Properly Preparing Foods: Nuts and Seeds
When eating a health-promoting diet, it is important to have a great variety of food in your diet. This includes both animal foods and plant foods. We are being encouraged to eat more and more plant-based foods. The challenge can be that many plant-based foods are difficult to digest. I will be doing a series on how to properly prepare foods to release the most nutrients and not challenge our digestive systems.
Keep Your Heart Beating Strong
February is National Heart Month so I thought I would share a few tidbits to keep your heart beating strong.
Fun Heart Facts
A healthy heart pumps 2000 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels every day.
In America, approximately 48% live with some form of cardiovascular disease.
A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s by about 8 beats.
Superfood: Spirulina
Doesn’t this just sound like a fun food by its name? As I have shared in other posts, superfoods contain high levels of essential nutrients, both as food and medicinal in their properties. Let’s look at Spirulina.
What is in Your Food? Maltodextrin
Maltodextrin is a very common food additive found in many processed foods; it was introduced into our food supply between 1967 and 1973. It is made by cooking starches such as corn, rice, potato, or wheat; then adding acids or enzymes to further break it down. When processing is complete, a water soluble, neutral tasting white powder is formed. It is closely related to corn syrup solids but has less sugar content with no nutritional value.
