Category Food & Drinks
Tomatoes Are Better For You When Cooked!
In keeping with my last few posts on cooked, nutrient dense foods I thought it was time to discuss the humble yet amazing tomato. Tomatoes are far more than just a delicious fruit. Eating tomatoes may help lower your risk of stroke, improve male fertility, and protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease.…
Eat More Carrots And Pumpkin!
You may have heard about the benefits of raw foods, and all of that is still true. But what is equally true is that some nutrients are more bioavailable when the food has been cooked. Carotenoids are a good example of this. Carotenoids are a group of mainly yellow, orange, or red fat-soluble pigments, including carotene, which give colour to plant parts such as ripe tomatoes and autumn leaves.…
Do Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat?
Artificial sweeteners and the huge list of products sweetened with them are marketed to you relentlessly as “healthy foods” or “healthier” than sugar or corn syrup sweetened products. But are they really? …
Why Drink Broth?
Winter ailments are around in force, so it’s really important to look after our immune health. Bone broth is a good old fashioned nutritional tonic that is making a comeback! There are many proven health benefits of regularly drinking good quality bone broth…and it’s easy and inexpensive to make.…