Legumes are part of a healthy whole food diet One of the best healthy diet tips I can give is to eat more legumes. As more studies are done and analyzed, it is becoming obvious that a whole food diet…
How Not To Die by Michael Greger, M.D.
How Not To Die How Not To Die is written by Micheal Greger, M.D. with Gene Stone. This book was published in late 2015 by Flatiron Books, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. There are 562 pages including an…
Stuffed Pork Roast For Special Occasions
About this stuffed pork roast recipe Stuffed pork roast will “wow” everyone. The filling ingredients and low temperature roasting make pork loin tender, juicy and bursting with flavor. The bacon wrap and spiral center look great on any plate. Any…
Fermented Soy For Whole Food Health
About fermented soy Fermented soy products are a great source of easily digestible complete protein. There are also plenty of minerals and other important nutrients. What you don’t get with fermented soy is animal protein, saturated fats or cholesterol. There…
Health News Headlines: The Top Five
Health news headlines include problems from too much red meat protein, decoding ancient grain genomes and the wonderful world of our microbiome. As always, there was plenty of interesting news, far too much for one post. So here are my…
Coconut Curry Boniato-Vegan One Pan Eats
About this recipe Boniato is a versatile and nutritious member of the sweet potato family. But this fiber filled tuber only has half as much sugar as most varieties of sweet potato. I like using boniato in savory recipes as…
Fat In Our Diet-The Latest Research
Why we need to eat fats? Staying healthy means getting all the necessary vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat soluble. They must bind to fats in the stomach in order to be absorbed…
Mamey Sapote For A Nutritious, Delicious Dessert
Mamey sapote is a tropical fruit native to southern Mexico and Central America. It now grows throughout the Caribbean Islands, southern Florida, Texas, California and Hawaii. The outer brown husk is fuzzy like a peach. The flesh is salmon colored…
Conch Salad Recipe To Taste The Bahamas
About Conch Conch is a large Caribbean mollusk and unofficial national dish of the Bahamas. It cannot be harvested in the United States but is widely available frozen. Conch flesh is bright white and very firm; one big piece of…
More Fiber Is Healthier In Many Ways
What is dietary fiber? Fiber is a large group of nutrient compounds. Dietary fiber is not usually digested or absorbed in the stomach or small intestine. It is present in almost all plant based foods. Whole foods contain more fiber…