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Low Salt Diet? Think Again! Following a low salt diet may not be as beneficial to your health as previously thought. New studies indicate that low salt diets actually increase your risk of death from heart attack. What's a person to do? Unrefined sea salt is the answer!
Trans Fats: A Major Cause of Coronary Heart Disease It's not the saturated fats you have to look out for, it's the trans fats. Find out how this dangerous fat (and another one you may have never heard of, but is likely in that donut you just ate) can affect your health and how you can avoid them.
In Praise of Seasonal Squash We love fall and winter eating. Apples, nuts and leeks are all at their best, as well as squashes. Often overlooked, aside from the perennial favorite pumpkin pie, these little beauties come in many forms (butternut is one of our favorites but the Hubbard, buttercup and Bohemian varieties are also greatly tasty) and are a fabulous addition to soups, stews and curries as well as tasty roasted on their own or stuffed.
Your Healthy Lifestyle: Two Simple Things Not to Miss If you’ve been a healthy eater for some time now, here are two things you can do to enrich your healthy lifestyle even further. These simple tips can make a big difference in helping you feel healthier.
World Food Day October 16, 2011 has been designated as World Food Day, and there is no better time than now to think about how what and how we eat impacts both ourselves and the planet. Even the most obese of people can be malnourished, their body craving necessary nutrients, not just fat, salt and high fructose corn syrup. These three things are what is helping to raise the rates of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Unfortunately, government policies subsidize these foods rather than healthy ones, making a McDonalds burger cheaper than an organic tomato.
Genetically Modified Food: Why Worry? One of the major PR coups of the GMO lobby to promote genetically modified food has been in convincing people that genetic modification (which used to be called genetic engineering, another PR triumph) is in no way different from the kind of selective breeding that has been practiced for centuries by botanists. Both involve the manipulation of genes, so are the same, right? In a word...no!