The problem is not all grains, but refined grains We should not fear whole grains. People have probably eating whole grains since the first person became hungry and grabbed a handful of grass seeds. These grass seeds might never have…
About okra Okra is an often overlooked vegetable that offers a lot of health benefits. Native to north-east Africa, okra is now grown throughout the world’s tropical and warmer temperate areas. It grows best in soils that are both fertile…
Superfoods have been back in the news recently with posts on several food/health blogs and other sites. These are the foods that we can’t live without. If we do not eat them regularly we cannot be really healthy. They have…
About Okra Okra is a wonderful and underutilized vegetable. The young pods are best and cook more quickly when still tender but fully mature pods work fine with just a little extra cooking time and moisture. Okra supplies a lot…
Variety maximizes whole food health. Variety in any diet also makes the diet more sustainable for the long term. A healthy whole food diet is different from most diets that concentrate on weight loss or muscle-mass gain or some other…
Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are, in order, the four most popular berries in the US. They should be part of every healthy whole food diet. All four berry varieties provide high amounts of necessary vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, many…
Since I am usually cooking for 2-4 people(or two people with leftovers), I like to use small 2-5 pound pumpkins as soon as they show up at the farmers’ markets and produce stands. A pumpkin in this size range will…
I do not place much value on our government’s nutritional recommendations. Whether they are called RDA’s(recommended daily allowances) or MDR’s(minimum daily requirements) or some other alphabet combination, all of these guidelines are based on the premise that everyone must take…
The mango has long been called the “king of fruits” for its combination of taste, aroma and health promoting properties. Eating a mango will get you all of the major vitamins and minerals along with a good dose of healthy…
Papayas are a tropical fruit full of healthy antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds, vitamins and minerals. They also contain the enzyme papain that helps to digest proteins in a similar way to bromelain from pineapples. Dietary fiber is abundant, helping to…