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Fueling Up for your Day

Monday, April 21st, 2008

• Green-Food Drink: Easily digestible, green foods are full of carbs and are also concentrated sources of protein, carotenoids, essential fatty acids, and more.

Try:

1. Naked Juice Green Machine

2. Odwalla Superfood

3. Sambazon Supergreens Revolution

• Energy Bar: Energy bars are designed to restore, well, energy. They are loaded with carbs and often contain a bit of protein to help the muscles heal after a workout. Some bars are fruit based and they have more carbohydrates, while bars heavy with nuts might contain more protein then the leading ones.

Try:

1. LUNA Bar

2. Organic Food Bar

3. Bumblebar

4. LARABAR

• Trial Mix: Combining nuts, seeds, and dried fruit gives you protein, carbs, and lots of antioxidants, which fight the free radicals unleashed during exercising.

Try:

1. All Mixed Up by Eden Foods

2. Goji Berry

3. Organic Trek

trail-mix.jpg4. Or make your own

• Protein Powder: Protein powder mixed with water or soy milk is easily absorbed. Carbs an proteins are balanced so your body can efficiently refuel, repair damage, and stay healthy.

Try:

1. Jarrow Formulas Muscle Optimeal

2. Solgar Whey To Go

3. Ultimate Life’s The Ultimate Meal

4. Nature’s Plus Spiru-tein (Click the link here to receive a free sample of this product.)
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Earthly Eating Daily Recipe

Poached Pears and Juniper Berries
Makes 6

2 cups water
2 cups red wine or grape juice
1 1/2 cups sugar
15 juniper berries
3 cinnamon sticks
1/2 tsp. salt

1. Combine water, wine or juice, 1 cup of the sugar, juniper berries, cinnamon, and salt in a medium-large saucepan.

2. Bring the poaching liquid to a boil, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar. Reduce the heat and simmer for another 5 minutes.

3. Peel the pears, keeping the stems attached upright in the poaching liquid. Set the pears in the liquid and heat on low for about 10 minutes, or until they are just tender,. Gently rotate the pears to ensure even poaching.

4. Remove the pears. Pour 1 cup of the poaching liquid onto a small saucepan and stir in the remaining sugar and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil until the liquid reduces and thickens into a sauce.

5. Place the pears into serving bowls, and ladle the warn sauce over the top of all of them.

Happy Eating!

The Anticancer Diet-All Women Should Be Aware

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

runner.gifEat Well: These are thousands of food substances that have powerful protective properties. With few exceptions, these factors are found in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and some fish, so emphasize these foods to minimize your task. Take 3 grams a day of fish oil, and stay away from all other added oils. Drink green tea. Avoid foods high in fat and refined carbohydrates, which may promote cancer, and avoid alcohol. Women who were postmenopausal and who have one drink per day have a 30% higher rate of dying from breast cancer than women who don’t. Aim for less than 10% to 15% of calories from fat.

Exercise: Walk 30 minutes a day. Women who do regular physical activity may reduce the incidence of breast cancer by 20 percent to 30 percent.

Ease Up: Chronic stress may increase the risk of breast cancer. Research shows that women with breast cancer who were the most depressed has a significantly increased risk of relapse or death. So breathe, meditate, do yoga, pray, practice tai chi. And spend time with friends and family. Women with metastatic breast cancer who met in a support group once a week for a year lived nearly twice as long as those who didn’t have the emotional support from others who know their pain. (Source: RD 2007)
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Earthly Eating Recipe

Cheddar Bacon Wraps
Serves: 4

1 tbs. butter or olive oil
3/4 cup chopped red or green bell pepper
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
4 large eggs
4 large egg whites
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 1/4 cups ( 5ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese with bacon
4 (7-to 8-inch) flour tortillas or flavored wraps, warmed

Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper; cook and stir four minutes, stirring frequently. Add green onions; cook one minute.

Beat together eggs, egg whites, salt and pepper. Add to skillet cook and stir until eggs are almost set. Stir in cheese until melted and eggs are set, remove from heat. Spoon into tortillas.

Substitution: Six whole eggs may be used in place of the combination of four large eggs and four large egg whites.

Variation Tip: For a Southern flavor, substitute chopped cilantro for the green onion and spoon 1 tbs. salsa over each tortilla before filling with egg mixture.

Happy Eating!

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