Did you know that tasty monster cookies or brownies can be made from nourishing garbanzo beans that have been turned into flour or pureed into a paste, fruit-sweetened, and mixed with other healthy brans such as oat bran, rice bran and meals–such as flax or almond meal? Then you can bake the cookie or dehydrate a mixture […]
Can vegetable juices lower your blood pressure and help you lose weight?
October 26, Davis, CA – Can drinking vegetable juice lower your blood pressure and help you lose weight? If so, how much? Researchers at the University of California-Davis conducted a 12-week study among adults ages 40-65 years. All of the people in the study who drank at least two cups of vegetable juice met daily […]
What happens when prisoners complain about adverse reactions to ingredients in certain foods?
It all depends on an individual’s genetic response to a particular food. People should eat more fresh fruit and vegetables, but how can they be made affordable and safe from certain pesticides? What about sensitivities to candy, soy, milk, nuts, or other foods? What helps one person may be toxic to another person. For example, prisoners […]
Teaching children and families to make healthier recipe ingredient substitutions when baking
Here’s how to bake cookies with pureed pumpkin and/or sesame seed tahini as a substitute for milk or other liquids in any type of cookie, cake, or brownie baking. As an alternative to milk products, use sesame seed tahini, a puree of sesame seeds ground either in your blender with some water, or buy it […]
Does eating candy in childhood lead to violence in adulthood, new study asks?
A new study raises more questions than it answers. Nutritionists want to know how sugar in candy fed to children ignite criminal acts when they reach adolescent or adulthood? The theory psychologists tell them is that when you give children candy regularly, it’s seen as a reward. The candy industry may probably direct parents to make sure their children eat sweets responsibly […]
How drinking too much sugary soda pop raises risk of kidney disease in women
Drinking too much soda pop could wear out your kidneys. Read the study, "Sugary Soda Consumption and Albuminuria: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2004." Drinking sugary soda raises the risk for kidney disease in women. How kidney disease eventually is caused links soda consumption to kidney damage. See the article, […]
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