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Focus on Food: Blackberries

laurel — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:36:12 +0000

It’s Monday and today is the first in a new weekly blog post series called “Focus on Food” here at Laurel on Health Food. Each week on Monday I’ll feature one healthy whole food with fun facts, some nutritional knowledge, and some tips for how to eat them. I hope you enjoy it! Today’s feature: [...]

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Joy Bauer’s Food Cures

laurel — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:44:37 +0000

Last week I had the amazing opportunity to attend a luncheon celebrating the re-release of NYT best-selling author and Today Show nutritionist Joy Bauer‘s book Food Cures here in NYC. The luncheon took place at Nio’s, a chic restaurant and wine bar nestled inside The Muse Hotel on 46th Street. Joy was gracious and beautiful, [...]

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Mushroom Love

laurel — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:05:46 +0000

During vacation I caught one of Jamie Oliver’s food shows, Jamie at Home, on the Food Network and it was an episode all about mushrooms. Jamie knows a guy who’s a wild mushroom expert, and the two of them went out in the woods to pick fresh wild mushrooms for the recipes. One of my [...]

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Day 5: Cold Weather Recipes

laurel — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:21:23 +0000

Did you think I’d get through a whole winter week without featuring a curry recipe? I think not! Day 5 is here already, and today’s recipe is for the curry lovers out there. You can serve this one with roasted sweet potatoes, brown rice, or a slice of whole grain bread. There’s lots of sauce, [...]

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Afternoon Pick-Me-Up

laurel — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:51:33 +0000

Do you get tired and sluggish between 2:00 and 4:00 everyday? Most of us do, and for those in a typical office environment, it’s hard not to get addicted to the coffee pot or the candy machine. I feel for my friends who have bowls of candy lying around at their office. How are you [...]

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Cut Cancer Risk with Vitamin K

laurel — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:48:07 +0000

Vitamin K is such an important vitamin, but we never hear much about it. In your body, vitamin K works to keep your blood clotting normally, prevent bones from breaking, prevent hardening of your arteries, and protect against cancer. A recent Mayo Clinic study found that people who ate lots of vitamin-K rich foods were [...]

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Curried Quinoa Salad

laurel — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:47:08 +0000

I ended up going out on both Friday and Saturday night over the weekend, which I normally don’t do, so I was really tired out yesterday. I spent the day watching episodes of Lost and taking naps. What a lazy Sunday! Finally in the afternoon I got some energy up to make food for the [...]

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Heart-Healthy Lycopene

laurel — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:23:33 +0000

Lycopene is the healthy phytonutrient that gives the bright red color to produce such as watermelon and tomatoes. Studies show that lycopene helps keep your blood vessels in their best shape, prevents cancer, and keeps your cholesterol at healthy levels. Here are some of the best food sources of lycopene: Watermelon Tomatoes (red, orange, and [...]

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Unhealthy Ingredients to Avoid

laurel — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:28:57 +0000

Reading labels can be pretty tricky, especially when it comes to ingredients. But it’s important to read the list of ingredients in the foods we purchase, because we can’t trust the health claims advertised on the box. It’s easy for a company to say their food is “heart healthy” or “natural” without having any real [...]

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Green Tea Fix

laurel — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:18:36 +0000

What’s your favorite morning or afternoon drink? Have you considered green tea? It just might be your healthiest choice. A recent study conducted at the Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan found that drinking 1 cup or more of green tea every day dramatically reduces your risk of lung cancer, especially for smokers. The antioxidants [...]

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