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Food synergy – the key to health and wellness
Food Synergy describes the way whole food, when consumed, provides a complex mixture of nutrients that work together in combination with your body to create powerful health benefits. I’ve been learning a lot about the important role food synergy plays in our health....
Hemp Seeds: The Perfect Food!
Hemp is a common term for high-growing varieties of the herb, cannabis sativa, and its products. The versatile hemp plant is grown not only for food but also for oil, resin, wax, rope, fabric, paper, pulp and biofuel. Hemp foods are made from a variant of the cannabis...
Chia seeds – do the benefits outweigh the cost?
Chia seeds have become a trendy health food, but are they really worth the expense? A 12 oz. bag ranges from $8 to $11. This cost can put a lot of stress on the food budget. Chia seeds are tiny brown black seeds, about the size of poppy seeds. The chia plant is from...
Pass the kimchi: the health benefits of fermented plant foods
Humans have been fermenting foods for thousands of years as a means to preserve food, enhance its flavor or to make alcoholic beverages. Many types of plant foods can be fermented, including: Soybeans: soy sauce, miso and tempeh Grains: beer, bread made with yeast,...
Buckwheat – An Amazing Superfood
Buckwheat is one of the most commonly overlooked gluten free whole grain “substitutes”. I classify it as a grain “substitute” because, while most people think of buckwheat as a grain, it is actually a fruit seed. Although it’s name suggests it's a member of the wheat...
Laughter and Healing with Verne Varona
This week I had pleasure of attending the Monday Night Vegetarian Dinners in Palo Alto, CA with my friend Patricia Joy Becker. The dinner was sponsored by the Peninsula Macrobiotic Community where head chef Gary Alinder has been preparing macrobiotic meals since the...