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A philosophy of natural eating and living with Elizabeth Yarnell.

Selecting, preparing, savoring, reminiscing, investigating, dieting, implementing, economizing, and healing with natural whole foods.

 

Category Archives: Nutrition in the news

Cancer Survival Rates Increase With A Healthy Diet

The L.A. Times reported that “a new study has found that a diet high in fruits, vegetables and healthful grains may be associated with higher ovarian cancer survival rates.”
Huh. Ya’ think?
And do you think that the finding that “eating more fruits and vegetables and healthful grains was associated with a longer survival time,” could cross [...]

Trend Spotting: Brussels Sprouts

No less a respected culinary source than the James Beard Foundation has predicted that Brussels sprouts will be one of our major trends for 2010. To that I say: What took you so long?
(Be sure to read all the way down for a chance to win a free cookbook!)
We love, love, love Brussels sprouts at [...]

Which Produce Should I Always Buy Organic

It feels like a good time to review the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen list of fruit and vegetables with the heaviest loads of pesticides.
Although I try to only buy organic produce whenever I can, sometimes it’s just not possible and I must settle for a conventionally-produced fruit or vegetable. It’s times like these that [...]