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Over the Rainbow
May 1st, 2013The passion Marge Perry has for all things culinary is obvious when you talk about her cooking program at the Kip’s Bay Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx. The club is a nonprofit organization that provides programs and activities for kids from 6 to 18 that “instill a sense of competence, a sense of belonging, and a sense of power and influence,” according to their website.
How Marge Perry’s “happy accident” helped teens make healthier choices
Health News: High-Fiber Diet Halts Prostate Cancer Progression
May 1st, 2013A high-fiber diet may have the clinical potential to control the progression of prostate cancer in patients diagnosed in early stages of the disease. The rate of prostate cancer in Asian cultures is similar to the rate in Western cultures. In the West, however, prostate cancer tends to progress, whereas in Asian cultures it does not. Why? The answer may be a high-fiber diet.
Health News: Food Helps Older Generation Age Successfully
May 1st, 2013According to Food Technology magazine, food manufacturers and marketers must walk a thin line in letting older consumers know about products that can help them achieve a healthy lifestyle without making them feel old. A growing array of ingredients can be used to add functional properties to address aging consumer health concerns. Specific product categories include:
Goat Milk in the Golden Years
May 1st, 2013Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of a trilogy of articles relating to the benefits of goat milk and goat milk products. The first installment examined the nutritional benefits of this healthy food in infants and children. The second looked at how goat milk can play a major role in the nutritional lives of the general population.
The benefits of goat milk for seniors
Let Them Eat Greens!
May 1st, 2013I understand how intimidating bunches of kale, chard, and collards can look on those grocery shelves. The only lettuce I ate growing up was some iceberg drowned in Thousand Island!
How to buy, prepare, store, and cook with leafy greens
Drink Your Veggies!
May 1st, 2013Do you want to eat healthfully and supply your body with an abundance of nutrients so that you have enough energy to see you through the day? Then start incorporating green smoothies into your diet!
Add an abundance of fruits and vegetables to your diet
Perfection in Pawpaw
May 1st, 2013The sweet tropical fruit papaya—known as pawpaw in other cultures— is one of the healthiest fruits and a wonderful superfood. With its sweet and aromatic undertones and soft, butter-like consistency, there’s no question as to why Christopher Columbus dubbed it the “fruit of the angels.”
A plant of odd proportions
Discover the key to overall health
Gluten-Free Diet Basics
May 1st, 2013There are a great many reasons people choose to go gluten-free, and they are doing so in record numbers. If you’re at the point of deciding to cut gluten out—either on a trial basis or as a permanent life change—here are some things you’ll need to know.
Reasons to go gluten-free
How to get started on a gluten-free diet
A Recipe for a Healthy Sex Life
May 1st, 2013There’s an old adage that, when it comes to sex, men are like a microwave and women are like a crockpot. The crock-pot analogy works insofar as it goes: a crock-pot takes a while to warm up and start cooking, whereas a microwave can get there in a minute flat.
Eating to enhance the physiology of sex
What’s the Buzz?
April 1st, 2013The human race will die within four years if the bee population dies—fact or fiction? Considering bees are responsible for pollinating 80 percent of growing things, this statement seems to lean toward fact. And since bee pollen is this month’s superfood, we’d better be sure bees stick around!
Origin of bee pollen
Why bee pollen has earned its superfood rank
