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Quinoa: the Golden Supercrop

By on August 21, 2009 in DIET, Quinoa

If you’re concerned about your protein intake, and you want a tasty alternative to your stock carbohydrates like pasta and rice, it’s about time you add quinoa (pronounced keen-wa, from the Quechua language) to your protein nutrition. This pseudocereal is related to the beet and the tumbleweed (did you even know those two were related?), [...]

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Wake Up to World Autism Awareness

By on April 2, 2008 in Autism, CONDITIONS

Uncovering the Autism Label Today is World Autism Awareness Day, and I am smiling because my son just counted the cucumbers on the counter-top. He also picked up the newspaper and said “Al Gore.” He’s 3 ½ years old and has what the world is currently labeling as “autism.” And, I am smiling because this [...]

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What’s Wrong with Wheat?

By on August 3, 2007 in DIET, wheat

Exposing the “Ancient” Super Grain Before you grab another heaping helping of that Captain Crunch, or sink your teeth into a buttery slice of bread – wait a second. The main ingredient in so many of our favorite (or at least most popular) food choices is wheat. Wheat was cultivated centuries ago, and even gets [...]

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