Three Tips to Pack a Green Meal to Go (Recipe Included)

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Quick question:  Do you know what you’re having for dinner?  Don’t panic if you don’t have a clue – you’re not alone.  Up to one third of Americans don’t know what they will be eating for supper on any given day, an underlying cause of relying on prepared food fast high in convenience and packaging [...]

How to Cure Common Ailments With Peppermint

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I’m not a fan of most conventional medications.  No matter how bad an occasional headache might get, you’ll never find me reaching for a bottle of Excedrin.  The same goes for an upset stomach–I’d rather just ride it out than chug Pepto Bismol or chew those  chalky tablets.  Chest cold?  Call me Superwoman, but I’ll [...]

Debunking the Protein Myths: 6 sources of Vegetable Protein.

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We have all heard that to lose weight and build muscle we should eat more protein. The Atkins diet had huge success with this concept for many years, until the founder died a few years ago. He reportedly had a heart attack, congestive heart failure and hypertension at the time of his death. Interesting. Typically, [...]

Are Vegetables as Good for You as They Used to Be?

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According to research published in The Journal of HortScience, produce now lacks not only the taste, but also the amount of nutrients it had just 50 years ago. Vegetables today are larger, but contain more “dry matter” which dilutes the concentrations of minerals.  This results in 5% to 40% less magnesium, iron, calcium, and zinc. [...]

The Great American Meatout – Change Your Diet, Change the World!

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Meatout (now in its 25th year) has become the world’s largest and oldest annual grassroots diet education campaign. Every year on the first day of spring, thousands of supporters in the United States and several other countries participate and encourage others to go meatless for a day (or a lifetime), and discover a more compassionate [...]

Recycling Grub: Best Leftover Recipes

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Editor’s Note: This is a contribution from one our content partners, Divine Caroline. By Allison Fishman of MainStreet for DivineCaroline.com One of my favorite dinners as a kid was “leftover night,” when my parents would resurrect the greatest hits from the previous week. Only now do I realize they were not only serving me delicious [...]

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Girl Scouts cookies – Courage, Confidence, Character & Corn Syrup

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The economy may be in the toilet but ones things for sure this time of year the Girl Scouts will be out in whatever city or rural town selling their cookies. Yes, they have expanded their selection from the basic chocolate chip to such flavors as Dulce de Leche but for $4 a box the [...]