Vegetarians run a higher risk of lacking vitamin B-12. Why? This vitamin only exists in animal products—your body cannot manufacture B-12 on its own. Therefore, you need to consume it via your diet! Have no fear—even if you practice a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, you have alternative means of getting this vital nutrient.
From peanuts to cashews, the bar to the baseball stadium, nuts are just delicious! But sadly, nuts have gotten kind of a bad rap. Many people avoid eating too many nuts, believing them high in calories and fats.
But while nuts may contain fats, they're the good kind that your body needs. And nuts offer so much more for your overall health—you really should be including more of them in your diet. Ever wonder why a walnut looks just like your brain? Read on!
Sure, winter produce doesn’t look quite as pristine as summer peaches, berries, and corn, but vegetables like kohlrabi, broccoli rabe, and even horseradish are powerful foods with plenty of flavor and lots of nutrition.
Don’t let your plants “just be” in the winters. Make sure you stockpile their larder with the best organic fertilizers for winter.
Stroll through any health food store and you’re guaranteed to see more than just sprouted broccoli.
Education is of utmost importance to making well-informed decisions on your diet and overarching wellbeing. Getting back to the basics, we will look at the bare bones definition of each nutrient, why it is important, how it affects our growth and development, and what percentage of our diet it makes up. So often, as a society, we play into fad diets and what the media portrays as "healthy," but isn't it time that we take our diet and nutrition back into our own hands? That is why education plays such a big part of making healthy choices that are right for us as individuals.
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Cauliflower is a member of the family Brassicaceae in the genus Brassica that contains forty species. It is the cultivated member of the cabbage family and is closely related to wild cabbage and broccoli. General consensus is that the plant originated in the area around Cyprus or the Near East.
The pecan is a member of the walnut family. The genus contains twenty-two species and the pecan is closely related to the hickory nut. Pecans are native to the central southern regions of what is now the United States. The term pecan is derived from the Algonquin word “paccan” which refers to both hickory and pecan nuts.
The pear is a member of the family Rosaceae, or rose family. The genus contains four species and is native to the area of the Caucasus. The Aryan tribes introduced the pear to other parts of Europe and Northern India. There are more than 1000 varieties of pears existing today and they are rich in nutrients. Cultivating and grafting of the plant was developed in Greece in approximately 300 B.C.E.