Asparagus for Love & Beauty
There’s a reason asparagus is wildly abundant at this time of year at farmers’ markets across North America. Nature knows our body is in need of a spring cleanse, and asparagus is a superb and succulent detox veg.
Asparagus is a natural diuretic, and fills...
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If ever there was a poster child for health food, it would be the carrot. But that notoriety hasn’t helped its sex appeal. No. People like to make fun of carrots as “rabbit food” and claim they’re the only thing vegetarians or “health nuts” must eat. Carrots are often banished to...
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When it comes to beauty, there may be no more attractive food on the planet than the blueberry. These beauteous blue beads are packed so full of youth and health-enhancing goodness they ought to be a staple in our cosmetics and medicine cabinets as well as our kitchen!
With higher levels of...
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By: Moira Nordholt
It’s a known fact that whole grains are good for you, but did you know that women who eat whole grains weigh less? In a 12-year Harvard Medical School study of female nurses between the ages of 38 and 63, those who consistently ate whole grains weighed less and...
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By: Moira Nordholt
It’s available everywhere, it’s inexpensive, it’s fast and easy to whip up, it’s extremely versatile, highly nutritious, and best of all, its mild nutty flavor and lightly chewy texture makes for the most delicious salads, cereals, pilafs, stir-frys, soups, casseroles and burgers.
Ancient Incans called it the “Mother Grain” for its life-giving and...
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Garlic is a Superfood no GGG’s kitchen should be without. It’s the most popular medicinal plant in history. Used by ancient civilizations as a source of strength and to help cure diseases of the blood and immune system, garlic is widely revered for its antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties.
Medical studies have shown garlic to...
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By: Moira Nordholt
“After all the trouble you go to, you get about as much actual “food” out of eating an artichoke as you would from licking 30 or 40 postage stamps.” ~Miss Piggy
I was seventeen and living in Paris. After I’d been there already eight months, a girlfriend...
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