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Fresh Juice – Can it Meet All Your Nutritional Needs?
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Fresh Juice – Can it Meet All Your Nutritional Needs?

Healthy Eating, Juicing

Fresh Juice – Can it Meet All Your Nutritional Needs?

I try to drink a fresh juice every day. Why? Regularly flooding our bodies with nutrition-packed fresh juice is one of the most reliable methods for staying energized, and for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight and vitality as we age. Fresh juice is an exceptional liquid multivitamin. Juice is rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, [...]

Is Bone Broth Helpful or Harmful?
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Is Bone Broth Helpful or Harmful?

Healthy Eating, Nutrition

Is Bone Broth Helpful or Harmful?

Bone broth, stock made from animal bones, is touted by many as health promoting. You see cartons of it in the grocery stores (this “miracle” broth is even available on the pet food aisle.) Well known individuals like Dr. Axe promote and sell a bone broth protein powder and bone broth protein bars, and a [...]

Getting Healthy in the Age of Nutrition Confusion
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Getting Healthy in the Age of Nutrition Confusion

Healthy Eating, Nutrition

Getting Healthy in the Age of Nutrition Confusion

People used to know how to eat. They ate what they (or someone nearby) pulled out of the ground or plucked from a plant. It was fresh, seasonal and good for you. And someone in the house knew how to turn all of that delicious produce into mouthwatering meals that nourished the [...]

2010 Fruit & Veggie Report Card – What’s Your Grade?
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2010 Fruit & Veggie Report Card – What’s Your Grade?

Nutrition

2010 Fruit & Veggie Report Card – What’s Your Grade?

Recently the National Fruit & Vegetable Alliance (NFVA) released the National Action Plan to Promote Health Through Increased Fruit and Vegetable Consumption 2010 Report Card. You may recall that way back in 2005 the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans dramatically increased the recommended servings of fruit and vegetables from 5-9 [...]