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Food and Nutrition

November 2007

Winter Detox: Warming Foods that Purify
by Deborah English
Winter is the perfect time to slowly and painlessly detox your body of your summer indulgences. Detoxification is a natural process that takes place in your body 24/7. Your liver...READ MORE

Breakfast Bliss
by Deborah English
Breakfast can be a dilemma. My sister tells me she slurps coffee and stuffs toast down her throat as she's running through the front door--"bird fodder, most of that toast,"...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (1)

Energize with Chai
by Deborah English
I love to make my own Chai (spiced tea). The luscious combination of spices, milk (I use soy), and honey lifts me from the occasional afternoon slump I experience when...READ MORE

A Sugar Binge Costs How Much!?
by Deborah English
Refined sugar contains no vitamins, minerals, fiber, proteins, or enzymes. It is simply empty calories likely to expand your waistline. But the story does not end there. To metabolize sugar,...READ MORE

Confessions of an (Ex) Sugar Junkie
by Deborah English
Imagine this: a brick of sticky caramel oozing out from between a thick layer of chocolate, and a biscuit base so sugary that when you bite down on it, the...READ MORE

Morocco in Your Kitchen?
by Deborah English
I love to cook - and to eat! And, what better way to spend time with friends cooking and eating than autumn and winter! Here is my version of the...READ MORE

Water Myths
by Deborah English
Drink eight glasses of water a day. Well, that's the official advice. Funnily enough, the recommendation is rumored to have sprung from an incomplete reading of an American Food and...READ MORE

Top-Notch Protein
by Deborah English
Without protein, your body cannot perform a single function - from blinking your eyes to running a marathon. Not only is protein energy, your body uses protein to build and...READ MORE

Successful Dieting: The Top Five "Don't" Rules
by Deborah English
If you're determined to diet, make sure you do it properly. You've read the entire diet "do" rules a million times right? Well, here are the top five diet "don't"...READ MORE

Super Soy Dumps Cholesterol Three Ways
by Deborah English
"Cholesterol this...cholesterol that..." I'm sick of the subject as well! But we've got to face the facts; no matter what your gender, age, or nationality, our high-stress, fast-paced, pre-packaged food...READ MORE

Fabulous Greek Dish
by Deborah English
Named "Plaki" in Greece, this fabulous fish dish is a staple in our kitchen. Greek Fish Casserole is an "all-season" dish. Eat it with mashed sweet potato (my favorite accompaniment)...READ MORE

Help Yourself to Good Health
by Deborah English
When it comes to our ability to restore our own health, we are incredibly fortunate to be living in the high-tech 21st century. What I am referring to is the...READ MORE

Super Food
by Deborah English
Tofu is a "super-food." It is high in muscle-building protein, contains a healthy dollop of omega-3 fatty acids, and unlike meat, is practically devoid of saturated fat--and what's more, it...READ MORE

Beware: The Sulfites in Your Wine Might Be Making You Sick
by Deborah English
Ever wake up feeling like you have a hangover but you only drank one--okay, two--glasses of wine last night? Remember that bit of heartburn you had? And this morning, your...READ MORE

Winter Eating that Won't Make You Fat
by Deborah English
Millions of years of evolutionary progress and our DNA hasn't yet cottoned on to the fact that modern humans don't need to store fat for the winter. The good news...READ MORE

Eat Your Vegetables for Strong Bones
by Deborah English
Dairy is often touted as the ultimate calcium food resource. I know I'm not imagining it when I say that some advertising campaigns strongly infer that dairy is the only...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (5)

Is There Such a Thing as Three-Ingredient Meatloaf?
by WiredBerries Editors
In an effort to stop eating takeout - or leftover takeout -- for dinner every night, I checked out "Recipes 1-2-3" by Rozanne Gold (Viking) from the library (unable to...READ MORE

Latte with a Side of Real Food
by WiredBerries Editors
So you went out last night and partied like a, well, you were a rock star for Halloween. Or you stayed in and made fun of how outdated The Exorcist...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (1)

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