nutrition

Raw Eggplant Ravioli

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Eggplants are ready for harvest in the garden, and they are making their appearance in my CSA box too. Eggplants are beautiful, relatively easy vegetables to grow and delicious, diversely nutritious vegetables to eat. 

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The Skinny on Fat, Part 1

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If there is no evidence linking dietary saturated fat and cholesterol to cardiovascular disease or obesity, just what is taxing our hearts and thickening our waistlines?

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Weekly Environmental News Highlights – 8/20/09

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It seems the more people wake up to environmental sustainability, holistic health, and whole food nutrition, the stronger the backlash from corporate interests. But the rising tide of interest in a more sustainable, nourishing way of life will not be contained. In that spirit, here are this week’s Green Links: 

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Preventing Osteoporosis with Nutrition

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My mother-in-law just turned 70 yesterday, and like many senior citizens, she is on several different medications, including one for osteoporosis. This got me thinking about how osteoporosis rates in the U.S. have gone up 300% in the last 30 years, much like the rates of diabetes, obesity, cancer and other lifestyle- and diet-related diseases. [...]

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Much Ado About Superfoods

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It seems like every time I open a food magazine or read a food website these days, people are promoting the latest “superfood.” I’ve learned from these sources that my smoothie just isn’t complete without açai berries or maca, and that day without raw cacao is like a day without sunshine. Superfoods are very trendy [...]

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A Bittersweet Goodbye to Agave

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Many people don’t realize that the concentrated fructose in agave is worse for you than high amounts of glucose, especially if you are diabetic.

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