I’ve been reading the book Breakthrough by Suzanne Somers recently and I wanted to share a part of the book with you – a part that I found very relevant and interesting. I knew of most of these comparisons before I read the book but I know that you will find them quite clever. Here’s [...]
Archive for March, 2010
You Are What You Eat
Posted in Comparisons on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sprout To Find Out
Posted in Sprouts on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
All living foods come from a seed. Most plants spend much of their energy producing these seeds. Containing vital nutrients – vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, carbohydrates – these seeds will wait until the perfect environment shows up and then ta-da a miracle grows! The seed (or grain/legume) germinates and a little sprout will begin to [...]
Kale, Carrot, Celery, Apple, Lemon, Lime, Oh My!
Posted in Juicing on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image Source: The Family Groove Happy St.Patty’s Day! Did you wear green and have a big green drink? I sure did…mmm kale! Actually, it was a big glass of fresh kale, carrot, apple, celery, lemon, and lime juice! Yum yum! If there was only one thing that I could recommend to someone who wants to [...]
Know Your Plastics
Posted in Plastic on March 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image Source: Gad Reichman If it weren’t for the Great Depression we may have never seen or heard of Tupperware. Earl Tupper was a business man who went bankrupt, lost his companies, and landed a job at DuPoint Chemical Company. Using pieces of scrap given to him by the company, he molded it into containers [...]
Mmmmatcha
Posted in Matcha on March 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Image Source: Island Tea Shop The ancient Japanese green tea – Magical Matcha. Matcha is powdered green tea. It can be used as an ingredient or as a tea. The whole tea leaves are consumed, not just steeped and thrown away. Harvesting is done once a year in Japan and only in the Spring. During [...]
Seafood Is Good For You…Right?
Posted in Seafood on March 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
More than a billion people rely mostly on seafood for their protein; another 2.6 billion people get 20% of their protein from seafood. Our population is rapidly growing, expanding, and eating more and more fish. I’m reading a book right now by Taras Grescoe called Bottomfeeder. It focuses on the ecological devastation and the edible [...]
The Many Uses of Coke
Posted in Soft Drinks on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by Doctor John Pemberton. Today, Coca-Cola is the world’s largest beverage company. Along with Coke and Diet Coke the company also markets Fanta, Sprite, Powerade, Nestea, Minute Maid, Fruitopia, Fuze, Dasani, Odwalla, and the list goes on (you can see it here). Now we are all aware of the effects [...]
Life + Love = Chocolate
Posted in Cacao on March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Mmm…chocolate. Who doesn’t love chocolate? Chocolate kind of gets a bad rep around town known as the sweet fatty yummy food we go to when we need a pick-me-up or when were upset. Is chocolate really that bad? Oh touché! Now you can eat your chocolate, enjoy it, and feel great about eating it too! [...]
