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We are what we eat? Read this, get healthy, feel better! (Part 1 of 2)
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Mar 05, 2016 1:38 PM EST
Three websites recommended by Michael Greger for whole-food, plant-based recipes:• Forks Over Knives• Straight Up Food (healthy and delicious vegan recipes using no salt, sugar or oil)• Happy Healthy Long Life (a medical librarian's adventures in evidence-based living)
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Mar 06, 2016 6:35 AM EST
This is interesting: Expert Tips on How to Cook Without Oil (Darshana Thacker, Forks & Knives, 8-16-15) Steam, poach, boil, and stew your dishes. Here's a breakdown of how to sauté, stir-fry, bake, and roast without added fat.
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Mar 25, 2016 9:50 AM EDT
• If the Greek diet is so healthy, why are so many Greeks overweight? (Elena Paravantes, Reveal, 10-29-12)."[T]oday, many Greeks are limiting themselves to two teaspoons of olive oil a day, using margarine in their cooking, eating plenty of meat and following an Atkins-style diet in an effort to lose weight. And it’s not working." Find Greek recipes on Elena's blog Olive Tomato (Greek food, nutrition, and more)
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Apr 08, 2016 12:53 PM EDT
A Breakdown of Sweeteners (Melissa King, My Whole Food Life, 11-7-12) She writes, "The sweeteners we like to use are organic raw honey, organic coconut sugar, and organic pure maple syrup." And then she tells us what is in good and bad in all the sweeteners you'll find on supermarket shelves.
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Apr 19, 2016 11:01 AM EDT
11 healthy versions of your favorite desserts (Sabrina Abbas, The Liberty Project, 4-18-16). Report here if you try a recipe and it's wonderful. At Tampa Bay farm-to-table restaurants,you’re being fed fiction (Laura Reiley, Tampa Bay Times, 2016)How to tell if your ‘local’ food is actually local (2016)
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May 25, 2016 4:53 PM EDT
If you fight hypotension (and for other reasons) you might want to read The Dark Side Of Kale (And How To Eat Around It) (Rachel Zimmerman, WBUR's CommonHealth Reform and Reality, 1-10-14)
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Mar 14, 2018 11:08 AM EDT
The gut microbiome is opening a new field of medicine (Abigail Eisenstadt, AAAS meeting coverage, National Association of Science Writers, 3-10-18). See more on the subject here: Your gut microbiome
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