by drbetty | Oct 19, 2015 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Despite how North Americans may classify them, weeds like watercress can be healthy and can offer medicinal properties. In fact, watercress is listed as an aphrodisiac in Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica from 77 A.D. Ancient Egyptians knew its benefits before it spread...
by drbetty | Oct 19, 2015 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
The highlight of the Institute of Food Technology (IFT) meeting in July was meeting Karla Chambers, Vice President of Stahlbush Island Farms. Her book, Farming, Food & Fine Art is filled with easy to prepare fruit and vegetable recipes with full color photos that...
by drbetty | Oct 19, 2015 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
At its recent annual meeting, the American Diabetes Association estimated that more than 85 million Americans have prediabetes, and that without medical reimbursement for nutrition education most of them will develop Type 2 diabetes. Major causes of prediabetes are an...
by drbetty | Oct 19, 2015 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Fifty-one million Americans visit doctors and hospitals annually with digestive system disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A papaya fruit preparation could greatly reduce bloating, diarrhea, reflux and constipation based on the...
by drbetty | Oct 19, 2015 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Plant foods get all the glory these days as we are challenged to stop eating burgers and choose highly processed meat substitutes. But human beings survive by eating other living things. We need to eat those foods that allow us to survive. Beef is a significant source...
