Meatless Monday Recipe: Crockpot Lentil and Vegetable Soup
There is nothing more exciting on a busy weeknight than coming home to a house filled with warm and welcoming smells and a ready cooked meal. This Meatless Monday I present you with one of my favorite, simple, and flavorful crockpot recipes: lentil and vegetable soup. This hearty protein and fiber packed recipe only requires about 10 minutes of active cooking time and will simmer to perfection without tying you to the kitchen. Feel free to add any vegetables you have laying around, don’t feel constrained by the listed ingredients.
This recipe should make more than enough soup for 6 hungry eaters. Leftovers are even b...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - November 25, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition crockpot dinner healthy lentils meatless monday recipe soup vegan vegetables vegetarian Source Type: blogs
Have Phone, Will Travel
Happy Veterans' Day! We are all totally grateful and everything to any of you out there who have served, even though this post is not really about that.
Instead it's time for one of those "I've been on the road" camera-phone dumps, yay! (With perhaps a token nod towards health and fitness along the way).
But how about I skip the usual apology paragraph? We've already established I'm an unskilled photographer using sub-par equipment and this is just a meandering blog, not a slick fitness magazine. Let's pretend it's all on purpose and it's "gritty" or "authentic" or something. Like back when they first started using...
Source: Cranky Fitness - November 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Fall Hoop House Planting
It's Fall in New England and the weather is turning cold. Nights are in the 30's and days are in the 50's and 60's. All the ferns in the forest are brown and most of the insects are gone. On the farm, the apples are harvested, cider made, mushrooms dried, paddocks/pastures readied for winter, and the pace of harvest-related food preservation projects is slowing down.We now turn our attention to Fall and Winter plantings. Our 48x21 foot hoop house heats to 80 degrees F during the day by trapping solar energy under a 6 millimeter roof of UV resistant plastic sheeting. We use barn fans to ...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - October 24, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Dr. Perlmutter and Grain Brain on Dr. Oz
As many of you know, yesterday I had the opportunity to spend some time with my good friend Dr. Oz discussing my new book, Grain Brain, and the role of diet in determining brain health. For starters, welcome to all who are joining me for the first time. I hope you’ll take some time to read Grain Brain and participate in the dialogue that takes place on my website and on my Facebook page.
While there were many interesting and important ideas we could have discussed, we focused on the primary and detrimental role of dietary choices favoring carbohydrates as actually proving toxic to brain health. Dr. Oz and I mentioned h...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - October 22, 2013 Category: Neurologists Authors: gbadmin Tags: Events Grain Brain Blueberries Celery Dr. Oz Fruits kale Spinach Squash Tomato Vegetables Source Type: blogs
Grain Brain on Dr. Oz
As many of you know, yesterday I had the opportunity to spend some time with my good friend Dr. Oz discussing my new book, Grain Brain, and the role of diet in determining brain health. For starters, welcome to all who are joining me for the first time. I hope you’ll take some time to read Grain Brain and participate in the dialogue that takes place on my website and on my Facebook page.
While there were many interesting and important ideas we could have discussed, we focused on the primary and detrimental role of dietary choices favoring carbohydrates as actually proving toxic to brain health. I mentioned how Grain Br...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - October 22, 2013 Category: Neurologists Authors: gbadmin Tags: Events Grain Brain Blueberries Celery Dr. Oz Fruits kale Spinach Squash Tomato Vegetables Source Type: blogs
alimentary, my dear Watson
When Cal was little I freely admit that we rarely cooked and ordered out a lot due to a confluence of factors: residency, tiny apartment kitchen, ridiculous availability of cheap multi-ethnic restaurant delivery options being the primary ones. When Mack was a toddler I cooked a little bit more, but again, freely admit that I relied very heavily on the Trader Joe's ready-made-meal aisle for, well, 75% of our dinners, though supplemented with fresh fruit and vegetables to round out the microwaved, peel-back-the-plastic-wrap experience.Now, with Nina eating table food and me being somewhat more firmly entrenched in the trappi...
Source: the underwear drawer - October 16, 2013 Category: Anesthetists Authors: Michelle Au Source Type: blogs
31 Easy Ways to Eat More Plants: Celebrating National Vegetarian Awareness Month
31 Days in October, 31 Healthy Eating Ideas… Coincidence? I think Not!
October is National Vegetarian Awareness Month. It’s a great time to focus on incorporating more plant-based foods into every meal and snack. As part of my relationship with Silk (I’m a #SilkBlogger, one of two RDs on the team), I’m bringing you this post chock full of easy ideas to help you get more good stuff.
Why Aim for More Plants?
Eating more plants is a good choice for your health and the environment. Plants are loaded with beneficial fiber, vitamins, minerals, protein, antioxidants, and other nutrients your body needs to ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - October 16, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition coconut milk easy recipes eating healthy plant based diet silk soymilk vegetarian Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Reflections on our First Year as Farmers
While I'm traveling in Asia, my wife Kathy is running the farm, ensuring that all our animals are healthy, our last few harvest duties are done, and our preparations for winter have begun.Before I left, I did everything possible to minimize her tasks. I installed heating panels in the duck house so that she could move the duck babies from the brooder to the outside world. I harvested mushrooms from all our fruiting logs. I added yeast and nutrients to our fermenting apple cider. I secured all our gates, cleaned the barn, and finished moving all our building materials into the hoop house.Think...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - October 11, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Nanodiamond Sensor Could Help Detect Iron Levels in Blood
Iron presence in the body is vital to the health of an individual – lack of iron can lead to anemia, while an overabundance of iron may indicate an acute inflammatory response or chronic conditions like hemochromatosis. It is virtually impossible to detect iron itself in the blood stream, and current methods for measuring iron concentration in the body rely on estimates made from the presence of certain biomarkers, making some tests not very accurate. Researchers from Ulm University, Germany believe they have developed a new method of detecting iron concentration in the bloodstream by measuring the presence of ferrit...
Source: Medgadget - October 7, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Yona Gidalevitz Tags: Nanomedicine Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Creating the Hoophouse
This summer, as we cleared land for the orchard, we graded a level surface for a 21x48 foot hoophouse to extend our growing season and enable us to produce greens for our table and the animals year round.We purchased the steel for the structure from Ledgewood Greenhouses in New Hampshire and sought the help of River Valley Fencing to build it. Although we built the 10x30 foot shade house for mushroom cultivation ourselves, creating the 21x48 foot structure required tools and equipment we do not have. The back of the structure is T-11 plywood. The front is lucite. The top is a 6 millimeter UV resist...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - October 3, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Probiotics
My child has lots of food allergies, is it safe to give them probiotics?
Are probiotics safe for kids with food allergies? Absolutely! In fact, I especially recommend probiotics for children with allergies because some studies have shown that probiotics can lessen the immune reaction against proteins in foods.
While there’s no guarantee that probiotics will help (not all studies have demonstrated positive results), no serious adverse effects have been reported. Probiotics are very safe.
But, as you are probably learning from dealing with allergies to milk, eggs, nuts, and shellfish, it’s important to at least check...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - September 19, 2013 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Nutrition Vitamins & Supplements Source Type: blogs
This-For-That
When it comes to going gluten- or grain-free, the first complaint I always hear is the same: “But what am I going to do without my (insert grain/gluten-filled food here)!” For those of you who have the same concern, here’s a simple list of some easy substitutions you can make to phase grains and gluten out of your diet:
Instead of hamburger buns, try wrapping your patty in lettuce
Instead of a cupcake, try a square of dark chocolate
Instead of a tuna melt, try spreading it over spinach and drizzling on some olive oil
Instead of cereal, try halving a grapefruit and filling with cottage cheese
Instead of nachos, try s...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - September 19, 2013 Category: Neurologists Authors: gbadmin Tags: Nutrition Gluten Grains Source Type: blogs
Jamba Juice Can Now Be Found in the Freezer Section at Your Grocery Store
Love getting your produce in smoothie style, but hate all the chopping, dicing and slicing? Well, Jamba Juice's latest DIY home smoothie kit is just for you. The new Green Fusion smoothie combines green apple, mango, pineapple, kiwi, banana, broccoli, spinach and spirulina, a cyanobacterium that is a complete protein, in a convenient frozen pouch to offer a sweet yet hearty smoothie perfect for morning commutes, post-workout refreshment or just as a better-for-you snack. (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - August 29, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Nutrition breakfast diet food fruit smoothies snacks veggies Source Type: blogs
Juicing: Is It for You?
By Amy Campbell
Ask people who have diabetes if they drink juice, and chances are they'll tell you that they don't. They may say that juice is "too high in sugar" or "too high in carbohydrate." They may tell you that drinking juice uses up all of their carb choices, or that juice sends their blood glucose sky-high. Ask the same question of a dietitian, and he may tell you that he usually doesn't recommend that people with diabetes drink juice for similar reasons.
But "juicing" is a whole different ballgame for some people. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about intermittent fasting as one of the latest trends. Juicing has al...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - August 26, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
