10 Reasons Why You Should Eat Spinach at All Ages and Stages!

- by Zannie Rose

One of my early food  memories is helping my grandmother in her kitchen by popping pea pods and collecting the peas in her colander. At home, we had boiled carrots and tinned peas, at school we had over cooked cabbage  and at my auntie’s I discovered the more exotic kidney bean.

Nowhere did spinach feature on the menu. The closest I got to spinach was watching Popeye. Even when I lived in  a vegetarian household in my 20′s where we shared an evening meal, spinach never appeared. With all its health benefits, it is a wonder I got this far in life without major problems due to insufficient consumption in the first half of my life! Read more »

The Art of Eating Properly: Ayurveda Nutrition Quiz

by Carissa

We all basically know WHAT to eat, but we rarely hear about HOW to eat.  So, I’ve come up with a few fun Questions and Answers based on Ayurveda Nutrition to see how much we all know about HOW to properly eat.  Here it is!

We all love our nutritionally rich raw green smoothies, but which would better feed our bodies?  A raw green smoothie prepared by:

a. a loving child on Mother’s Day

b. a mother who woke up in a bad mood and was upset we had spilled the first smoothie she made

c. either a or b because it doesn’t make a difference – the smoothie will feed our bodies the same way.

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Hail to the Kale!

- by Shari Hearn

Okay, perhaps “Hail to the Kale” is an insipid title for an article.  Let’s face it; kale is a hard word to rhyme.  But, it’s better than the title I first came up with:  “If kale had a degree, it’d be from Yale.”

I guess what my feeble attempts at a clever title are trying to achieve is to convey kale’s amazing qualities.  And, yes, a vegetable can be amazing.  Particularly when it’s loaded with substances that can help protect one from cancer, cataracts, emphysema, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Kale is not particularly a staple in most American households, but, after reading this article, I hope kale becomes a staple in your house.  Some may consider kale bitter, and, admittedly, some varieties of kale are on the bitter side.   The secret to eating kale, then, is to Read more »

Post Workout Green Smoothie Nutrition to Keep You Going and Going!

- by Tami Groth

This morning after my workout I knew I would need something to keep me going for awhile without stopping to eat, so in addition to lots of good carbs to help my muscle recovery I wanted to add some protein and healthy fats. In the process I came up with a recipe that is not only versatile and nutritious, but also yummy.

The green smoothie recipe, with optional ingredients included, is a powerhouse of nutrition as well. I have been working on ways to get more nuts and seeds into my family’s diet due to all of the nutritional advantages of them — from healthy brains to healthy hearts! However, my family does not actually enjoy eating nuts the way I do so blending them into sauces and smoothies is a great way to add them to their diet. Read more »

The “Green” on Spinach: History, Use, Benefits, and Nutrition!

- by Echo

Green history of spinach

Spinach, the Queen of the garden patch, is an original vegetable of the East and many believe its origins to be from Persia. Spinach grew wild in Europe, where it was appreciated for its medicinal characteristics; however, it was the Arabs who introduced the cultivation of spinach in Europe around 1000 BC. Read more »