Organic Eating Daily

These days, it seems as if you can hardly turn on the TV or your computer without hearing about the benefits of organic foods. And the truth is that there’s a lot to be said for eating organic. From a health standpoint, you’re ingesting fewer pesticides and unnatural chemicals. From an environmental [...]

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There are only two ways to fill your dinner table: organic and non-organic. You are either feeding your family with the goodness of nature or a chemically injected, genetically altered version of nature’s best. Although it can be cheaper and quicker to accept the latter, the saying “you get what you pay for” is the [...]

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One of the most important organic products to purchase is meat. No matter what type, cut, or variation of meat you prefer the importance of buying organic meat is obvious. The inescapable truth behind non-organic meat is a hard truth to accept. The average American has a vision of what a farm looks like. When [...]

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Why Is Organic So Expensive?
This editorial was contributed by Kelsey Allen, who writes about organic food coupons.

Organic food has always been a little more on the pricey side within the grocery industry, but many people find it worthwhile to invest in a product that they believe will benefit their health in the long run, [...]

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What Are Flax Seeds and How Do They Help My Diet?

Flax seeds come in two basic varieties, brown and yellow/golden, with most types having both similar nutritional values and equal amounts of short-chain omega-3 fatty acids. The exception is a type of yellow flax called Linola or solin, which engages an entirely different oil profile [...]

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How Do I Know the Proper Temperature for Cooking Meat?
When you cook meat, roast chicken, fry up a porkchop or barbecue a steak, it’s always tough to know when you’re done. You don’t want to undercook a chicken. Similarly, you do not want to burn your barbecued tri tip. So how do you know when [...]

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How Is Tempeh Different from Tofu, and Which Is Healthier?

Both closely related and derived from the soybean plant, Tempeh and Tofu were then separated, raised and formed for purposes in two different eating environments. Let’s take a look at how Tempeh and Tofu came to be, and see which of the two is actually the [...]

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Arrowhead Mills Organic Flax Seeds

In a single serving size (3 tablespoons, or 27 grams), Arrowhead Mills Organic Flax Seeds (about $3.75 for a 16oz. bag) contains 140 calories (about 80 from fat), with only 9 total grams of fat. Flax seeds are a rich source of fiber and iron and contain Omega-3 fatty acids. Making [...]

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What Should I Do With My Sprouting Garlic?

Many of us like to cook, and eating garlic seems to go hand in hand with healthy living. Unless you buy it in small quantities at the farmer’s market every week, you end up getting several cloves all at once. If you don’t use it for a little [...]

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