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Showing posts with label 7. Show all posts
Monday, April 28, 2014
Top 10 Links of the Week 7 9 10 – 7 15 10
Sweet readers! I apologize for being kind of AWOL this week. (No Wednesday article! Ack.) Wedding planning is starting to really kick in, and our world is slowly being consumed by strapless bras and canapés. How did people do this before Excel spreadsheets?
Still, it’s a strong round of links this week with various tutorials, a coupla neat new sites, and a dashing finale. (Hint: The Old Spice Guy is involved.) Enjoy!
1) Wise Bread: 50 Healthy Foods for Under $1 a Pound
Wise Bread wins. They just do. (Pic from Natalie Dee.)
2) Washington Post: Kentucky town of Manchester illustrates national obesity crisis
If you’ve ever wondered how obesity affects and why it prevails in small towns, this moving, in-depth account of Manchester is the piece to read. The line about the intersection will tell you just about everything.
3) Casual Kitchen: Knowing When Not to Be a Food Snob
Sadly, the anonymity of the interwebs often means we foodies come off like raving packs of Comic Book Guys. (“Worst. Recipe. Ever.”) When do we hold back? When is it okay to unleash our inner elitists? Dan uses a fairly recent piece by Ratio guy Michael Ruhlman to discuss.
4) Surviving and Thriving: A big meal plus leftovers for less than a buck. (Hint: Let others do most of the cooking.)
Donna Freedman waxes poetic about potlucks. Most helpful? This gem: “Deviled eggs are a big hit because everybody loves them and nobody likes to make them.” Truer words, never spoken.
5) Urlesque: Annoying Cooks on the Web – a Field Guide
The title is a tad misleading; it should really be “15 Reviewers You Meet on Community Recipe Sites.” My favorite, and the one that makes me most crazy: The Ingredient Switcher. To wit: “I hated this recipe! I followed the instructions to a T but instead of white flour I used cornstarch and I swapped the honey for chili powder. It was terrible"
6) New York Times: Hungry Girl Offer a Real Take on Diet Foods
NYT’s (first?) profile of Lisa Lillien echoes a running theme in almost all HG articles. The author is clearly wary of her endorsements and use of processed foods, but has to maintain a respectful tone out of deference to Lillien’s bagillions of followers. Despite that, it’s still one of the better Hungry Girl pieces I’ve seen.
7) The Kitchn
10 Things to Eat When You Return From Vacation
Quick, Easy Ways to Get More Vegetables Into My Diet?
You think you’re so cool, don’t you, The Kitchn? “Blah blah blah here’s another positive, incredibly helpful and thoughtful post with a bunch of pictures that put Ansel Adams to shame blah blah blah.” Yeah, we getcher point. Punks.
8) Kitchen Myths
Oodles of Alton Brown-type cooking myths, busted in no-nonsense style, presented ing Internet-circa-1996 style. I give this three Bill Clinton heads out of a possible four.
9) Marketplace: Farmers Market Guide – 20 Cities, Coast to Coast
Ooo … handy!
10) Bargaineering: How to Dry Fresh Herbs
Just in time! We inherited our friends’ CSA shipment this week, and it came with the most enormous bag of tarragon you’ve ever seen in your whole puff. Anyone for some Tarragon Pops?
HONORABLE MENTION
Jim’s Pancakes
Oh, yay! It’s amazing what you can do with a little food dye and some hungry children.
The Kitchn: Zucchini At Your Door? 12 Recipes to Help Eat It Up
Again? Again with the practical deliciousness? Harrumph.
Promo Machine UK: Discount Design - 23 Fantastically Vintage Coupons
Who wants $0.07 off a box of Life cereal?
Village Voice: Americans Getting Too Fat for Theater Seats
Hey! We’re still fat! Whee! On a related note: Has anyone seen Twilight: Eclipse? My sister and I have three questions:
AND ALSO
New York Times: On Facebook, Telling Teachers How Much They Meant
God, I love this story. Mr. Leogrande, this one’s for you.
BoingBoing: Goodbye Old Spice Guy
I will miss you most of all. SWAN DIVE!
Thank you so much for visiting Cheap Healthy Good! (We appreciate it muchly). If you’d like to further support CHG, subscribe to our RSS feed! Or become a Facebook friend! Or check out our Twitter! Or buy something inexpensive, yet fulfilling via that Amazon store (on the left)! Bookmarking sites and links are nice, too. Viva la France!
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Still, it’s a strong round of links this week with various tutorials, a coupla neat new sites, and a dashing finale. (Hint: The Old Spice Guy is involved.) Enjoy!
1) Wise Bread: 50 Healthy Foods for Under $1 a PoundWise Bread wins. They just do. (Pic from Natalie Dee.)
2) Washington Post: Kentucky town of Manchester illustrates national obesity crisis
If you’ve ever wondered how obesity affects and why it prevails in small towns, this moving, in-depth account of Manchester is the piece to read. The line about the intersection will tell you just about everything.
3) Casual Kitchen: Knowing When Not to Be a Food Snob
Sadly, the anonymity of the interwebs often means we foodies come off like raving packs of Comic Book Guys. (“Worst. Recipe. Ever.”) When do we hold back? When is it okay to unleash our inner elitists? Dan uses a fairly recent piece by Ratio guy Michael Ruhlman to discuss.
4) Surviving and Thriving: A big meal plus leftovers for less than a buck. (Hint: Let others do most of the cooking.)
Donna Freedman waxes poetic about potlucks. Most helpful? This gem: “Deviled eggs are a big hit because everybody loves them and nobody likes to make them.” Truer words, never spoken.
5) Urlesque: Annoying Cooks on the Web – a Field Guide
The title is a tad misleading; it should really be “15 Reviewers You Meet on Community Recipe Sites.” My favorite, and the one that makes me most crazy: The Ingredient Switcher. To wit: “I hated this recipe! I followed the instructions to a T but instead of white flour I used cornstarch and I swapped the honey for chili powder. It was terrible"
6) New York Times: Hungry Girl Offer a Real Take on Diet Foods
NYT’s (first?) profile of Lisa Lillien echoes a running theme in almost all HG articles. The author is clearly wary of her endorsements and use of processed foods, but has to maintain a respectful tone out of deference to Lillien’s bagillions of followers. Despite that, it’s still one of the better Hungry Girl pieces I’ve seen.
7) The Kitchn
10 Things to Eat When You Return From Vacation
Quick, Easy Ways to Get More Vegetables Into My Diet?
You think you’re so cool, don’t you, The Kitchn? “Blah blah blah here’s another positive, incredibly helpful and thoughtful post with a bunch of pictures that put Ansel Adams to shame blah blah blah.” Yeah, we getcher point. Punks.
8) Kitchen Myths
Oodles of Alton Brown-type cooking myths, busted in no-nonsense style, presented ing Internet-circa-1996 style. I give this three Bill Clinton heads out of a possible four.
9) Marketplace: Farmers Market Guide – 20 Cities, Coast to Coast
Ooo … handy!
10) Bargaineering: How to Dry Fresh Herbs
Just in time! We inherited our friends’ CSA shipment this week, and it came with the most enormous bag of tarragon you’ve ever seen in your whole puff. Anyone for some Tarragon Pops?
HONORABLE MENTION
Jim’s PancakesOh, yay! It’s amazing what you can do with a little food dye and some hungry children.
The Kitchn: Zucchini At Your Door? 12 Recipes to Help Eat It Up
Again? Again with the practical deliciousness? Harrumph.
Promo Machine UK: Discount Design - 23 Fantastically Vintage Coupons
Who wants $0.07 off a box of Life cereal?
Village Voice: Americans Getting Too Fat for Theater Seats
Hey! We’re still fat! Whee! On a related note: Has anyone seen Twilight: Eclipse? My sister and I have three questions:
- Why are these two supernatural, smokin’ hot dudes fighting over The Most Boring Woman in the World?
- Why is being turned into a vampire so bad? You live forever, receive awesome powers, and still get to have sex. I don’t see the downside here.
- Where was the eclipse?
AND ALSO
New York Times: On Facebook, Telling Teachers How Much They Meant
God, I love this story. Mr. Leogrande, this one’s for you.
BoingBoing: Goodbye Old Spice Guy
I will miss you most of all. SWAN DIVE!
Thank you so much for visiting Cheap Healthy Good! (We appreciate it muchly). If you’d like to further support CHG, subscribe to our RSS feed! Or become a Facebook friend! Or check out our Twitter! Or buy something inexpensive, yet fulfilling via that Amazon store (on the left)! Bookmarking sites and links are nice, too. Viva la France!
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Top Ten Links of the Week 7 31 10 – 8 5 10
Today, its lots of righteous indignation, a little Homer Simpson, and a kitteh who vastly overestimates his jumping skills.
1) Consumerist: This is What You Eat
Neatorama: Average Daily Food Intake of Homer Simpson
Ever wonder what your normal, everyday American eats in a full year? This colorful, easy-to-read graphic breaks it down. Somewhat sadly, we consume almost as much dairy as we do produce. Somewhat happily, we scarf much less floor pie than Homer Simpson.
2) Salon: Why is America So Fixed on Food Fads?
Fantastic exploration of the links between U.S. food fads (Cakeballs! Bahn Mi! Pork belly!) and our “frontier mentality,” a mix of breaking immigrant traditions and embracing scientific developments. Another great piece by Riddhi Shah, who is quickly becoming a favorite around here.
3) Washington Post: Michelle Obama – A Food Bill We Need
MObama argues for the passage of the Child Nutrition Bill, a major step in addressing the obesity problem amongst kids. How can anyone can be opposed to this? (I’m looking at you, Laura Ingraham.) Healthier kids = good thing.
4) stonesoup: The Minimalist Guide to Cooking With Herbs
Ooo! It’s Herbs 101, including a guide to common varieties, substitutes, preparation, and storage. Very handy for rosemary lovers. (And, coincidentally, Rosemary Clooney lovers.)
5) Salon: Does High Fructose Corn Syrup Cause Cancer?
In which Francis Lam argues (with Marion Nestle’s backup) that it’s not necessarily the kinds of sugar we consume, but the quantities in which we consume them. Empty calories are empty calories the world over, it turns out.
6) The Atlantic Food: The Combo Meal Mindset
Lest we forget the restaurant industry is, in fact, a luxury business (so to speak), Hank Cardello reminds us: “[It] cannot be expected to lead the charge to slim down America.”
7) Wall Street Journal: Michael Pollan Explains the Math of Buying $8 Eggs
Yeah, it’s another Pollan interview. But this one’s worth the read! I promise! The Big Man of Berkeley lays out his own eating and shopping habits, highlighting some good buying strategies along the way. Peaches!
8) Chicago Tribune: Grains make gains - Wheat surpasses white in sliced bread sales
Yay! Whole wheat products are great! Right?
9) Consumerist: Whole Grain Wheat Things Are No Healthier Than Regular Ones
Oh, wait. Nope.
10) Daily Mail UK: Junk food starts allergies - Western high-fat diets are blamed for surge in illnesses
Hey! Scientists “found evidence that industrialised Western diets high in red meat, sugar and fat lowered the numbers of healthy bacteria in our guts,” and contributed to the skyrocketing allergy rate among first-world countries. Cue sad trombone.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
The Kitchn: 13 Ways to Use Cucumbers
They’re here! They’re on sale! They’re meant for more than salads!
Money Saving Mom: Credit Cards Hurt More Than Just Your Own Personal Finances
I had no idea a small charge cost businesses money to process. Interesting stuff.
Slashfood: Lunch Ladies Go to Summer School
Your kids’ cafeteria food is about to get way better, with pro chefs staging lunch lady boot camps all over the country. Hairnets, unite!
Village Voice: What I Eat - Around the World in 80 Diets
A few years ago, Time Magazine had a fantastic slideshow called What the World Eats, based on a book by the same name. Now, the authors are coming out with another book, called Around the World in 80 Diets, and it looks like it will be just as neato. The Voice piece is a solid summary of the contents therein.
AND ALSO
Youtube: Funny Kitten Can’t Jump
Oh no! Also: hee.
Thank you so much for visiting Cheap Healthy Good! (We appreciate it muchly). If you’d like to further support CHG, subscribe to our RSS feed! Or become a Facebook friend! Or check out our Twitter! Or buy something inexpensive, yet fulfilling via that Amazon store (on the left)! Bookmarking sites and links are nice, too. Viva la France!
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1) Consumerist: This is What You EatNeatorama: Average Daily Food Intake of Homer Simpson
Ever wonder what your normal, everyday American eats in a full year? This colorful, easy-to-read graphic breaks it down. Somewhat sadly, we consume almost as much dairy as we do produce. Somewhat happily, we scarf much less floor pie than Homer Simpson.
2) Salon: Why is America So Fixed on Food Fads?
Fantastic exploration of the links between U.S. food fads (Cakeballs! Bahn Mi! Pork belly!) and our “frontier mentality,” a mix of breaking immigrant traditions and embracing scientific developments. Another great piece by Riddhi Shah, who is quickly becoming a favorite around here.
3) Washington Post: Michelle Obama – A Food Bill We Need
MObama argues for the passage of the Child Nutrition Bill, a major step in addressing the obesity problem amongst kids. How can anyone can be opposed to this? (I’m looking at you, Laura Ingraham.) Healthier kids = good thing.
4) stonesoup: The Minimalist Guide to Cooking With Herbs
Ooo! It’s Herbs 101, including a guide to common varieties, substitutes, preparation, and storage. Very handy for rosemary lovers. (And, coincidentally, Rosemary Clooney lovers.)
5) Salon: Does High Fructose Corn Syrup Cause Cancer?
In which Francis Lam argues (with Marion Nestle’s backup) that it’s not necessarily the kinds of sugar we consume, but the quantities in which we consume them. Empty calories are empty calories the world over, it turns out.
6) The Atlantic Food: The Combo Meal Mindset
Lest we forget the restaurant industry is, in fact, a luxury business (so to speak), Hank Cardello reminds us: “[It] cannot be expected to lead the charge to slim down America.”
7) Wall Street Journal: Michael Pollan Explains the Math of Buying $8 Eggs
Yeah, it’s another Pollan interview. But this one’s worth the read! I promise! The Big Man of Berkeley lays out his own eating and shopping habits, highlighting some good buying strategies along the way. Peaches!
8) Chicago Tribune: Grains make gains - Wheat surpasses white in sliced bread sales
Yay! Whole wheat products are great! Right?
9) Consumerist: Whole Grain Wheat Things Are No Healthier Than Regular Ones
Oh, wait. Nope.
10) Daily Mail UK: Junk food starts allergies - Western high-fat diets are blamed for surge in illnesses
Hey! Scientists “found evidence that industrialised Western diets high in red meat, sugar and fat lowered the numbers of healthy bacteria in our guts,” and contributed to the skyrocketing allergy rate among first-world countries. Cue sad trombone.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
The Kitchn: 13 Ways to Use Cucumbers
They’re here! They’re on sale! They’re meant for more than salads!
Money Saving Mom: Credit Cards Hurt More Than Just Your Own Personal Finances
I had no idea a small charge cost businesses money to process. Interesting stuff.
Slashfood: Lunch Ladies Go to Summer School
Your kids’ cafeteria food is about to get way better, with pro chefs staging lunch lady boot camps all over the country. Hairnets, unite!
Village Voice: What I Eat - Around the World in 80 Diets
A few years ago, Time Magazine had a fantastic slideshow called What the World Eats, based on a book by the same name. Now, the authors are coming out with another book, called Around the World in 80 Diets, and it looks like it will be just as neato. The Voice piece is a solid summary of the contents therein.
AND ALSO
Youtube: Funny Kitten Can’t Jump
Oh no! Also: hee.
Thank you so much for visiting Cheap Healthy Good! (We appreciate it muchly). If you’d like to further support CHG, subscribe to our RSS feed! Or become a Facebook friend! Or check out our Twitter! Or buy something inexpensive, yet fulfilling via that Amazon store (on the left)! Bookmarking sites and links are nice, too. Viva la France!
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Top 10 Links of the Week 7 2 10 – 7 8 10
This week, its lots of pretty pictures, a gaggle of perspectives on a failed Soda Tax, and two very off-the-beaten-path takes on vegetarianism. Excelsior!
1) Dark Roasted Blend
Kitchen Appliances That Bite
Spectacularly Creative Ads, Issue 13
I loathe the overuse of “amazing,” but Dark Roasted Blend’s image roundups always merit the word. The first comp is full of cool, newfangled cooking equipment, while the second is another installation in a running series of ads. Both are totally worth the 15-minute coffee break.
2) Tip Hero: Little Known Uses for Fruit Peels, Shells, and Seeds
Holy moly! My fellow frugal foodies, you’re gonna LOVE this piece. It turns out that peanuts, avocados, bananas, pomegranates, and more are way useful beyond their edible flesh. Read it and cheer.
3) Kitchen Bitsch: On Carnivore Guilt
In which author Summerlin, the daughter of a farmer, finds herself torn between her appreciation for meat and her affection for the animals she’s raised.
4) Zachary Burt: Vegetarians Are Just Big Pussies
In which author Zach, decries his former Real Men Eat Meat perspective and embraces vegetarianism.
5) Salon: Men eat meat, women eat chocolate - How food gets gendered
Beef is manly. Wine is for the ladies. If you ever wondered if these stereotypes were the product of genetics, evolution, culture, or really good advertising, read this now. Riddhi Shah’s thoughtful piece raises good questions, and provides a few good answers, as well.
6) Village Voice: Soda Tax Dies As Beverage Industry Outspends Health Groups
I don’t know whether this is a health travesty or a triumph of individual will, but New York defeated the proposed levy on soda (or pop, for you Buffalonians). Somewhat non-shockingly, the beverage industry may have had a massive hand in its downfall. Marion Nestle and Casual Kitchen’s Dan give their thoughts.
7) The Simple Dollar: Nine Tactics That Work for Starting Food Preparation at Home
Can’t bring yourself to cook in your own kitchen? Convinced takeout is cheaper? Hate chopping? Trent has a handful of simple strategies to make the eat-at-home process much easier. (Siblings of mine! Read this!)
8) New York Times: Triumph of the Egg
Wondering how hot it’s been in NYC? The Times crew cooked breakfast on the sidewalk. Mmm … concrete-flavored omelet.
9) Politics of the Plate: An Offer Americans Can—And Will—Refuse
I’ve debated getting into the illegal immigrant brouhaha on this blog, because it’s generally a happy, bi-partisan, la-la-la kind of place, and I’m not sure I want to interrupt that. But man, I love the third story here.
10) Wise Bread: Organic Groceries on a Budget
Love these out-of-the-box tips and tricks for buying pesticide-free foods. Myscha Theriault’s ideas go beyond the average organics post.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
4 Hats and Frugal: Cooking Frugally When You Don’t Want to Cook at All
Amiyrah comes through with some clever tips for summertime meals. “Burritos are my best friends.” Hear, hear, woman!
BoingBoing: Sugar Information explains how sugar wont make you fat
This is so Mad Men, I can hardly stand it. You can practically see Don Draper (handsome, morally questionable, handsome Don Draper) dictating the idea to Peggy and Paul. (Pic from AdPulp.)
HuffPo: The Price of Cheap Meat
Hey! CAFOs killed a lake in Ohio. *cries*
Neatorama: Mapping Your Broiler
There’s a fine line between genius and mania, and it’s up to you to decide where this one falls: Cook’s Illustrated figured out a way to test your broiler’s cool and hot spots, using a grid of burnt and toasted bread.
Real Simple: How Long is it Okay to Freeze Food?
Quick-n-dirty guide to cold food lifespans.
Salon: How to Choose a Watermelon
Woo hoo! It’s watermelon season! Francis Lam teaches us how to pick a good one.
Seattle Times: Q&A With Michael Pollan
The CHG guarantee: Wherever Pollan speaks, we will link to it.
stonesoup: How to Eat for $2 a Day
Stoney lives under the international poverty line for a 24 hours. The food is good, but doesn’t provide for much produce and/or variety.
Trust for America’s Health: F as in Fat - How Obesity Threatens Americas Future 2010
Hey! We’re still fat! Sigh.
Unplggd: 14 Home Hacks for Your Dishwasher
Behold: the all-powerful dishwasher. You can clean a keyboard in it.
AND ALSO
Raw Toast Design
Husband-Elect and I discovered Raw Toast at a recent craft show in Brooklyn, and developed a huge, googly-eyed affection for Jesse Kuhn’s illustrations. They’re elegant but funny, and whimsical but pointed. Affordable prints are on sale at the RT website, and moms – quite a few would go well in a kid’s room. Definitely check it out if you get the chance.
Thank you so much for visiting Cheap Healthy Good! (We appreciate it muchly). If you’d like to further support CHG, subscribe to our RSS feed! Or become a Facebook friend! Or check out our Twitter! Or buy something inexpensive, yet fulfilling via that Amazon store (on the left)! Bookmarking sites and links are nice, too. Viva la France!
Readmore...
1) Dark Roasted BlendKitchen Appliances That Bite
Spectacularly Creative Ads, Issue 13
I loathe the overuse of “amazing,” but Dark Roasted Blend’s image roundups always merit the word. The first comp is full of cool, newfangled cooking equipment, while the second is another installation in a running series of ads. Both are totally worth the 15-minute coffee break.
2) Tip Hero: Little Known Uses for Fruit Peels, Shells, and Seeds
Holy moly! My fellow frugal foodies, you’re gonna LOVE this piece. It turns out that peanuts, avocados, bananas, pomegranates, and more are way useful beyond their edible flesh. Read it and cheer.
3) Kitchen Bitsch: On Carnivore Guilt
In which author Summerlin, the daughter of a farmer, finds herself torn between her appreciation for meat and her affection for the animals she’s raised.
4) Zachary Burt: Vegetarians Are Just Big Pussies
In which author Zach, decries his former Real Men Eat Meat perspective and embraces vegetarianism.
5) Salon: Men eat meat, women eat chocolate - How food gets gendered
Beef is manly. Wine is for the ladies. If you ever wondered if these stereotypes were the product of genetics, evolution, culture, or really good advertising, read this now. Riddhi Shah’s thoughtful piece raises good questions, and provides a few good answers, as well.
6) Village Voice: Soda Tax Dies As Beverage Industry Outspends Health Groups
I don’t know whether this is a health travesty or a triumph of individual will, but New York defeated the proposed levy on soda (or pop, for you Buffalonians). Somewhat non-shockingly, the beverage industry may have had a massive hand in its downfall. Marion Nestle and Casual Kitchen’s Dan give their thoughts.
7) The Simple Dollar: Nine Tactics That Work for Starting Food Preparation at Home
Can’t bring yourself to cook in your own kitchen? Convinced takeout is cheaper? Hate chopping? Trent has a handful of simple strategies to make the eat-at-home process much easier. (Siblings of mine! Read this!)
8) New York Times: Triumph of the EggWondering how hot it’s been in NYC? The Times crew cooked breakfast on the sidewalk. Mmm … concrete-flavored omelet.
9) Politics of the Plate: An Offer Americans Can—And Will—Refuse
I’ve debated getting into the illegal immigrant brouhaha on this blog, because it’s generally a happy, bi-partisan, la-la-la kind of place, and I’m not sure I want to interrupt that. But man, I love the third story here.
10) Wise Bread: Organic Groceries on a Budget
Love these out-of-the-box tips and tricks for buying pesticide-free foods. Myscha Theriault’s ideas go beyond the average organics post.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
4 Hats and Frugal: Cooking Frugally When You Don’t Want to Cook at All
Amiyrah comes through with some clever tips for summertime meals. “Burritos are my best friends.” Hear, hear, woman!
BoingBoing: Sugar Information explains how sugar wont make you fatThis is so Mad Men, I can hardly stand it. You can practically see Don Draper (handsome, morally questionable, handsome Don Draper) dictating the idea to Peggy and Paul. (Pic from AdPulp.)
HuffPo: The Price of Cheap Meat
Hey! CAFOs killed a lake in Ohio. *cries*
Neatorama: Mapping Your Broiler
There’s a fine line between genius and mania, and it’s up to you to decide where this one falls: Cook’s Illustrated figured out a way to test your broiler’s cool and hot spots, using a grid of burnt and toasted bread.
Real Simple: How Long is it Okay to Freeze Food?
Quick-n-dirty guide to cold food lifespans.
Salon: How to Choose a Watermelon
Woo hoo! It’s watermelon season! Francis Lam teaches us how to pick a good one.
Seattle Times: Q&A With Michael Pollan
The CHG guarantee: Wherever Pollan speaks, we will link to it.
stonesoup: How to Eat for $2 a Day
Stoney lives under the international poverty line for a 24 hours. The food is good, but doesn’t provide for much produce and/or variety.
Trust for America’s Health: F as in Fat - How Obesity Threatens Americas Future 2010
Hey! We’re still fat! Sigh.
Unplggd: 14 Home Hacks for Your Dishwasher
Behold: the all-powerful dishwasher. You can clean a keyboard in it.
AND ALSO
Raw Toast Design
Husband-Elect and I discovered Raw Toast at a recent craft show in Brooklyn, and developed a huge, googly-eyed affection for Jesse Kuhn’s illustrations. They’re elegant but funny, and whimsical but pointed. Affordable prints are on sale at the RT website, and moms – quite a few would go well in a kid’s room. Definitely check it out if you get the chance.
Thank you so much for visiting Cheap Healthy Good! (We appreciate it muchly). If you’d like to further support CHG, subscribe to our RSS feed! Or become a Facebook friend! Or check out our Twitter! Or buy something inexpensive, yet fulfilling via that Amazon store (on the left)! Bookmarking sites and links are nice, too. Viva la France!
Friday, January 10, 2014
Top 10 Links of the Week 5 7 10 – 5 13 10
Sorry for the delay today, folks. I was wrestling with a giant schnauzer. (Note: she won.) Without further ado...
1) Food Politics: White House Task Force on Obesity Reports in
I like to think the WHTAO is a top secret gang of data-obsessed ninjas, counting statistics with an abacus and distributing surveys via Chinese throwing star. Oh, also this post is very interesting. (Solution-based government! How novel.)
2) Evil Mad Scientist: How to Kick Ass and Take Names in the Spice Aisle
If those very same ninjas had an organizing system for their spices, this is what it would look like.
3) Live Cheap: 5 Sneaky Ways Grocery Stores Take You For More Money
My local supermarket does the last one. It drives me nuts. Comparing quarts to liters to ounces for the same essential product is a pain in the ninja.
4) Serious Eats: 10 Secrets for Making the Most of Your CSA
Curiously missing? #11: Get a rabbit. (But seriously, these are good ideas, with a solid comment thread following.)
5) Christie’s Corner: 5 Basic Elements of Salad Dressing
They’re not high fructose corn syrup, faux raspberry flavor, sodium caseinate, hydrogenated soybean oil, and polysorbate 60? The deuce you say! (Thanks to Casual Kitchen for the link.)
6) The Kitchn: 5 Tips for Grocery Savings at Reclaimed Freight Centers
I’d never heard of reclaimed freight centers before reading this, but these TJ Maxxes of the food world seem like wonderful places to save a few bucks. Print this list out and get going.
7) Huffington Post: Good Food Is Not (Only) a Class Issue
Why do we eat cheap, processed food, when we know it’s not good for us? Lee Zukor knows.
8) Eat Me Daily: Why I Quit Cooking - Women in the Kitchen
As it pertains to cooking and cheffery: “Do women have a responsibility to improve the perceived status of their gender through working certain (influential, well-regarded) jobs, or does feminism mean that women have the luscious and heady freedom to pursue whatever career they choose?”
9) Wise Bread: 29 Alternative Pizza Sauce Ideas
Carrot puree? Vegan white sauce? Olive tapenade? What the WHAT? I don’t know, but I want some on my pizza.
10) Eat Humane
Listed at #10 because it’s a whole site versus a single post, this online guide to eating ethically could be your new best friend. Presuming your old best friend was also a webpage, of course.
HONORABLE MENTION
Consumerist
As Consumer Demand Recovers, Meat Prices are Going Up
Subways Lawyers Tell Rest Of World To Stop Selling "Footlong" Sandwiches
Link #1: Time for more veggies.
Link #2: What word will be next? “Subway”? “Fresh-baked”? ”Freaky Cheese Triangles”?
Get Rich Slowly: The One-Year Wardrobe Project
JD stuck all his clothes in another room for one year, only taking out what he needed to wear. By year’s end, he had 37 shirts and sweaters left untouched. Really interesting piece about what we own vs. what we actually use. (Photo from Planet Green.)
The Kitchn
What is the Shelf Life of Flavoring Extracts?
Whats the Difference? Soba, Udon, and Rice Noodles
Link #1: Vanilla - to infinity and beyond. Everything else - less than that.
Link #2: Good question!
LA Weekly: Top 10 Simpsons Food References
No Tomacco? Aw, that’s okay. Any list that references a Flaming Moe is good by me.
Money Saving Mom: The Depends Dilemma: Why I Buy Items I Won’t Use (Guest Post)
I’ve always wondered about this. The answer: to get faboo deals and donate lots without blowing wads of cash.
Simple Bites: Stocking Your Pantry for Success
Among the better pantry posts I’ve seen, with lots of helpful links.
Slashfood: USDA Updates Standards for Poultry Safety
S’about time! Now the Great Brooklyn Chinese Food Disaster of 2009 may not be repeated. (*lights candle for intestines*)
Surviving and Thriving: Dr. Demento and the desecrated turkey
One turkey for a whole person? You better believe it.
Time Out New York Kids: Feed a Family of Four for $10 a Day
Here’s fun secret about NYC: folks complain about how expensive groceries are, but … theyre not. I swear. Especially compared to the rest of the country. We have fewer discount stores, sure, but if you know how to shop, you should be just fine. Debbie Koenig demonstrates.
AND ALSO
S**t My Kids Ruined
Are you trying to convince your teenager not to have sex? This should do it. Especially: May 9th (Vaseline, Desitin, and powder), May 7th (permanent marker boy), April 26th (poor fish), March 13th (nice face, turkey), and March 4th. (How do you even draw on a dog?)
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1) Food Politics: White House Task Force on Obesity Reports in
I like to think the WHTAO is a top secret gang of data-obsessed ninjas, counting statistics with an abacus and distributing surveys via Chinese throwing star. Oh, also this post is very interesting. (Solution-based government! How novel.)
2) Evil Mad Scientist: How to Kick Ass and Take Names in the Spice AisleIf those very same ninjas had an organizing system for their spices, this is what it would look like.
3) Live Cheap: 5 Sneaky Ways Grocery Stores Take You For More Money
My local supermarket does the last one. It drives me nuts. Comparing quarts to liters to ounces for the same essential product is a pain in the ninja.
4) Serious Eats: 10 Secrets for Making the Most of Your CSA
Curiously missing? #11: Get a rabbit. (But seriously, these are good ideas, with a solid comment thread following.)
5) Christie’s Corner: 5 Basic Elements of Salad Dressing
They’re not high fructose corn syrup, faux raspberry flavor, sodium caseinate, hydrogenated soybean oil, and polysorbate 60? The deuce you say! (Thanks to Casual Kitchen for the link.)
6) The Kitchn: 5 Tips for Grocery Savings at Reclaimed Freight Centers
I’d never heard of reclaimed freight centers before reading this, but these TJ Maxxes of the food world seem like wonderful places to save a few bucks. Print this list out and get going.
7) Huffington Post: Good Food Is Not (Only) a Class Issue
Why do we eat cheap, processed food, when we know it’s not good for us? Lee Zukor knows.
8) Eat Me Daily: Why I Quit Cooking - Women in the Kitchen
As it pertains to cooking and cheffery: “Do women have a responsibility to improve the perceived status of their gender through working certain (influential, well-regarded) jobs, or does feminism mean that women have the luscious and heady freedom to pursue whatever career they choose?”
9) Wise Bread: 29 Alternative Pizza Sauce Ideas
Carrot puree? Vegan white sauce? Olive tapenade? What the WHAT? I don’t know, but I want some on my pizza.
10) Eat Humane
Listed at #10 because it’s a whole site versus a single post, this online guide to eating ethically could be your new best friend. Presuming your old best friend was also a webpage, of course.
HONORABLE MENTION
Consumerist
As Consumer Demand Recovers, Meat Prices are Going Up
Subways Lawyers Tell Rest Of World To Stop Selling "Footlong" Sandwiches
Link #1: Time for more veggies.
Link #2: What word will be next? “Subway”? “Fresh-baked”? ”Freaky Cheese Triangles”?
Get Rich Slowly: The One-Year Wardrobe ProjectJD stuck all his clothes in another room for one year, only taking out what he needed to wear. By year’s end, he had 37 shirts and sweaters left untouched. Really interesting piece about what we own vs. what we actually use. (Photo from Planet Green.)
The Kitchn
What is the Shelf Life of Flavoring Extracts?
Whats the Difference? Soba, Udon, and Rice Noodles
Link #1: Vanilla - to infinity and beyond. Everything else - less than that.
Link #2: Good question!
LA Weekly: Top 10 Simpsons Food References
No Tomacco? Aw, that’s okay. Any list that references a Flaming Moe is good by me.
Money Saving Mom: The Depends Dilemma: Why I Buy Items I Won’t Use (Guest Post)
I’ve always wondered about this. The answer: to get faboo deals and donate lots without blowing wads of cash.
Simple Bites: Stocking Your Pantry for Success
Among the better pantry posts I’ve seen, with lots of helpful links.
Slashfood: USDA Updates Standards for Poultry Safety
S’about time! Now the Great Brooklyn Chinese Food Disaster of 2009 may not be repeated. (*lights candle for intestines*)
Surviving and Thriving: Dr. Demento and the desecrated turkey
One turkey for a whole person? You better believe it.
Time Out New York Kids: Feed a Family of Four for $10 a Day
Here’s fun secret about NYC: folks complain about how expensive groceries are, but … theyre not. I swear. Especially compared to the rest of the country. We have fewer discount stores, sure, but if you know how to shop, you should be just fine. Debbie Koenig demonstrates.
AND ALSO
S**t My Kids Ruined
Are you trying to convince your teenager not to have sex? This should do it. Especially: May 9th (Vaseline, Desitin, and powder), May 7th (permanent marker boy), April 26th (poor fish), March 13th (nice face, turkey), and March 4th. (How do you even draw on a dog?)
Thank you so much for visiting Cheap Healthy Good! (We appreciate it muchly). If you’d like to further support CHG, subscribe to our RSS feed! Or become a Facebook friend! Or check out our Twitter! Or buy something inexpensive, yet fulfilling via that Amazon store (on the left)! Bookmarking sites and links are nice, too. Viva la France!
Monday, December 2, 2013
7 Ways to Avoid Dessert When Dieting
Whether you are undergoing weight-loss diet? Usually those who are dieting often does not resist the temptation to eat sweet foods like dish for dessert or dessert.The temptation to eat this dessert does not just happen when you eat at a restaurant. When at home was the same problem can be felt. Here are some ways you can do to avoid the temptation of eating dessert:Empty the kitchen cabinets
The best way to do so that your diet works is by clearing the kitchen of a snack. Do not keep snacks in the kitchen or pantry, because you would be tempted to pick it up. And when you have to go shopping to the supermarket, avoid displaying hallway snacks, such as pastries and sweet breads.
Always finish the main course
Most women who are dieting will always feel guilty after eating desserts (dessert). One of the best ways to keep feeling full without tasting the desserts are to spend your main meal.
Wait 15 minutes
When finished eating, do not immediately take a dessert, wait 15 minutes. Let the food you just ate processed in the body, and you will feel full. Do not get used to eating dessert when finished eating if you want to diet
Watch portion sizes
Every now and then you can just taste the desserts, but watch portions. The desserts are allowed to eat when dieting is a cake with a very small piece.
Watch your drink
Maybe youve thought to replace the piece of cake with coffee drinking. But, did you know that coffee contains more carbohydrates than dessert? In fact, there is an ingredient similar to cheese burger. Avoid mocha, cream condensed milk (whipped cream), and milk.
Share with friends
If you have a friend who is also on a diet and want to taste the dessert, you can buy it in small portions and then separate into two parts. That way, you can still enjoy the cake, though limited portion.
Create a schedule
Life is to be enjoyed, including tasting piece of cake for dessert. Make a schedule of when you should eat dessert, maybe once a week or twice a week. Dieting should not mean eating food you want, but limit and diet properly.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
7 Factors Trigger Back Pain
7 Factors Trigger "Back Pain" - Back pain is one disease that definitely affects 8 out of 10 adults in his life. Back pain most often occurs because the back muscles stretched or stretched ligaments. But there are times when pain arises just slowly.
Discharging and loading on the discs or cushion the bones over time will lead to changes in the structure or the normal balance. Though the problem of bearings, joints or muscles will cause pain when used moves.
There are several causes of back pain is often not realized.
1. Strenuous exercise on the weekends
Lack of physical activity are risk factors that make a person more susceptible to back pain. This situation is exacerbated by excessive exercise habits only on weekends.
"If we do something heavy, after a whole week more passive activities, we are greatly at risk injuring themselves," said Shamie. He added that high-impact exercise that is done without heating to strengthen the torso (core) will make the muscles do not strongly support the motion carried.
He therefore suggested that at least we did the basic exercises for strengthening the torso 15 minutes every day and heating for the torso and the muscles are more prepared when you exercise more intensely on the weekends.
2. Carrying the child
Holding the child in the back, especially if the childs weight is large enough, will cause tremendous pressure on the spine. Moreover, if the child is a lot of moves, the risk is whiplash.
3. Sitting hunched
Sit with your back arched in a long time will cause the lumbar bone is not propped up so well that the greater the pressure on the discs. "But the greatest pressure on the disc occurs when we are in a sitting position and then in a tilted position about to take something from the floor. Therefore if you want to pick something new once stood crouched down to pick it up," he said.
4. Smoke
Smoking will cause the disc to deteriorate rapidly. Disc or bone bearing this has on the outer fibrous wall that protects the gel in it.
5. Rotating waist
All the movements that involve rotation in the upper abdomen, repeatedly will cause micro-trauma to the lower spine. This damage will accumulate and the risk of causing damage at a later date.
6. Lack of sleep
Spinal disc has no blood vessels so that they are not getting enough nutrients. As a result the disc is more susceptible to crack and dehydration. "Try to sleep enough at least 7 hours every night because at night the disc will be re-hydrated," he said.
7. Soft bed
Bedding that is too soft and curved in the middle will make the bone structure changed.
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Discharging and loading on the discs or cushion the bones over time will lead to changes in the structure or the normal balance. Though the problem of bearings, joints or muscles will cause pain when used moves.
There are several causes of back pain is often not realized.
1. Strenuous exercise on the weekends
Lack of physical activity are risk factors that make a person more susceptible to back pain. This situation is exacerbated by excessive exercise habits only on weekends.
"If we do something heavy, after a whole week more passive activities, we are greatly at risk injuring themselves," said Shamie. He added that high-impact exercise that is done without heating to strengthen the torso (core) will make the muscles do not strongly support the motion carried.
He therefore suggested that at least we did the basic exercises for strengthening the torso 15 minutes every day and heating for the torso and the muscles are more prepared when you exercise more intensely on the weekends.
2. Carrying the child
Holding the child in the back, especially if the childs weight is large enough, will cause tremendous pressure on the spine. Moreover, if the child is a lot of moves, the risk is whiplash.
3. Sitting hunched
Sit with your back arched in a long time will cause the lumbar bone is not propped up so well that the greater the pressure on the discs. "But the greatest pressure on the disc occurs when we are in a sitting position and then in a tilted position about to take something from the floor. Therefore if you want to pick something new once stood crouched down to pick it up," he said.
4. Smoke
Smoking will cause the disc to deteriorate rapidly. Disc or bone bearing this has on the outer fibrous wall that protects the gel in it.
5. Rotating waist
All the movements that involve rotation in the upper abdomen, repeatedly will cause micro-trauma to the lower spine. This damage will accumulate and the risk of causing damage at a later date.
6. Lack of sleep
Spinal disc has no blood vessels so that they are not getting enough nutrients. As a result the disc is more susceptible to crack and dehydration. "Try to sleep enough at least 7 hours every night because at night the disc will be re-hydrated," he said.
7. Soft bed
Bedding that is too soft and curved in the middle will make the bone structure changed.
Monday, November 11, 2013
7 Foods That Have High Nutrient
Snack should not only to satisfy the desire to eat, but also to give a sense of satiety until late hours of the next main meal. Ideally, healthy snacks should contain no more than 200 calories a day and has essential nutrients like carbohydrates, protein and fiber. There were seven healthy snacks to maintain ideal body weight.
1. Yoghurt & Strawberries
Yogurt is a good source of protein and helps maintain your ideal body weight. The most rapid body uses carbohydrates, and protein helps the body to digest it slowly so that the stomach feels full longer. Add fruit such as strawberries and blueberries into plain yogurt, can also keep you fuller for longer.
2. Bananas & Apples
Bananas and apples are a good source of fiber and filling effect. Studies from State University of Rio de Janeiro showed that women who ate three apples / banana a day will lose weight more than those without.
3. Canned Tuna
Can of tuna that are rich in protein contains only 90 calories. Tuna can be eaten as a snack with whole wheat bread topped with mustard. But keep in mind, buying canned tuna that does not contain additional ingredients such as salt or seasonings. Notice is always a list of ingredients and nutritional values information on the packaging.
4. Low-Fat Milk
Milk is not appropriate if categorized as a snack. But these drinks can be a substitute for a snack when your stomach feels hungry. Low-fat milk is rich in calcium and a number of studies have shown that calcium can speed up your metabolism. Want to taste better? Blend milk with your favorite fruits such as bananas or strawberries.
5. Cottage Cheese
Soft cheese with a sour taste made from buffalo milk is good as well as low-fat snack. You can eat 1/2 cup cottage cheese with a sprinkling of almonds. The combination of these two foods provide plenty of fiber, protein and carbohydrates to the body.
6. Grain Soup
Soup beans, peas or beans is a healthy alternative snack. These foods are rich in protein and fiber diet is good for.
7. Edamame
Edamame is a type of Japanese soy bean seed in a large and green. Soy beans contain a variety of healthy nutrition for the body. Half a cup of edamame has been able to meet the needs of fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals in a day. You can eat it with roasted or boiled.
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Yogurt is a good source of protein and helps maintain your ideal body weight. The most rapid body uses carbohydrates, and protein helps the body to digest it slowly so that the stomach feels full longer. Add fruit such as strawberries and blueberries into plain yogurt, can also keep you fuller for longer.
2. Bananas & Apples
Bananas and apples are a good source of fiber and filling effect. Studies from State University of Rio de Janeiro showed that women who ate three apples / banana a day will lose weight more than those without.
3. Canned Tuna
Can of tuna that are rich in protein contains only 90 calories. Tuna can be eaten as a snack with whole wheat bread topped with mustard. But keep in mind, buying canned tuna that does not contain additional ingredients such as salt or seasonings. Notice is always a list of ingredients and nutritional values information on the packaging.
4. Low-Fat Milk
Milk is not appropriate if categorized as a snack. But these drinks can be a substitute for a snack when your stomach feels hungry. Low-fat milk is rich in calcium and a number of studies have shown that calcium can speed up your metabolism. Want to taste better? Blend milk with your favorite fruits such as bananas or strawberries.
5. Cottage Cheese
Soft cheese with a sour taste made from buffalo milk is good as well as low-fat snack. You can eat 1/2 cup cottage cheese with a sprinkling of almonds. The combination of these two foods provide plenty of fiber, protein and carbohydrates to the body.
6. Grain Soup
Soup beans, peas or beans is a healthy alternative snack. These foods are rich in protein and fiber diet is good for.
7. Edamame
Edamame is a type of Japanese soy bean seed in a large and green. Soy beans contain a variety of healthy nutrition for the body. Half a cup of edamame has been able to meet the needs of fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals in a day. You can eat it with roasted or boiled.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
7 Black Healthy Foods
Black is often considered lower than whites. But do not try to use the same formula to the nutritional content of food is black. Dark colored food sources usually contain higher antioxidant highly effective for lowering the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
"The fruit of the black has more antioxidants because it grew darker the color, the higher the pigment, which comes from anthocyanins," said Cy Lee, PhD, professor of food chemistry from Cornell University.
What are the "black man" is healthy?
1. Black rice
Undisputed that brown rice is good for health. However, black rice is actually much better because black rice contains vitamin E in high amounts. Regularly eating black rice will increase the bodys immune system and protects cells from free radical damage. Black rice anthocyanin antioxidants mengadung also higher than blueberries.
2. "Lentil" black
Group legumes are rich in iron. One cup of black lentils contains 8 mg of iron or almost half of the recommended daily intake, which is 18 mg per day for women. Lentiljuga rich in soluble fiber that can lower cholesterol and improve immune function.
3. "Blackberries"
Polyphenols are found in dark berries is known to prevent cognitive decline that occurs with aging. Polyphenols will work to clean the cells that interfere with brain function. The fruit is also rich in fiber.
4. Black beans
Black skin that surrounds the bean is loaded with bioflavonoids, nutrients from plants that can fight cancer.
5. Black soybean
Research conducted by scientists from Korea found that eating black beans regularly will prevent the risk of thrombosis, fatal blood clots. Black Soybeans also contain acid linoleate alpha, omega-3 acids that reduce the risk of heart disease.
6. Black tea
Green tea and white tea is more popular in terms of health. In fact, black tea is equally good. This tea contains teaflavins, antioxidants that are beneficial to accelerate the healing of sore muscles after exercise. Drinking black tea also lowers the risk of heart attack.
7. Dark chocolate
Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that dark chocolate contains substances called polyphenols. In tests on animals, polyphenols shown to reduce blood pressure. Dark chocolate is also believed to protect against heart attack and stroke.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
7 Ways to Make Alkaline Diet Benefit You
The premise of an alkaline diet is that the nutrients found in supplements, alkalizing foods, and water can bring the body back to balance. These vitamins, minerals, and herbs infuse the body with new energy, vitality, and better health.
Alkaline foods and water must be consumed in order to provide nutrients the body needs to neutralize acids and toxins in the blood, lymph, tissues, and cells.
When pH balance inside the body is ‘out of balance’ the body tries to correct that sensitive pH balance. That process shows up as uncomfortable symptoms, including colds, flues, allergies, diseases, viruses, and bacteria.
When the pH level in our body is unbalanced, almost any area of the body can be affected. For example when the nervous system is effected as the result of unbalanced pH balance it shows up in the form of the depression. When cardiovascular system is effected we could have heart disease or experience other heart-related problems, including thickening and hardening of the arteries, coronary heard disease, pain or discomfort in the chest, stroke, high blood pressure, and heart failure. When muscles are effected we often feel fatigue and lack of energy. When skin is effected by improper pH balance we age quicker than normal.
When the body’s pH level is in balance, the body reaches ideal weight and corrects negative health challenges naturally.
Transition to a more alkaline healthy diet requires a shift in attitude towards food. The important point to remember is that small changes go a long way. Add more alkaline foods to your diet gradually.
7 Sure-fire ways to make alkaline diet benefit you:
1) Reduce the consumption of sugar and products made from sugar, including soda pop, pies, ice cream, jello, jams & jellies, artificial juices, puddings, doughnuts, corn syrups, chewing gum, sweetened drinks, cookies, breakfast cereals, liqueurs, mixed drinks.
2) Avoid processed foods and condiments including ketchup, salad dressings, pickles, luncheon meats, canned fruits, breads, relish, cheese dips, peanut butter, prepared seafood, frozen vegetables, crackers, canned soups, hot dogs, sausages, sweetened yogurt.
3) Avoid cooking and heating foods and drinks in microwave.
4) Avoid dairy, meats, fried foods and fast foods.
5) Increase your consumption of raw vegetables and raw fresh fruits (without sugar). You should include raw vegetables in every meal. If your breakfast is so small that you only eat toast or cereal, stop eating toast and take fresh fruits or vegetable juices instead. If your lunches are usually consist of sandwiches try to substitute it with a raw salad or a vegetable juice. Have a large salad before you eat a heavy entree at dinner. This way, you will be sure to eat all of the salad instead of finding yourself too full to finish it.
6) Grains form the base of a balanced diet and are important in maintaining the alkaline balance in the body. Grains are great source of vitamins, minerals, and essential nutrients, including folic acid, fiber, carbohydrates antioxidants and phytoestrogens. The Department of Food and Science and Nutrition at University of MInnesota determined that consumption of whole grains reduces the risk of chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular disease. By eating grains you can eat less but feel full. Grains should comprise about 20% of your diet.
7) Dont forget to hydrate. Drink at least half of your body weight in ounces of good quality of water each day. Add liquid minerals to increase the quality of water.
If you follow these easy 7 steps it will allow you to create the proper alkaline balance within your body.
Creating the proper alkaline balance within your body will bring you increased quality of life. Youll start seeing immediate improvements in your health. Your energy will increase, your concentration will be stronger. Youll build strength, stamina, and resistance to diseases. Your entire body will function more efficiently just like it was meant to do.
Get free e-course that shows you step-by-step how to reverse acidic condition and create proper alkaline balance within your body. Visit this link for more details on alkaline diet.
Article by : Beverly Taylor
Article Source : 7 Ways to Make Alkaline Diet Benefit You
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Alkaline foods and water must be consumed in order to provide nutrients the body needs to neutralize acids and toxins in the blood, lymph, tissues, and cells.
When pH balance inside the body is ‘out of balance’ the body tries to correct that sensitive pH balance. That process shows up as uncomfortable symptoms, including colds, flues, allergies, diseases, viruses, and bacteria.
When the pH level in our body is unbalanced, almost any area of the body can be affected. For example when the nervous system is effected as the result of unbalanced pH balance it shows up in the form of the depression. When cardiovascular system is effected we could have heart disease or experience other heart-related problems, including thickening and hardening of the arteries, coronary heard disease, pain or discomfort in the chest, stroke, high blood pressure, and heart failure. When muscles are effected we often feel fatigue and lack of energy. When skin is effected by improper pH balance we age quicker than normal.
When the body’s pH level is in balance, the body reaches ideal weight and corrects negative health challenges naturally.
Transition to a more alkaline healthy diet requires a shift in attitude towards food. The important point to remember is that small changes go a long way. Add more alkaline foods to your diet gradually.
7 Sure-fire ways to make alkaline diet benefit you:
1) Reduce the consumption of sugar and products made from sugar, including soda pop, pies, ice cream, jello, jams & jellies, artificial juices, puddings, doughnuts, corn syrups, chewing gum, sweetened drinks, cookies, breakfast cereals, liqueurs, mixed drinks.
2) Avoid processed foods and condiments including ketchup, salad dressings, pickles, luncheon meats, canned fruits, breads, relish, cheese dips, peanut butter, prepared seafood, frozen vegetables, crackers, canned soups, hot dogs, sausages, sweetened yogurt.
3) Avoid cooking and heating foods and drinks in microwave.
4) Avoid dairy, meats, fried foods and fast foods.
5) Increase your consumption of raw vegetables and raw fresh fruits (without sugar). You should include raw vegetables in every meal. If your breakfast is so small that you only eat toast or cereal, stop eating toast and take fresh fruits or vegetable juices instead. If your lunches are usually consist of sandwiches try to substitute it with a raw salad or a vegetable juice. Have a large salad before you eat a heavy entree at dinner. This way, you will be sure to eat all of the salad instead of finding yourself too full to finish it.
6) Grains form the base of a balanced diet and are important in maintaining the alkaline balance in the body. Grains are great source of vitamins, minerals, and essential nutrients, including folic acid, fiber, carbohydrates antioxidants and phytoestrogens. The Department of Food and Science and Nutrition at University of MInnesota determined that consumption of whole grains reduces the risk of chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular disease. By eating grains you can eat less but feel full. Grains should comprise about 20% of your diet.
7) Dont forget to hydrate. Drink at least half of your body weight in ounces of good quality of water each day. Add liquid minerals to increase the quality of water.
If you follow these easy 7 steps it will allow you to create the proper alkaline balance within your body.
Creating the proper alkaline balance within your body will bring you increased quality of life. Youll start seeing immediate improvements in your health. Your energy will increase, your concentration will be stronger. Youll build strength, stamina, and resistance to diseases. Your entire body will function more efficiently just like it was meant to do.
Get free e-course that shows you step-by-step how to reverse acidic condition and create proper alkaline balance within your body. Visit this link for more details on alkaline diet.
Article by : Beverly Taylor
Article Source : 7 Ways to Make Alkaline Diet Benefit You
Thursday, October 24, 2013
7 Vitamin to Sharpen Your Memory
7 Vitamin Sharpen Your Memory | Forget or not remember is a condition that feel by every body, for example: when we put the cell phone, key or spectacle. May be you consider this is as a somethings fair. But you must know that "forget" is one of sign of lack of ability of your memory.
How to prevent it?, just simple, we can prevent this by consume same vitamin, like that mention below. Below are 7 Vitamin to Sharpen Your Memory
1. Vitamin E
Research has shown that the antioxidant properties of vitamin E may help protect nerve cells in the brain from damage. There is also evidence to suggest that vitamin E can keep the nerve cells in the brain of post-stroke mortality. Vitamin E is also believed to help improve memory function in the elderly. But before taking vitamins is a good idea to consult with a physician. Because high doses of vitamin E can interfere with the work of a drug for blood clots.
2. Vitamin B6
In addition to keeping the various functions of the body, vitamin B6 has been shown to improve memory, while also supporting brain health. Research shows that daily intake of vitamin B6 can help improve your memory from time to time, and the brains ability to process information at a faster rate. You can get natural sources of vitamin B6 from tuna fish, eggs, carrots and vegetables.
3. Vitamin B12
Research has shown that vitamin B12 can maintain blood levels of homocysteine at a healthy level. Homocysteine is an important amino acid needed by the human brain. If amino acids are not well managed it will affect the decrease in brain function. This vitamin also has the ability to improve the brains nerve fibers. Beef, liver, shellfish and fish contain large amounts of vitamin B12.
4. Vitamin B9
Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9 may help in the production of red blood cells, which allows one to obtain the supply of oxygen to the brain more. This vitamin has also been shown to reduce the risk of memory loss associated with aging. Natural sources of vitamin B9 can get from eating food made from grains, or drinking juice made from citrus fruits or tomatoes.
5. Vitamin C
The antioxidant properties of vitamin C is very beneficial to keep your memory health is maintained. A recent study has found a correlation between memory problems and babies who are deficient in vitamin C. Another study found vitamin C has a protective nature of memory problems and loss of mental alertness. Fruits and vegetables are excellent sources for vitamin C, especially citrus and strawberries.
6. Vitamin D
Body that deficient in vitamin D can disturb the brains ability to plan and process memory. Research shows that vitamin D levels decline in the elderly has been associated with memory loss due to the aging process. You can meet the needs of vitamin D from mackerel, tuna and other foods are fortified with vitamin D.
7. Vitamin B3
Experts have found a certain forms of vitamin B3, which named by Nicotinamide, which is believed to reduce the symptoms of Alzheimers disease. Given these new findings tested in mice, further clinical testing is needed to determine the effect of vitamin B3 in humans. In addition to reducing the risks and effects of Alzheimers disease, vitamin B3 also reduce the risk of heart disease and lowering LDL cholesterol. Tuna, chicken, turkey, salmon and asparagus provide an important source of vitamin B3.
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How to prevent it?, just simple, we can prevent this by consume same vitamin, like that mention below. Below are 7 Vitamin to Sharpen Your Memory
1. Vitamin E
Research has shown that the antioxidant properties of vitamin E may help protect nerve cells in the brain from damage. There is also evidence to suggest that vitamin E can keep the nerve cells in the brain of post-stroke mortality. Vitamin E is also believed to help improve memory function in the elderly. But before taking vitamins is a good idea to consult with a physician. Because high doses of vitamin E can interfere with the work of a drug for blood clots.
2. Vitamin B6
In addition to keeping the various functions of the body, vitamin B6 has been shown to improve memory, while also supporting brain health. Research shows that daily intake of vitamin B6 can help improve your memory from time to time, and the brains ability to process information at a faster rate. You can get natural sources of vitamin B6 from tuna fish, eggs, carrots and vegetables.
3. Vitamin B12
Research has shown that vitamin B12 can maintain blood levels of homocysteine at a healthy level. Homocysteine is an important amino acid needed by the human brain. If amino acids are not well managed it will affect the decrease in brain function. This vitamin also has the ability to improve the brains nerve fibers. Beef, liver, shellfish and fish contain large amounts of vitamin B12.
4. Vitamin B9
Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9 may help in the production of red blood cells, which allows one to obtain the supply of oxygen to the brain more. This vitamin has also been shown to reduce the risk of memory loss associated with aging. Natural sources of vitamin B9 can get from eating food made from grains, or drinking juice made from citrus fruits or tomatoes.
5. Vitamin C
The antioxidant properties of vitamin C is very beneficial to keep your memory health is maintained. A recent study has found a correlation between memory problems and babies who are deficient in vitamin C. Another study found vitamin C has a protective nature of memory problems and loss of mental alertness. Fruits and vegetables are excellent sources for vitamin C, especially citrus and strawberries.
6. Vitamin D
Body that deficient in vitamin D can disturb the brains ability to plan and process memory. Research shows that vitamin D levels decline in the elderly has been associated with memory loss due to the aging process. You can meet the needs of vitamin D from mackerel, tuna and other foods are fortified with vitamin D.
7. Vitamin B3
Experts have found a certain forms of vitamin B3, which named by Nicotinamide, which is believed to reduce the symptoms of Alzheimers disease. Given these new findings tested in mice, further clinical testing is needed to determine the effect of vitamin B3 in humans. In addition to reducing the risks and effects of Alzheimers disease, vitamin B3 also reduce the risk of heart disease and lowering LDL cholesterol. Tuna, chicken, turkey, salmon and asparagus provide an important source of vitamin B3.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
7 Benefits of Coffee For Skin Coffee For Health
7 Benefits of Coffee For Skin | Coffee, Beside useful to eliminate the sleepiness, it has other benefits, that is for beauty, especially skin beauty. The benefits of coffee for beauty has been recognized by several leading manufacturers of beauty products, such as LOreal and Avon. They include caffeine, substances contained in coffee on beauty products, especially for skin creams and lotions. For several years the caffeine in coffee has been the basic materials that can eliminate cellulite. Caffeine dehydrate the fat cells, and clear cell components such as sodium/potassium.
Here we will present 7 Benefits of Coffee For Skin, because of the many benefits of coffee for skin beauty and you can get it easily. Besides easy to find, Skin curing with coffee can be done at home.
Below are 7 benefits of coffee for skin that you can done it at home. Let we take beneficial from this black water.
1. Exfoliating dead skin and skin tightening.
Coffee grounds are mixed with the egg white. Apply this mixture as a gentle exfoliating dead skin as well as tighten the skin.
2. Brighten the face.
Combine 3 tablespoons of coffee grounds with a glass of pure cows milk. Apply the mixture to the face and neck except eyes and lips as a face mask. Gently massage the skin, and leave for 20 minutes. Wash with water.
3. Reduce cellulite.
Coffee grounds mixed with olive oil. This mixture serves to eliminate cellulite. Apply this mixture to the appearance of cellulite, wrap with plastic, leave for 5 minutes, then wash with water
4. Moisturizing and making skin becomes relaxed.
Combine 3 tablespoons of coffee grounds with a tablespoon of cocoa powder, add a little water. Spread the mixture on face, leave for 30 minutes, wash with warm wet towel.
5. Smoothing the skin and streamline the body.
Pure crushed coffee beans. Brush the body by using a special brush body. Apply coarse ground coffee to all parts of the body and rub gently. In India, this custom is believed to streamline the body if done regularly, because the content of caffeine contained in coffee can destroy fat cells.
6. Remove black spots of acne scars.
Mix the coffee powder with the "baby oil" just enough, gently massage on face, especially in areas that are black spots of acne scars. If done routinely, can Remove black spots more quickly.
7. Lowers risk of skin cancer
Studies conducted at Rutgers University in New Jersey United States reinforce the theory that caffeine is a barrier of skin cancer because it can inhibit the enzyme or protein in the skin often called ART. Scientists have found that coffee grounds that applied directly on the skin can blocking UV rays that can lead to skin cancer.
These are 7 benefits of coffee for skin, may this article useful to all. Let get coffee :)
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Here we will present 7 Benefits of Coffee For Skin, because of the many benefits of coffee for skin beauty and you can get it easily. Besides easy to find, Skin curing with coffee can be done at home.
Below are 7 benefits of coffee for skin that you can done it at home. Let we take beneficial from this black water.
7 Benefits of Coffee For Skin | Coffee For Health
1. Exfoliating dead skin and skin tightening.
Coffee grounds are mixed with the egg white. Apply this mixture as a gentle exfoliating dead skin as well as tighten the skin.
2. Brighten the face.
Combine 3 tablespoons of coffee grounds with a glass of pure cows milk. Apply the mixture to the face and neck except eyes and lips as a face mask. Gently massage the skin, and leave for 20 minutes. Wash with water.
3. Reduce cellulite.
Coffee grounds mixed with olive oil. This mixture serves to eliminate cellulite. Apply this mixture to the appearance of cellulite, wrap with plastic, leave for 5 minutes, then wash with water
4. Moisturizing and making skin becomes relaxed.
Combine 3 tablespoons of coffee grounds with a tablespoon of cocoa powder, add a little water. Spread the mixture on face, leave for 30 minutes, wash with warm wet towel.
5. Smoothing the skin and streamline the body.
Pure crushed coffee beans. Brush the body by using a special brush body. Apply coarse ground coffee to all parts of the body and rub gently. In India, this custom is believed to streamline the body if done regularly, because the content of caffeine contained in coffee can destroy fat cells.
6. Remove black spots of acne scars.
Mix the coffee powder with the "baby oil" just enough, gently massage on face, especially in areas that are black spots of acne scars. If done routinely, can Remove black spots more quickly.
7. Lowers risk of skin cancer
Studies conducted at Rutgers University in New Jersey United States reinforce the theory that caffeine is a barrier of skin cancer because it can inhibit the enzyme or protein in the skin often called ART. Scientists have found that coffee grounds that applied directly on the skin can blocking UV rays that can lead to skin cancer.
These are 7 benefits of coffee for skin, may this article useful to all. Let get coffee :)
Friday, October 18, 2013
7 tuck Secrets of the Stars
Celebrities always look fabulous. Whether appearing ropes television or films or strutting rejected the red carpet during movie premiers and awards, they never stop to fascinate us with their worthier than life substantive. The truth is, concrete takes a covey of effort to gander the gate they do, and over the civic figures that they are, they cannot afford to casual off when substantive comes to lovely care of their unfeigned appearances. Their maintenance largely depends on how they look. Aside from the clothes, the hair further the makeup, celebrities have to manage good responsibility of their bodies.
So it is no nonplus that these stars have their own secrets when palpable comes to staying fit and gorgeous. Their health agenda can range from extreme workouts to well-planned meals.
Who doesn't want to know their secrets in staying absolutely sexy? Here are some of the nutriment secrets of seven women celebrities.
1. Jennifer Aniston
The star of the phenomenal television show Friends not only mesmerized audiences with her adorable comic attribute and her famous hairstyle, she was also intimate as having only of the sexiest bodies predominance Hollywood, due to she appeared in rife magazine covers. To stay trim, Jennifer follows the 40:30:30 nutrition method. The diet consists of:
40% Low glycemic carbohydrates
-Foods such as beans, fruits and vegetables, legumes
30% gaunt proteins
-Tofu, fish, chicken, turkey, impact and low fat dairy products
30% essential fats
-nuts and seeds, fish and olive oils
It is particular that every meal should admit macronutrients to attain the balance of hormones besides acute weight loss.
2. Kate Hudson
The statuesque daughter of actress Goldie Hawn gained 60 pounds during her pregnancy, which she needed to shed hastily before commencing on her coming film. From her previous eating plan, female switched to a higher protein tuck. She irritated high protein meals mark smaller portions, further she combined this diet cache an exercise rut that includes weight trial and cardiovascular workouts. After getting a lot of flak considering of her post-pregnancy figure, Kate pessimistic all that baby ascendancy in only four months besides has gained abdominal muscles that gained the envy of many impact Hollywood.
3. Oprah Winfrey
As one of the markedly successful talk-show hosts in the world, there is no catechize that Oprah needs to push on her physical appearance now her millions of audiences. close as unaccompanied of those celebrities who are constantly battling determination gain, she has recently toned up her figure besides has never looked body in ripen 50 by combining a regular motion regime and diet plan. Oprah works out five days a week, spending 30 weekly on the threadmill and doing free weights. Her eating movement consists of legumes, fish, nuts, fruits and vegetables, chicken and dairy merchandise that are lowfat. boytoy limits her consumption of white sugar besides flour. Oprah also credits her trim figure to her habit of not eating existence hard by seven in the evening.
4. Gwyneth Paltrow
A lot of people may pride undeniable onerous to believe that the perpetually slim Academy award-winning actress actually needs to meal. Gwyneth actually follows a healthy eating business that resembles Oprah's, avoiding sugar and white flour. lady usually follows a macrobiotic diet, eating foods like vegetables, brown rice, and lean meat. coed also eliminated dairy from her diet, and does yoga everyday.
5. Madonna
The pop popular figure familiar as the material Girl has always swanky a body that is to die for, further has become a true fitness paragon over the dotage. She keeps herself in tip-top shape by having Ashtanga Yoga, and follows a strict edible that mostly shuns junk foods. damsel adopted a macrobiotic eating plan that includes unitary foods rich influence bony protein.
6. Claudia Schiffer
The bodacious German supermodel tuck salad again steamed vegetables considering dinner and eats only fruits before the afternoon. While on locations, jail bait prefers to eat black grapes and drinks tomato juice and herbal tea.
7. Christie Brinkley
Long-time supermodel maintains her all-American good looks by being a vegetarian. female does not keep junk foods of any kind inside her home to make sure that she does not eat them when cravings occur. She snacks on lush potatoes pull decree of candy bars, also maid adopts a liquid dominion tuck when she needs to slim down fast.
Celebrities are just like retiring people.
They need to maintain their figures seemly like anyone else, and there is supplementary pressure on their part since they are constantly in the civic eye. self-effacing folks can have celebrity-like bodies, too, besides by next these diet and fitness plans, they can also look be entertained red-carpet worthy.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Super 7 Benefits of Garlic
If you always get rid of sliced garlic in your dish, it looks like it should be eliminated. The reason, not just to add flavor and aroma of cooking, but also provide many health benefits. Include the following:
1. Against bacteria and viruses. By eating two garlic suing once a day, will assist you in maintaining a healthy body, especially in the fight against bacteria and viruses, such as coughs and colds.
2. The content contained in the antibacterial garlic also helps in removing stubborn acne. How, you simply slice a clove of garlic, then spread to the face with acne. Your recipe can also be used to remove the scar that has dried up.
3. If you love to eat organic vegetables, water, garlic juice can also be an alternative as a natural pesticide.
4. Garlic has the ability to prevent the formation of cholesterol gallstones by increasing the metabolism of cholesterol.
5. Garlic is known to benefit the cardiovascular system, by reducing blood pressure by relaxing the blood vessels. Thus it reduces the risk of hypertension and heart attack.
6. Content allium is a compound that makes garlic smell out of favor. But that case, the compound is actually able to prevent osteoporosis.
7. Garlic provides essential micronutrients such as vitamin A, B, C, selenium, iodine, potassium, iron, zinc, calcium and magnesium. Materials that act as enzymes to increase metabolism.
How to use. To maximize the benefits contained in garlic, should not be eaten raw, as they may interfere with the stomach. Therefore, it is recommended that first garlic stewed, fried, or roasted before eating. For added flavor, you should let stand about 10 minutes before processing.
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1. Against bacteria and viruses. By eating two garlic suing once a day, will assist you in maintaining a healthy body, especially in the fight against bacteria and viruses, such as coughs and colds.
2. The content contained in the antibacterial garlic also helps in removing stubborn acne. How, you simply slice a clove of garlic, then spread to the face with acne. Your recipe can also be used to remove the scar that has dried up.
3. If you love to eat organic vegetables, water, garlic juice can also be an alternative as a natural pesticide.
4. Garlic has the ability to prevent the formation of cholesterol gallstones by increasing the metabolism of cholesterol.
5. Garlic is known to benefit the cardiovascular system, by reducing blood pressure by relaxing the blood vessels. Thus it reduces the risk of hypertension and heart attack.
6. Content allium is a compound that makes garlic smell out of favor. But that case, the compound is actually able to prevent osteoporosis.
7. Garlic provides essential micronutrients such as vitamin A, B, C, selenium, iodine, potassium, iron, zinc, calcium and magnesium. Materials that act as enzymes to increase metabolism.
How to use. To maximize the benefits contained in garlic, should not be eaten raw, as they may interfere with the stomach. Therefore, it is recommended that first garlic stewed, fried, or roasted before eating. For added flavor, you should let stand about 10 minutes before processing.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Heres 7 Reasons Why Must Choose Organic Foods
7 Reasons, Why Must Choose Organic Foods | Eating organic foods has long been popular. However, some people may not know why organic food is better. Organic food is produced without using synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, genetic engineering, antibiotics, growth hormones, preservatives, or dyes.
The benefits of organic food not only for health but also reduce pollution pestisidan and other chemicals on earth, "said Barbara Haumann, a spokeswoman for Organic Trade Association.
I wonder what are the reasons why you should choose organic foods?
1. Fruits and vegetables rich in organic nutrients. "Evidence suggests that organic food contains higher iron, magnesium, and vitamin C, and lower nitrate content. Nitrates are found in synthetic fertilizers, "Haumann said.
A number of studies at the University of California have also shown that, fruits and organic vegetables may have a certain higher level of antioxidants. Researchers have reported that organic tomatoes contained on average 79-97 percent of flavonoid phytochemicals that may help prevent heart disease.
2. Organic farming reduces exposure to harmful pesticides. Numerous studies have shown that exposure to some synthetic fertilizers are used on some plants can be harmful to human health. A study published in the journal BMC Neurology found that people exposed to pesticides 1.6 times more likely to develop Parkinsons disease compared with those without.
According to a new study, exposure to pesticides has been associated with ADHD and can interfere with female hormones. Because organic agriculture does not use pesticides, buy organic support system that reduces the overall exposure to pesticides.
3. Meat and milk from animals fed organic foods contain more healthy fats. According to studies conducted in the UK, organic farms tend to produce milk and meat with higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). The content can prevent some types of cancer, helps control weight and lower cholesterol.
If the grass is eaten by animals have plenty of essential fatty acids, so the meat will also have a lot more essential fatty acids, "said Caplan.
4. Organic farming protects the environment. In addition to harm humans, the chemicals used in synthetic fertilizers can have negative consequences for the environment. In contrast, organic practices have been shown to protect soil and water and reduce its carbon footprint.
5. Organic products are processed without hormones or antibiotics. Organic livestock can not be treated with growth hormones or antibiotics subterapi, commonly prescribed to prevent than to cure sick animals sick animals. The use of antibiotics in food has been associated with a proliferation of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found evidence that antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in meat and poultry can also be found in the gut of the consumer. Another study from Johns Hopkins showed that the bacteria in the air from concentrated animal feeding (CAFO) may be transferred from animals to humans.
6. Organic products contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). A GMO is an organism that was injected with genetic material from other species to create its own version that does not occur in nature and can not be produced with a distinctive mode of crossing. In the case of crops, GMOs are most often made to establish pest-resistant crops and strong chemicals.
Potential negative effects, largely unknown, but several studies have shown that GMOs can harm health. Several studies with laboratory animals have linked genetically modified foods with a variety of health problems, including allergic reactions and disturbances in the liver, kidney, and heart.
7. Organic farming supports animal welfare. On a commercial farm animals are often forced to live in very small cages restrict movement. The animals are also given growth hormones that can have serious consequences. Chickens are given growth hormones have been known to develop a physical disability or loss of ability to walk. [detik.com]
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The benefits of organic food not only for health but also reduce pollution pestisidan and other chemicals on earth, "said Barbara Haumann, a spokeswoman for Organic Trade Association.
I wonder what are the reasons why you should choose organic foods?
Here are 7 reasons to choose organic foods as quoted from Fitbie, among others:
1. Fruits and vegetables rich in organic nutrients. "Evidence suggests that organic food contains higher iron, magnesium, and vitamin C, and lower nitrate content. Nitrates are found in synthetic fertilizers, "Haumann said.
A number of studies at the University of California have also shown that, fruits and organic vegetables may have a certain higher level of antioxidants. Researchers have reported that organic tomatoes contained on average 79-97 percent of flavonoid phytochemicals that may help prevent heart disease.
2. Organic farming reduces exposure to harmful pesticides. Numerous studies have shown that exposure to some synthetic fertilizers are used on some plants can be harmful to human health. A study published in the journal BMC Neurology found that people exposed to pesticides 1.6 times more likely to develop Parkinsons disease compared with those without.
According to a new study, exposure to pesticides has been associated with ADHD and can interfere with female hormones. Because organic agriculture does not use pesticides, buy organic support system that reduces the overall exposure to pesticides.
3. Meat and milk from animals fed organic foods contain more healthy fats. According to studies conducted in the UK, organic farms tend to produce milk and meat with higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). The content can prevent some types of cancer, helps control weight and lower cholesterol.
If the grass is eaten by animals have plenty of essential fatty acids, so the meat will also have a lot more essential fatty acids, "said Caplan.
4. Organic farming protects the environment. In addition to harm humans, the chemicals used in synthetic fertilizers can have negative consequences for the environment. In contrast, organic practices have been shown to protect soil and water and reduce its carbon footprint.
5. Organic products are processed without hormones or antibiotics. Organic livestock can not be treated with growth hormones or antibiotics subterapi, commonly prescribed to prevent than to cure sick animals sick animals. The use of antibiotics in food has been associated with a proliferation of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found evidence that antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in meat and poultry can also be found in the gut of the consumer. Another study from Johns Hopkins showed that the bacteria in the air from concentrated animal feeding (CAFO) may be transferred from animals to humans.
6. Organic products contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). A GMO is an organism that was injected with genetic material from other species to create its own version that does not occur in nature and can not be produced with a distinctive mode of crossing. In the case of crops, GMOs are most often made to establish pest-resistant crops and strong chemicals.
Potential negative effects, largely unknown, but several studies have shown that GMOs can harm health. Several studies with laboratory animals have linked genetically modified foods with a variety of health problems, including allergic reactions and disturbances in the liver, kidney, and heart.
7. Organic farming supports animal welfare. On a commercial farm animals are often forced to live in very small cages restrict movement. The animals are also given growth hormones that can have serious consequences. Chickens are given growth hormones have been known to develop a physical disability or loss of ability to walk. [detik.com]
May you also interest in 7 Reasons, Why Must Choose Organic Foods
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
7 Best Fruits Body Health
7 Best Fruits body health - It has long been believed that humans fruits are foods that are good for health. Some fruits can be used as herbal medicine. One of them to prevent dehydration as a substitute water. Well here are seven types of fruits that are best to maintain our health.
1. kiwi
The benefits of kiwi are so great. Kiwi is a source of potassium, a mineral that helps lower blood pressure, and beneficial for the autonomic nervous system that controls heart rate, contains a lot of vitamin E, magnesium and fiber. The content of vitamin C in kiwifruit is larger than an orange.
2. apple
Although vitamin C is not very high, but the apples have high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids that can enhance the benefits of vitamin C. As a result, the risk of bowel problems, heart attack, cancer and stroke decreased.
3. strawberries
Strawberries have the highest antioxidant content than other fruits. In addition, the fruit that tastes a little acid can protect the body from cancer causing, and deep vein thrombosis.
4. orange
Takes two to four oranges a day may make the flu away, lower cholesterol and prevent and dissolve kidney stones. Not only that, the habit of eating citrus was also able to reduce the risk of colon cancer.
5. watermelon
In addition to contain minerals up to 92%, watermelon also had higher levels of glutathione; antidote to free radicals, repellent toxins and boost immunity. Watermelon is also a major source of lycopene.
6. guava
Guava has many health benefits. Eating them regularly can accelerate blood circulation, maintain fluid balance in the body, lowering blood pressure and preventing cancer. Besides good for health, guava have good taste.
7. papaya
Papaya is one of foods that contain lycopene, a nutrient that is very effective in preventing and combating the spread of cancer cells. Papaya also contains other is as a source of vitamin C, potassium and folic acid which makes it a very healthy fruit.
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7 Best Fruits Body Health
1. kiwi
The benefits of kiwi are so great. Kiwi is a source of potassium, a mineral that helps lower blood pressure, and beneficial for the autonomic nervous system that controls heart rate, contains a lot of vitamin E, magnesium and fiber. The content of vitamin C in kiwifruit is larger than an orange.
2. apple
Although vitamin C is not very high, but the apples have high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids that can enhance the benefits of vitamin C. As a result, the risk of bowel problems, heart attack, cancer and stroke decreased.
3. strawberries
Strawberries have the highest antioxidant content than other fruits. In addition, the fruit that tastes a little acid can protect the body from cancer causing, and deep vein thrombosis.
4. orange
Takes two to four oranges a day may make the flu away, lower cholesterol and prevent and dissolve kidney stones. Not only that, the habit of eating citrus was also able to reduce the risk of colon cancer.
5. watermelon
In addition to contain minerals up to 92%, watermelon also had higher levels of glutathione; antidote to free radicals, repellent toxins and boost immunity. Watermelon is also a major source of lycopene.
6. guava
Guava has many health benefits. Eating them regularly can accelerate blood circulation, maintain fluid balance in the body, lowering blood pressure and preventing cancer. Besides good for health, guava have good taste.
7. papaya
Papaya is one of foods that contain lycopene, a nutrient that is very effective in preventing and combating the spread of cancer cells. Papaya also contains other is as a source of vitamin C, potassium and folic acid which makes it a very healthy fruit.
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