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Watermelon vs. pear. Goodness Me! - Discover the power of food. Fettle Vegan - Fettle Vegan. View All - Best Superfoods for Weight Loss. A Veggie Venture. Top 40 Belly Flattening Foods - weight loss & diet advice. The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet. The following is a "healthy food hot list" consisting of the 29 food that will give you the biggest nutritional bang for you caloric buck, as well as decrease your risk for deadly illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet

Along with each description is a suggestion as to how to incorporate these power-foods into your diet. Fruits 01. Apricots The Power: Beta-carotene, which helps prevent free-radical damage and protect the eyes. 02. The Power: Oleic acid, an unsaturated fat that helps lower overall cholesterol and raise levels of HDL, plus a good dose of fiber. 03. The Power: Ellagic acid, which helps stall cancer-cell growth. 04. The Power: Stop aging, live longer and keep your mind sharp with blueberries. 05. The Power: Vitamin C (117mg in half a melon, almost twice the recommended daily dose) and beta-carotene - both powerful antioxidants that help protect cells from free-radical damage. 06. Olive Oil Benefits – Olive Oil Uses – Olive Oils. It might seem weird to stick a bottle of olive oil near your makeup mirror, in your hall closet, or next to your workbench, but after you try these household and beauty hacks, you may be tempted to permanently relocate your supply from the pantry. 1.

Olive Oil Benefits – Olive Oil Uses – Olive Oils

Silence a squeaky door. Lubricate a sticky hinge or creaky knob with a few drops of oil to quiet an irritating noise without harsh chemicals or a toolbox. The Best New Way to Bring Your Lunch. I’ll admit it—my workday lunches can get pretty boring.

The Best New Way to Bring Your Lunch

I always think I’m going to finally make use of all those delicious recipes I’ve been pinning away, but then nighttime rolls around and I’m too busy watching really important things like The Bachelorette and Vampire Diaries. And then morning comes, and I’m running around like a headless chicken and I’m lucky if I remember my keys and bus pass on the way out the door, let alone find time to throw a tasty lunch together. But with a teensy amount of planning, delicious lunches can be just a few easy steps away. All it takes is a trip to the grocery store on a Sunday afternoon, a couple pantry staples, some mason jars, and an hour of your time. Why mason jars, you might ask? There really are only two rules to the mason jar salad: Start with the dressing or sauce, and end with the lettuce and herbs.

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A community driven visual potluck. The Iron You: Vegan Pumpkin Chili. Watching the NY Giants being routed 34-0 is painful.

The Iron You: Vegan Pumpkin Chili

Especially considering that it was since 1996 that we didn’t get a regular-season shutout. Really upsetting.Let’s be honest, Atlanta was very, very good, and we were very, very bad. An all-day disaster.When I’m in a bad-football-mood I resort to comfort food and good friends. I thus invited my football clique to stay over for dinner and decided to make some tasty old-fashioned chili.As I was about to start, I realized I didn’t have any ground beef at home.

That gave me a good excuse to cook a vegan chili with pumpkin.It was a huge success. Vegan Pumpkin Chili Print this Recipe! Vegetarian Recipes. Ten Worst and Best Foods. Do you want to know the best super foods to eat, for your better health?

Ten Worst and Best Foods

How to eat right by knowing — with candid and reliable information — what foods to eat regularly, so you are empowered to improve your overall health? Do you ever ask yourself “What should I eat?” Or “How can I choose a healthier diet?” Well, now you can have the latest life-saving information about the foods you eat, because NutritionAction.com’s scientists and nutritionists tell you exactly what’s right — and what’s wrong — with hundreds of foods.

Dear health-conscious consumer, Scientific research has proven the relationship between diet and disease. That’s exactly why you should learn what is best to eat. This special free health advice has been compiled especially for you by our expert staff of scientists and nutritionists, so eating the best foods is as easy as buying what’s best in the supermarket. Sweet potatoes top the list of best foods, but why? The World's Healthiest Foods. 100 foods that can serve as the basis of your Healthiest Way of Eating Links to the articles about these foods can be found below.

The World's Healthiest Foods

In addition to questions about our foods, we often get asked about beverages and sweeteners. In the beverage category, water and green tea have been especially popular topics, and in the sweetener category, so have honey and maple syrup. Of course, there are many nutritious foods other than those included on our list that we feel are wonderful, health-promoting foods; if there are other whole foods - such as fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, etc - that you like, by all means enjoy them. Just because a food is not on our list doesn't mean we don't think it can be included in a diet geared towards the Healthiest Way of Eating as long as it is a whole, natural, nutrient-rich food.

To find out why some of your favorite nutritious foods are not included in our list, read The Criteria Used to Select the World's Healthiest Foods. 11 Prescription Foods To Cure Your Illnesses.

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