Enriching the Soil of Your Life
Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay
Because ethnic populations in India account for one-sixth of the world’s numbers and have some of the highest spice consumption in the world, research studies in India has great potential for improving our understanding of the relationship between diet and cancer.
The lower rates of cancer in India may, of course, not be totally due to higher spice intake….
One of the more unfortunate FDA labeling rules is allowing food manufacturers to label beta carotene as Vitamin A.
There’s a common misunderstanding that beta-carotene found in fruits and vegetables is the same thing as vitamin A.
It’s not!…
Post and photos by Diana from My Humble Kitchen.
[I have been eagerly building my repertoire of gluten-free recipes, so when I tried and really loved Diana’s wonderful almond flour fudge brownies, it seemed natural to ask her to guest post their baking journey and her recipe. I used Honeyville blanched almond flour. I love that it stores well in the freezer and has the skins removed by a quick soaking to cut down on phytic acid.]
I don’t believe there are many things that taste as good as a freshly baked loaf of bread, slicing into its blistered crackling crust, warm from the oven, and then smothering it with golden butter. Love. That’s what it is. I absolutely love bread but as I’ve grown older, I’ve found that I don’t digest it as well as I used to.
Bummer, right?
…
People are exposed to heavy metals in a few different ways, primarily through drinking water or food, amalgam fillings, (even crops can uptake metals from contaminated soil). Many heavy metals are poisonous to humans, even in small concentrations….
Photos by Stephanie of Sweet’s Elderberry Syrup
One mug of Moon Milk a day has been said to be a natural part of repairing worn, depleted adrenals and paving the way for a seriously stress-free, restful sleep.
[I held an Elderberry syrup giveaway here on Deep Roots when I discovered Stephanie’s Sweet’s Syrup product to protect you and your family from the flu. Ever since then I’ve been a fan! You will benefit from Stephanie’s Moon Milk recipe, too.] …
Photo by Hannah Tasker on Unsplash
Are eggs bad for you, good for you, or somewhere in between?
The answer will be different depending on when you live. I was raised eating lots of eggs in the 50s but was taught they were bad for you in nursing school in the 70s and carried that thinking into my job as a heart nurse. For the past 4 decades or so, those in the health industry strongly recommended limiting eggs in the diet because of the amount of cholesterol in the yolks, even promoting crazy products such as Eggbeaters.
…
