Category: Nutrition

Eat right and live longer

Eat right and live longer

For the most part we know that the SAD (Standard American Diet) has its shortcomings. It is a diet comprised of eating anything that had a face and a mother, processed foods full of cancer causing additives, MSG and its… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Mental Health, Nutrition
Fruit & Vegetable Peels – The outside nutrition

Fruit & Vegetable Peels – The outside nutrition

We certainly know that eating fruits and vegetables is necessary and part of a nutritious, healthy diet. How we prepare and eat them varies, but one thought that is up for debate is whether eating them with the peel on… 0 Shares | | Posted in Farming, Food, Gardening, Health, Nutrition
Sunflower seeds – Nutrition packed in a shell

Sunflower seeds – Nutrition packed in a shell

Chewing, sucking, and spitting sunflower seeds, is an American past-time snack. At a sporting event, on a long drive, during a waiting period, or to suppress hunger, with a handful of sunflower seeds, somehow the time gets better. From plain… 0 Shares | | Posted in Farming, Food, Gardening, Health, Nutrition
Cabbage – Once an overlooked but now popular vegetable

Cabbage – Once an overlooked but now popular vegetable

We know we have to eat our vegetables, and we know which ones we like and we ones we avoid. Cabbage is often an overlooked vegetable most of us don’t even have on our lists. Even with all the shapes… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Liver meat – Eating organs

Liver meat – Eating organs

The liver is a very important organ in the human and animal body. We need it to filter out toxins, to store vitamins, iron, and glycogen. Plus, we need it to make bile to help digestion. Another purpose of liver… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
Radishes – Get rooted with your vegetables

Radishes – Get rooted with your vegetables

We know the benefits and reasons we should make vegetables part of our healthy diet. Research validates the positive effects on our health when we eat our “greens”, but what about when we eat our “roots”? Some vegetables come in… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
Hormones in food – Changing the meat, dairy & plants we eat

Hormones in food – Changing the meat, dairy & plants we eat

The evolution of food has dramatically changed since the time of our ancestors, through the industrial revolution, and now to processed and packaged availability. Unless specified as a hormone-free food, the foods we eat on a daily basis are likely… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Farming, Food, GMOs, Health, Nutrition
French fries – The most popular way to eat potatoes

French fries – The most popular way to eat potatoes

All around the world, people enjoy French fries. They might be one of the most well-known foods, however, the origin of these fried potatoes is up for debate. Historians can’t certainly declare whether French fries actually came from France or… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
Eat right and live right

Eat right and live right

For the most part we know that the SAD (Standard American Diet) has its shortcomings. It is a diet comprised of eating anything that had a face and a mother, processed foods full of cancer causing additives, MSG and its… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition
Lamb meat – Protein that deserves more attention

Lamb meat – Protein that deserves more attention

Protein is an important component of our nutrition for our body’s performance and functioning as well as muscle growth. Lamb is a protein source not mentioned as often as chicken, beef, and/or pork. Domestic sheep are where the lamb we… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Nutrition