Healthy Recipe: Kasha-Vegetable Pilaf

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Today's healthy recipe is from a blog calledDewey's Treehouse,which also contains links to pages with information about the healthy eating benefits from kasha. Because it is made from buckwheat, which is not a grain, kasha is useful for those who are trying to eliminate gluten from their diets.

1 1/2 tbsp. vegetable oil

1/2 medium onion, finely chopped (we skipped this; see below, it's a garnish)

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Fitness: A Case of the Fridays

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Fitness: A Case of the Fridays

You’ve heard of having a ‘case of the Mondays,’ right? Well, I find I’m more likely to fall under the influence of Friday rather than Monday. On the first day of the weekend, the last thing I want to do is pencil a workout into my last-day-of-the-week schedule. Because everyone suffers at one time or another from lack of motivation in terms of moving their bodies, I’ve put together a nice list of ideas to prevent Read the rest of this entry »

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Are You Eating Enough Fibre

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Are You Eating Enough Fibre

The recommended daily amount of fibre that you’re supposed to eat every day, this is not just days here is 25 to 30 grams per day. Now the thing to remember is here even though this does sound lot in reality it isn’t. If you look at the weight content of most foods say for instance a pot of cottage cheese, it might be 250 grams in weight.

So there for one part of that will be 25 grams and a 250 gram pot Read the rest of this entry »

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What Motivated Me to Blog About My Health

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I was asked to make a video explaining what motivated me to start blogging about my health. It’s pretty simple really so I grabbed the video camera and made a quick video to blog it up. Enjoy! What motivates you?

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Obese Children Risk Heart Disease

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Obese Children Risk Heart Disease

The New York Times reported that obese children, and those with high cholesterol, have symptoms that are early warning signs of heart disease.

An as-yet-unpublished study led by Dr Geetha Raghueveer, from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, was presented at the recent American Heart Association conference in New Orleans. The researchers found that the artery walls of obese children and teens, or those Read the rest of this entry »

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