Taking excellent care of our young ones is a one of the best gifts parents can give to their children to ensure their optimal health as they grow and mature. This is imperative as youngsters are building an intricate system of physiologic processes and laying down physical structures for a lifetime. Their bodies are undergoing [...]
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Posted in cooked vegetables on Dec 23rd, 2009
Remember all those Russian centenarians? My grandmother is 98 and she always had these root vegetables as part of her weekly menu. Beets, often consumed by pickling or in borscht, the traditional Russian soup, may be one reason behind their long and healthy lives. These colorful rooties contain powerful nutrient compounds that help protect against [...]
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“Choose what is best; habit will soon follow.”
Every day we face many choices. If you think about it, each moment of the day we are making choices. We choose what we think, what we eat, what we say, what we feel what we imagine and how we react. We are a sum of our choices. [...]
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Which is Healthier for you? Raw vs. Cooked Vegetables
Raw Food enthusiasts make some serious assertions about the benefits of eating raw foods. They state that food in its natural state has its full complement of vitamins, minerals, food enzymes and much more. Moreover, if one wants the maximum amounts of these nutrients in a foods, [...]
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