Healthy Food

Spanish Recipes – What A Wonderfully Tasty Cuisine

Spain is country with a varied and complicated heritage and Spanish cooking displays this fact. While Spain is a Mediterranean country, and a lot of Spanish dishes owe much to this, Spanish food also features native foods imported into the country from Spain’s former ex-colonies in the New World such as beans, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes. Other Spanish recipes draw on the country’s Jewish and Moorish heritage – it is worth remembering that much of Spain was governed by the Moors for more than 7 hundred years. Even the Reconquista (the Christian reconquest of the Iberian pennisula from Muslims) has left its traces in Spanish cuisine – pork is popular in Spain, and traditionally was a political statement of Christian identity because it wasn’t eaten by Jews or Muslims.

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Dietary Supplements For Type 2 Diabetes Are Not Without Questions

Dietary supplements for type 2 diabetes patients are widely available and often heavily promoted. Yet the effectiveness of these products is frequently questioned. Critics argue they have little benefit at best and may be harmful if doses are too high. The US peak authority for complementary and alternative medicines (the NCCAM) has reviewed the medical evidence examining the effectiveness of these dietary supplements. It has published its findings online at its official website. The results are interesting and somewhat surprising.

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Garlic, The Little Miracle That Will Change Your Life

Garlic is a favorite for those who understand the amazing benefits that garlic offers in the way of its medicinal qualities not to mention the flavors it adds to savory dishes. The antioxidant qualities of garlic are superior to most other vegetables. Many nutritionists recommend including garlic in your diet on a daily basis. Although there is more than one variety of garlic, this information is about the white garlic clove which is the most popular category. Just like any other food that can be cooked, garlic will suffer changes in terms of benefits depending on the way it is processed.

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Fresh Vending Machines Keep Kids Healthier

As a consumer interested in healthy food choices but with a very busy schedule leaving little time for cooking and packing nutritious meals, I understand the demand for natural and nutritious convenience foods. Whether I am at the office or heading off to the gym, I often thought it would be desirable to have options for a quick snack that did not include salt laden chips or sugary soda. As I began researching the market, I discovered that the only vending company that offers 100% juices, yogurts, fruits and other naturally healthful foods is Fresh Vending.

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The Raw Food Diet: How To Achieve A New Level Of Health

If there’s one single issue that’s heard above the rest when it comes to our health, it’s about energy levels. We’re tired, wiped out, finding it hard to face the day’s work, no matter how much coffee we drink. We try this or that energy boosting product, which might feel good for a short while but that’s about it. Want to make a dramatic, life-long shift towards not only high, sustained energy levels, but a naturally positive outlook and feeling of contentment as well? Look no further than the raw food diet.

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