Posts Tagged ‘Food’
Back to Basics: Multipurpose fruit cake
By Linda Cornelius ecogal Author and Designer Here’s how to make a healthy, low sugar fruit cake for daily use Note: this cake is really low on sugar. You can adjust to taste. This procedure makes clever use of the same top-down procedure used for the much more known French Tarte Tatin (see here Jamie…
Read Full PostOn questions and good answers!
By Ashleigh Prince out&about is my personal journey of discovery asking questions and getting more informed. I want to share my findings with you so we can travel the journey together. While I was picking a few items up in my local Whole Foods, I grabbed my usual bag of organic walnuts that are the…
Read Full PostChallenge of the month: apples
Pick an organic apple, take a big bite and enjoy its healthy sweet juice! “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” so we say… not without good reason. The malic and tartaric acids of the apple particularly benefit people of sedentary habits as they neutralize the acid products of indigestion. It is a very…
Read Full PostSugar, the bitter truth
Fructose consumption (as both high fructose corn syrup and sucrose) has increased coincidentally with the worldwide epidemics of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Fructose is a primary contributor to human disease as it is metabolized in the liver differently to glucose, and is more akin to that of ethanol. When consumed in large amounts, fructose promotes…
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Processed foods ingredients we have in our pantries are far from being nutritious. There are not enough Omega 3 (seeds, fish), fibers and micronutrients (vegetables, fruits) and too much trans-fat (hydrogenated oils), Omega 6 (vegetable oils), alcohol and SUGAR. The American Heart Association states that we shouldn’t eat more than 6 to 9 teaspoons of…
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