
Read MoreDo You Fear the Holiday Feast
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The plastic pumpkin buckets filled with more candy-wrappers than candy littered about your house serve as a herald for the even more weeks of end-of-year holiday over-eating to come.
Read MoreEat Well, Be Well: Vitamin B12 – A little goes a long way toward keeping us healthy
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Welcome to our new contributor, Cheryl Mussatto. Cheryl is a registered dietitian and will be writing on everything you need to know about eating for healthy living. There's been a big debate about Vitamin B12 and how much is too much. Also does it really mimic symptoms of Alzheimer's?
Read MoreRisks Of Diet Soda Consumption
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The harms of regular soda consumption have been well-documented over the past many years linking them to promoting obesity, dental cavities and inflammation in the body.
Read MoreA Drink To Your Health
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When the snow begins to fall and temperatures take a dip, a hot cup of cocoa does more than simply warm you up.
Read More10 Tips To Eat Less Salt
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You’ve heard it before perhaps from your doctor or reading about it in an article – consume less salt in your diet.
Read MoreQuick & Healthy Lunch Ideas
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Have you ever had one of those days – or maybe everyday – when lunch hour rolls around and there’s just not enough time to make time to eat?
Read MoreAre You Nutrients Deficient
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Thanks to the wide variety and availability of nutritious foods in the United States, nutrient deficiencies are not a common occurrence.Yet, some of us may be falling below the recommended daily allowances setting us up for a subpar nutrient status.
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