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
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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
Five Delicious Foods with Plant Sterols
Plant sterols have been in the news a great deal lately, heralded for their cholesterol-lowering properties. Plant sterols (also called phytosterols), are phytochemicals that naturally occur in plants and work by partially blocking the absorption of “bad” or LDL cholesterol. There are about 44 sterols known to exist in plants. The recommended amount of plant sterols is … [Read more...] about Five Delicious Foods with Plant Sterols
Health Benefits of Flax Seeds
I have developed a habit of adding one tablespoon of ground flax seed to my smoothies, sometimes more. I know flax seeds have good health benefits, but that is all I know. Find out what this little seed can do for you. History of Flax Seeds Flax is one of the oldest known cultivated plants. According to archeological authorities, flax was being cultivated in Babylon around … [Read more...] about Health Benefits of Flax Seeds
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