by Gary Null
Today’s battle against the effects of aging buzzes with hype about acai, goji, noni and mangosteen. But what about the foods most people typically eat?
It turns out that many anti-aging foods can be found in everyday kitchens, and unlike some other solutions, they can keep us looking and feeling younger and improve our all-around [...]
Forget the needle, scalpel and expensive potions. Whether it’s wrinkles, pimples, dryness or irritation that is giving you trouble, health experts say the true path to clear, youthful-looking skin runs straight through the grocery aisle.
“For too many years, the idea that nutrition could have a significant influence on the skin was dismissed, but that has [...]
By Lisa Moore
Ever get hungry for a snack, but there’s nothing in the house to eat? At dhijana and Borys Scott-Harmony’s house all you have to do is walk into the backyard and grab everything you need for tasty salsa, a healthy salad or a mushroom and onion omelet.
dhijana (she uses a small “d”) and [...]
by Jordana Gerson
For most Americans, memories of Thanksgiving focus on succulent, brown, juicy birds and a week of turkey sandwiches and cranberry sauce leftovers. While these images are typically guilt-free, the truth is that most turkeys come from industrial farms, where producers are more concerned with quantity than quality, raising the fowl under often foul [...]
by Anjela Boyd
What vegetable may be round, oblong or spherical, smooth or bumpy and comes in a variety of rich autumn colors? Hint: It can sit prettily on the kitchen counter through March, waiting for someone to figure out its full range of possibilities.
The answer is winter squash.
The most common types of winter squash are [...]
Sizzling Hot Healthy Peppers
by Amber Lanier Nagle
Habanero, banana wax, jalapeno and other members of the chile pepper family have added a kick of flavor to otherwise bland food for hundreds of years. These spicy dynamos not only make our tongues sizzle and our faces sweat, they also deliver an array of health benefits.
The hot, [...]
There may be more to blood-red beets than meets the eye. A recent study from St. Bartholemew’s Hospital (Barts) and The London School of Medicine found that consuming two cups of beet juice a day can significantly improve cardiovascular health. The study monitored the blood pressure of 14 participants who drank two cups of either [...]
By Lisa Moore
Food Inc. a film more frightening than The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, should cleanse your palate of Big Agriculture and make you forever frown on Happy Meals. Director Robert Kenner explores the industrial food revolution from the 1940’s McDonalds-inspired fast food archetype to our present day supermarkets stocked with engineered “food.”
Any romantic notion [...]
by Elisa Bosley
The kids just walked in the door, ravenous, and headed straight for the fridge. They grab an apple or a few mini-carrots and a big glass of organic milk. Sound hard to believe? Why fuss if they go for cookies or chips instead?
Because, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture research, snacking has increased [...]
A Prime Opportunity to Serve Up Improvements
by Aimee Witteman
The United States deserves an F on any national report card on children’s nutritional health. One out of three of our children are overweight. During the past 30 years, the rate of obesity has quadrupled for children ages 6 to 11 and tripled for those ages 12 [...]
