I started a frequently asked questions video series on my You Tube channel and someone asked a question about protein. They are moving towards eating a vegetarian diet and wanted to know some inexpensive ways to get their protein. I answered the subscriber's question in a video, but I thought it would be a good idea to write about this in a post (I missed a few things). With … [Read more...] about Inexpensive Ways To Get Your Protein On A Vegetarian Diet
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What’s Lurking in Your Chewing Gum? – Aspartame
I do not regularly chew gum, but sometimes, I like to chew gum. Whenever I buy chewing gum, I usually buy it from a health food store. I was in a store (not a health food store) picking up a few items and while standing in the checkout line, I thought I wanted some chewing gum. Note, 'I thought' I wanted some chewing gum. It is a habit for me to read the labels and I read … [Read more...] about What’s Lurking in Your Chewing Gum? – Aspartame
Ten Tips to Help You Keep Off the Weight
We are almost nearing the half-way mark for 2011 and I know some of you set goals to lose weight. Did you lose the weight? Have your reached your goals? Did you call it quits? I hope you achieved all your goals, but I am a realist and I know some of you probably stopped working on your goals. I set some goals myself and now I must re-group. If you did stop somewhere … [Read more...] about Ten Tips to Help You Keep Off the Weight
Nutritional Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds
I love pumpkin seeds! I usually buy them from my local grocery store. I always buy raw pumpkin seeds because they are higher in nutritional benefits than roasted pumpkin seeds. You can eat pumpkin seeds in many ways. I prefer pumpkin seeds as a snack only after soaking and dehydrating. What are Pumpkin Seeds? Pumpkin seeds are seeds that are inside the pumpkin. Pumpkin … [Read more...] about Nutritional Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds
10 Ways I Keep my Skin Healthy
My skin use to look bad. I can remember using Noxema and other commercial products to rid my face of the awful looking breakouts, but topical solutions, only worked for a short time. As I have gotten older and changed my diet, my skin looks the best it has ever looked in my life. I wish my skin looked like this 15-20 years ago. Wow, that’s a lot of years. But we live and we … [Read more...] about 10 Ways I Keep my Skin Healthy
Dietary-Caused Illnesses with High Prevalence
"If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health." - Hippocrates. While thumbing through Eat to Live, written by Dr. Joel Fuhrman, I read some information that I had to share with you. One of the main reasons, I am sharing this information with you is because I was … [Read more...] about Dietary-Caused Illnesses with High Prevalence