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This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for awhile, but I wanted to fully test out my tips and tricks before I shared them with you. I’ve dealt with pretty severe menstrual cramps since my late teenage years and always felt like it was something I just had to accept. But over the [...]
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I’m a bit late posting for Day 6, but better late than never! The weekends always fly right by. For breakfast I swapped out my usual scoop of granola for some Vanilla Crispies I bought from One Lucky Duck on Friday. They are delicious to eat as a breakfast cereal and are made from buckwheat, [...]
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Fresh pesto is the best. It’s rich and bursting with flavor from a few of my all-time favorite foods: garlic and basil. Pesto is super versatile and can be eaten on top of anything from pasta to roasted veggies. It’s easy to find prepared pesto in a jar at your local supermarket, but making it [...]
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With all the freezing cold weather we’ve been having across the country, you’re probably not thinking about gardening or growing any plants. But, winter time is actually a great time to grow some fresh herbs indoors. In my apartment, we have fresh basil and rosemary that are still alive and kickin’ on our kitchen windowsill…even [...]
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Did you know that cooking meats (beef, poultry, fish, pork) at 350 degrees or more produces carcinogenic chemicals known as heterocyclic amines (HCAs)? These chemicals are harmful in our bodies and actually increase our risk of cancer. But, I just read about a really cool study published in the Journal of Food Science. Researchers found [...]
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A new study published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience found that carnosic acid, a compound in rosemary, may prevent or reduce the severity of Alzheimer’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease, and stroke. Carnosic acid fights off damaging free radicals in your body that increase as you get older (Ref: Women’s Health, March 2008, p. 30). On a [...]
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