Earthly Eating

Give your body what it wants rather than depriving it from what it needs. In the process you will get your healthy weight back and your body feeling great. Here’s how.

1. Eating the right foods: Which includes fiber, healthy fats with omega-3 fatty acids, fruit, vegetables, and spices, and friendly foods such as paying close attention to the foods that cause your body upset. Like glutens, certain proteins, and even dairy to some.

2. Get moving with exercise: When it come to metabolism the value of exercise goes beyond the amount of calories you burn. The bottom line though is any amount of exercise will increase your body’s power to burn food calories. Food is for fuel, not indulgence. Remember that.

3. You need to start to sweat: Pesticides, chemicals from factories, and metals such as mercury and lead even from the air, water we drink, and food circulation in the blood, these toxins wreck havoc on our body’s main metabolic regulator. The thyroid gland takes enough as it is with rapid weight loss in some, so in order to keep it normal and to help our bodies get rid of unnecessary metals is to sweat.

4. Breathe it all in: To relieve tension a great way is to breathe, but what does breath do for everything else? To reduce cortisol levels and normalize your metabolism, you must relax, body practices such as yoga and tai chi help reduce stress levels, but relaxing can also be as simple as slow down long enough to be conscious of your own breath for a few minutes a day.
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Earthly Eating Recipe

Green Tea Halibut with Quinoa
Serves: 4

4 halibut fillets (6 ounces each)
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1 cup quinoa
2 tbs. peanut oil
1 pieces fresh ginger (about 2 inches) peeled and finely chopped
1 baby bok Choy (6 ounces ), thinly sliced lengthwise
1 cup frozen shelled edamame, thawed
4 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and thinly sliced
1/2 cup snow peas, strings removed, thinlly7 sliced lengthwise
1 cup brewed green tea
1 tbs. light soy sauce
1 tsp. honey
3 scallions, sliced diagonal
Basil leaves for garnish

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Season halibut with salt and pepper.

2. In a medium saucepan, bring 2 cups salted water to a boil. Add quinoa, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook until quinoa is tender and water has been absorbed, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat; set aside.

3. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook the filets until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove the fillets from the pan (reserve the pan oil). Place the fish in an over proof dish and bake 8 to 10 minutes or until just cooked through (a paring knife will easily go through the fish fillets).

4. To pan, add the ginger, bok Choy, edameme, shiitakes, and snow peas; reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring constantly, for minutes or until the shiitakes begin to soften. Add the green tea, soy sauce and the honey. Cook until the edamames are tender, about 3 minutes longer. Add the scallions to the pan. Place some broth and vegetables in each of the four shallow bowls. Top with the fish fillets and garnish with the basil leaves.

5. Season quinoa with salt if necessary and serve on the side in a separate serving bowl.

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Permanent weight loss is easy, the hard part is knowing where to start and what to continue doing after the fact. Here is tips on permanent weight loss and it really is easy.

Step 1: Cut the calories without eating less: Fiber is a great weight loss tool because it fills you up quickly, helping you eat fewer calories. Because you fill up more quickly so you don’t overeat and because you stay full longer, you are less likely to eat between meals.

If you body isn’t accustomed to a high fiber diet, then you may experience some gastric side effects. Here are four ways to minimize the problems in the beginning when you start to consume more fiber in your diet plan.

• Gradually increase the amount of fiber you are eating daily.

• Drink lots of water-at least get the eight glasses a day, possibly more during the hotter months.

• Try an enzyme based gas-blocker such as Beano, Gas-Ex, etc.

• Drink some herbal teas such as anise, caraway, coriander, or fennel before or during the meal that you are consuming.

Step 2: Burn more fat without back-breaking exercises: You can pump you body’s fat-burning capacity and get more calorie burning power out if your workouts if you have got the right program going on. If you have the right program the key is muscle: It burns 17 to 25 times as many calories as fat does. Each pound of muscle burns about 35 to 50 calories per day, compared with a few 2 calories burned by each pound of fat.

Some simple exercises to try are:

• Modified push up: Knees on the floor and the rest is a push up.

• Single Arm Row: Hold a 3-5 lb. dumbbell, bend at the waist forward and pull the arms up and down without moving your knees or back from the bend position.

• Over the head Press: Sit with your feet flat on the floor and raise the 3 to 5 lbs. dumbbell over your head.

• Bicep Curls: Stand with your back straight and raise the dumbbell waist high and back down to your upper thighs.

• Reverse Fly: Flat on your stomach with the dumbbell in hand raise your arms up and down and try to keep your head and back still.

• Chair Squats: Squat against a chair with your knees bent and your arms straight out in from of you.

• Abdominal Crunch: Same as a sit up, but hold for 30 seconds before laying back down. Use your abdominals to lift you not your back or neck/head.

Consult your doctor before starting any new program, especially one that alters your diet. This is a guide and is no means a replacement for a doctors recommendations.
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Earthly Eating Recipe

No Mixer Needed Banana Bread
Makes: 1 loaf

3 to 4 ripe bananas
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (you can reduce this to 3/4 cup if desired)
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
A pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar, egg and then vanilla. Mix well and sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture. Incorporate well. Pour the mixture into a butter 4×8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour and cool on a rack. Slice and serve warm with a pad of butter.

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1. Walk 30 minutes a day every day, no matter what-and then call someone.

Walking a half-hour a day decreases the risk of having a heart attack by about 30 percent. Calling someone every day is crucial; that’s the real commitment. Find a person who’s supportive and will not nag but will call if you haven’t called her/him.

2. Know you blood pressure and do whatever it takes to get it down to 115/75.

You blood pressure number may be even more important than your cholesterol. And you can lower it yourself. The best way-getting a little exercise and loosing some belly fat. Why belly fat? The omentum is what hangs over the stomach. The fat that’s stores there feeds the kidney, liver and other vital organs. This fat pushes on the kidney and causes more blood pressure to drive blood through.

3. Eat an ounce of nuts a day.

Nuts raise HDL good cholesterol and decreases inflammation. But they have a heart benefit independent of those too. Nuts have healthy omega 3 fatty acids, healthy protein and some fiber. And this tip is easy to do. Nuts that are raw, fresh and unsalted have the most benefit.

4. Learn your HDL number and do what you can raise it to 50.

For women, some believe a high HDL is more important than a lower HDL. The higher the number, the better (50 is fine). Easy ways you ca increase it, exercise, have one drink a day at the most; eat healthy fats, such as olive oil and canola oil and nuts. Talk to your doctor about niacin, which raises HDL but can have side effects

5. Eat 10 tbs. of tomato sauce a week.

Tomato sauce is loaded with blood-pressure-lowering potassium.

6. Floss you teeth regularly.

Avoiding periodontal disease prevents inflammation in the arteries, which helps you head off hear disease. Most people don’t know that your oral health affects all your arterial health, and that includes blood flow to the heart and sexual organs, and maybe even wrinkles on your skin.

7. Eat no more than 20 grams of saturated fat a day and as little trans fat as possible.

Saturated fat and trans fats lead to inflammation in the arteries. A cinnamon roll may have 7 grams of saturated fat. A 4-ounce slice of roast pork tenderloin has about 4 grams. Trans fats (particularly hydrogenated oils, found in many processed and baked foods, are probably at least as bad as saturated fats, and maybe a little worse.

8. Read label and throw out all food that has sugar in the first five ingredients.

Don’t be fooled by foods that are low in fat but high in sugar. The sugar causes inflammation. And if you eat more sugar than you need, it gets morphed into omentum fat, that dangerous fat around the belly. For a while in the 1990s, many people used “low fat” salad dressings that turned out to be loaded with calorie-laden sugar. And those dressings didn’t contain any good fats like olive oil, which are beneficial. Healthy fats are better than empty sugar calories.

9. Have a glass of wine or beer today.

There may be an anti-inflammatory-effect. But it’s a consistent finding that teetotalers have a higher risk of heart disease than people who drink a little, and people who drink a lot have little heart disease but tend to die of cancer. Any type of alcohol in moderation is good for the arteries.

10. Eat 9 servings of colorful fruits and vegetables a day.

That comes with a lot of fiber, and you shouldn’t increase to that amount all at once. You will adjust and so will your body in 2 to 6 weeks. Make sure you wash fresh produce carefully and thoroughly. There are farmers’ markets all over the country now. If you try fresh locally grown veggies prepared well, you will be amazed at how goof they taste.
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Earthly Eating Recipe

Double Dark-Chocolate and Ginger Biscotti
Makes: 2 1/2 dozen

1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 large egg plus 1 large egg yolk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
3 ounces dark chocolate, coarsely chopped (1/2 cup)
1/4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt until well combined, set aside. In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg, egg yolk, and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in vanilla and oil until well combined.

3. With the mixer on low, beat in dry ingredients until combined. Fold in walnuts, chocolate, and ginger with a rubber spatula (dough will be stiff).

4. With moistened hands shape the dough into 2 logs, each about 9 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide. Bake until set on top, about 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.

5. Transfer logs to a cutting board and, with a serrated knife, cut each log on the diagonal into 16 slices, each 1/2-inch thick. Bake until crisp, about 20 minutes, turning the biscotti over midway through. Cool 5 minutes on a baking sheet, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.

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These ingredients hold the power to truly transform your body, not to mention lengthen your life. The secret is their magical “MUFA” (AKA: Good Fats!)

1. OILS: Canola oil, flaxseed oil, olive oil, peanut oil, pesto sauce, safflower oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, walnut oil.

Sir-fry with sesame, peanut or canola oil; pan-fry in walnut or olive oil; spread pesto on a sandwich, drizzle it over soups or grilled foods, or toss it withy rice or pasta; add walnut, sesame or olive oil to marinades; cook with safflower, soybean, or sunflower oil; use flaxseed oil in salad dressings (flaxseed oil cannot be used for cooking) (A serving equals: 1 tablespoon)

2. NUTS & SEEDS: Almond, almond butter, Brazil nuts, cashew butter, chunky natural peanut butter, dry-roasted cashews, dry-roasted peanuts, dry-roasted sunflower seeds, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, roasted pumpkin seeds, smooth natural peanut butter, sunflower seeds, sunflower seed butter, tahini (sesame seed paste), walnuts.

Eat as a snack, sprinkle on a salad, crush and use as a crunchy topping for fish and chicken (dip fish or chicken in lightly beaten egg whites to help nuts adhere better); spread butters on crackers, bread, or fruits even. Stir nut butter into soups and sauces to add body and flavor. (A serving size equals: 2 tablespoons)

3. AVOCADO: Florida avocado; Hass Avocado.

Slice and serve with a salad or any entrée, mash with lime juice, salt, and pepper and serve with chips, chop and fold into store-bought salsa. (Serving size equals: 1/4 cup)

4. OLIVES: Black olives, black olive tapenade, green olives, green olive tapenade.

Serve olives as a snack, sprinkle olives on pizzas, salads, or pasta, spread tapenade on crackers or sandwiches; stuff tapenade into chicken breasts or fish fillets. (Serving size equals 10 large olives or 2 tablespoons or tapenade)

5. CHOCOLATE: Dark or semisweet chocolate chips, shavings, or chunks.

Any way you crave it is good for you and for your heart. (Serving size equals 1/4 cup)
(Source: RD 2008)
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Earthly Eating Recipe

Spiced Hot Chocolate
Servings: 4

1 quart soy milk
6 ounces dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/8 to 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom
1/8 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp. coarse salt

In a small saucepan, combine all ingredients and whisk over medium-low heat until the chocolate has melted completely and the mixture is steaming hot, about 5 minutes. And serve.

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Type O: Emphasize beef, salmon, walnuts, pineapple, olive and flax oils.
What to avoid: Dairy, kidney beans, wheat, white flour, coffee.
(should basically stick to a high protein diet (including red meat), low carbs, and enriched with fruits and vegetables. They should limit the intake of wheat germ, whole wheat products, corn, and avoid dairy products and most nuts. Type O types are commonly affected with hypothyroidism, high stomach acid (leading to ulcers), and thinner blood with greater resistance to blood clotting.)

Type A: Emphasize slamon, tofu, soy milk, peanuts, black beans, coffee.
What to avoid: Red meat, dairy, shrimp, tomatoes, banans, oranges, beer.
(should basically stick to fruits and vegetables (high carbs / low fat. They have thicker blood than other blood types, a sensitive immune system, and should not consume dairy products, animal fats and meats. They are at a heightened risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.)

Type B: Emphasize lamb, low fat milk, yogurt, oatmeal, bananas.
What to avoid: Chicken, shrimp, peanuts, wheat, tomatoes, tofu.
(should consume a balanced diet (fruits and vegetables, grains, fish, dairy, meat, but avoid chicken. They have the best chance of bypassing or overcoming everyday types of diseases, including heart disease and cancer.)

Type AB: Emphasize lamb, tuna, yogurt, rice, grapes.
What to avoid: Chicken, beef, corn, whole milk, bananas.
(should consume a mostly vegetarian diet, and only on rare occasions some fish, and dairy, meat, no chicken though.)

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Earthly Eating Recipe:

Homemade Baking Mix

3/4 cup baking powder
1 cup wheat germ
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbs. cream of tartar
3 tbs. salt
5 pounds all-purpose unbleached flour
(you can experiment with other whole wheat or whole-grain flours in this mix as well.)

Using a whisk, stir together all the ingredients except the flour. Add this mixture to the flour and sift several times, making sure everything is evenly distributed. You could store half in the fridge or freezer if your don’t think you will use it up in a month or two.

FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE:
Organic Fights World Hunger:

Organic is making new strides. Without adding more farmland, growers in the developing worlkd could meet or exceed the current food demand by using natural methose like crop rotation. It was found that fertile soil associated with organic farming aids crop flexibility in harsh weather. These results indicate that organic agriculture has the potential to contribute quite substantially to the global food supply while reducing the detrimental environmental impacts of conventional agriculture.

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• SODA: The average American drinks 55 gallons of sweetned soda each year. That’s nearly one 20-ounce bottle of soda and 250 calories from sugar every day. Simply cutting out soda would drop an average of 1,750 claories and a ahlf pound each week.

• CORN SYRUP: Corn syrup and its eveil twin, hihg-fructose corn syrup, are cheap sweetners used in thousands of products, from colas to condiments to most commercial baked goods, including some whole-wheat breads. Not only is high fructose corn syrup a concentrated source of empty calories, but it also might convert more easily to body fat than other types of simple sugar, such as those derived from cane or beets. During exercise, simple sugars can be quite beneficial to preformance, energy bars and gels are filled with them. But beware of them as an empty calorie source in your regular diet. Check food labels to avoid products with corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup, and instead look for cereal, juices, pasta sauce, salad dressing, and so on that house no added sugar.

• TRANS FAT: Man-made trans fat is a product of the food industry, which, to increase shelf life and reduce cost, takes heart-healthy unsaturated fats and chemically corrupts them into molecules that are more harmful to your health than the saturated fat dripping off the greasy bacon in a back-alley dinner. For years, partially hydrogenated oils, which contain trans fat, have been used in commercial backed goods, chips and fast food. Trans far not only increases LDL cholesterol levels, but also lowers blood levels of beneficial HDL cholesterol, the kind that helps strip plaque off your artery walls, and can also contribute to the stiffening of arteries. The FDA noe requires all manufacturers to list trans fat separately on nutrition labels, and because of bad publicity many food companies have eliminated trans fat from their products. Still, beware, the law allows a label to say zero grams per serving if the food contains0.5 grams or leff of trans fat. Your best bet is to look for “partially hydrogenated” anything in a food’s ingredient list and, if you find it, put the package back on the shelf.

• ALCOHOL: People don’t realize the calorie content of alcohol, seven useless calories lurk in every gram, or about 98 in each 1.5-ounce shot of spirits such as vodka or whiskey. Liqueurs and cocktails have even more calories per shot because of added sugar. And beer and wine aren’t much better. Besides being a source of empty calories, alcoholic beverages are a diuretic and contribute to dehydration, even it you have only one or two. Hangover syptoms, the pounding in your head, lethargy and cottonmouth are all due to dehydration. You don’t have to quite alcohol cold turkey though, but just limit yourself to no more than four drinks per week.

• FANCY COFFEE DRINKS: Caffeine improves physical and mental performance, including short-term memory. Coffee itself has virtually no calories. But in America, having a coffee means it’s possible to drink 700 to 1,000 calories in a single giant cup, thanks to the milk, cream and sugar dumped in. Skip the fancy coffee drinks and get a boost with just plain unaltered coffee like an espresso or a small, fat-fee cappuccino.
(Source: Bicycling 2007)

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Earthly Eating Recipe: Day 3-Week Of Sweets

Granita
Serves: Two

2 ounces espresso or strong coffee
3 ounces low-fat milk
1 ounce half and half
2 cups standard size ice cubes
1 ounce chocolate syrup or cocoa powder (optional)

Mix all ingredients in a blender for 25 seconds or until smooth. Serve immediately.

Iced Coffee
Serves: Makes 12 servings

1/2 pound very coarsely ground medium-dark roast coffee
1 one-foot-square piece of cheesecloth
3 quarts cold water
Optional additions: Simple syrup (1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, bring to a boil and stir till sugar is dissolved. Cool, bottle, and it will keep for three months.); milk; chocolate syrup.

Place coffee in cheesecloth, tied at the end, and submerge in a container filled with the cold water. Let stand overnight in the refrigerator. Remove the coffee frilled cheese cloth and pour the liquid into eight ounce glasses filled with ice. Add any of the optional additions if desired.

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Thanksgiving is the day of the year when we eat so much that most of us afterward need a good long nap to feel better. Eating healthy and indluging don’t really go hand and hand on this day either. But, eating reasonably healthfully isn’t a loos cause on this day of thanks. Here’s how to keep in check and not go over-board with eating.

• FOWL: If the choice is between glazed nitrate-cured ham or traditional big bird, opt for the poultry. Although the dark meat has a higher fat content, it’s also richer in iron and zinc, two important minerals most Americans don’t get enough of. A smaller portion will take you farther nutrionally than an equal portion of white meat.

• SIDES: Most of your holiday sides are where the nutrition actions is, at least they’re done right. Winter squash, squash as butternut squash and pumpkin, is loaded with vitamin A as beta-carotene and other antioxidants to help prevent heart disease and cancer. They’re also a good source of potassium and brimming with fiber. Fiber helps prevent a number of cancers while acting as a probotic and feeding the helpful microorganisms in the digestive tract.

• YAMS/SWEET POTATOES: Like the other yellow, orange, and gold root veggies, they have the vitamin A, calcium, potassium, and fiber. But they also are one of the best sources of food energy. Boiled or steamed sweet potatoes and yams are one of the healthiest foods people can eat. The low-heat cooking helps them retain more nutrients and provide the type of carbohydrates most suited for weight management and blood-sugar control.

• THE COLOR RED: Red fruits and vegetables are some of the best sources of vitamins and antioxidants. Berries contain proanthocyanidins that can prevent the adhesion of various bacteria associated with urinary tract infections, gum disease, and stomach ulcers.

• DRIED FRUITS: Look to dried fruits such as dried plums, dried figs, raisins, and dried cherries, for more than iron, zinc and other minerals. They have plenty of calcium, too. And of course, they are loaded with fiber and potassium. You can make pies from most of them, add them to stuffing, sauces, and compotes, or eat them just they way they are with some nuts.

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Earthly Eating Recipe: Day 5 Of Low-Fat Eating

Guilt-Free, Low-Fat, Healthy Snacks For You And Your Family

• Just Vegetables: Dehydrated niblets of corn, carrots, peas, tomatoes, and bell peppers make eating veggies almost as satisfying as eating popcorn. There is nothing added, so all you get is phytochemicals, fiber, and vitamins A and C. Plus a mild, slightly sweet flavor. Find them at natural foods stores everywhere or click here for an online company distribution.

• Dried Fruits: Here is a snack that’s packed with potassium, antioxidants, and fiber. Granted, dried fruit is high in sugar, but that actually makes it a food choice when you need a little pick-me-up. You can munch a cup of dried blackberries and take in just 90 calories and a whopping 9 grams of fiber in them.

• Edamame: A traditional snack in Japan, edamame, or blanched soybeans in pids, are becoming increasingly available in the United States. The sweet, nutty-tasting beans are loaded with soy protein, which has been shown to help lower cholesterol. A half cup of chelled beans has 125 calories and 4 grams of fiber. Look for unsalted edamame in the frozen foods section.

• Sliced Raw Vegetables: Make you own mini-party platter with sweet red peppers, baby carrots, celery, and a bit of hummus. The fiber in the veggies and creamy bean dip will fill you up, withgout loading you down with calories.

• Rice Cakes: Whole grains are the prixe here. Diets rich in whole grains ,ay reduce your risk of diabetes and some cancers. Unsalted rice cakes can be cardboardly; if you’re eating them unadorned, opt for ones with a littel salt. Quaker’s Lightly Salted rice cakse are satisfying crunchy and are made with only two ingredients, whole grain brown rice and salt. Two cakes, deliver 70 calories and a scant of 30 milligrams of sodium.
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Lime and Ginger Custards
Serves: 5

1 tsp. lime zest
1/3 cup fresh like juice
1/2 cup cup sugar
4 eggs
1/2 cup 2% milk
1 tsp finely grated ginger

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.

2. Whisk together all the ingredients in a large glass bowl.

3. Place five 4-ounce custard cups in a large baking dish. Fill cups 3/4 of the way from being full with the mixture.

4. Carefully pour hot water into the baking pan until it comes halfway up the sides of the custard cups.

5. Place baking pan in the oven and bake for 30 mintues, or until just about set. The centers should be slightly liquid.

6. Remove pan from the oven and let custard cool in the water bath.

7. Chill and serve.

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You think hemp is illegal? Well it isn’t. It’s the most untapped nutritional source on the earth too.

You have heard of hemp clothing and hemp jewelry, but have you heard of hemp food? Actually, hemp has been cultivated for over 6,000 years and can be made into more than 25,000 environmentally-friendly products. But the real deal is that hemp seed, which looks a lot like a flax seed can be found in all kinds of natural products. Most of which are sold at natural foods stores world-wide.

Hemp is an great source of fatty acids, mainly omega-3s. Its seeds contain the highest precentage of protein as well as iron, of any plant and three times the amount of vitamin E than flax seeds. The seds can be make into milk products, tahini and guacamole. An easy way for your family to benefit from this nutritional powerhouse is by sprinkling seeds in smoothies, pancake batter, salads, yogut or muffin mix. Another is to buy hemp-based products such as Nature’s Path Hemp Plus Waffles.

Try this hemp seed recipe:

Hemp Banana Bread
Serves: Makes 1 loaf of bread

2 eggs
1/3 cup applesauce
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup Hemp Seed Flour
2 3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (about 3 medium)
1/4 cup Shelled Hemp Seed
1/4 cup chocolate chips (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Mix first 3 ingredients with mixer at medium speed until pale yellow.

2. Add dry ingredients alternately with bananas to mixture. Mix at medium speed until well blended.

3. Pour into greased or sprayed loaf pan (9 x 5 or 8 1/2 x 4 1/2). Bake 45-60 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean and dry.

4. Let cool in pan 20-30 minutes before turning out onto rack.

Store shelled hemp seeds in a cool, dark place like a freezer or wine cellar. When stored in these conditions you can assure that the quality of the omega-3s, they contain are kept at the best quality possible. Once you open a bag of hemp seeds, they will stay about eight weeks in a cool, dark environment. To prolong their life, the ideal place is a freezer.

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Earthly Eating Recipe: (Day 1 of Low-Fat Eating)

Low-Fat Cheese Facts:

• Cheese is a great source of calcium. An ounce of low-fat Swiss gives you 272 milligrams; a tablespoon of Parmesan gives you almost 70 milligrams of calcium. But think twice about cottage cheese, which conbtains enough sodium to actually harm your bones.

• Buy full-flavored cheese, and you won’t crave those second and thrid servings, You will be more satisfied if you eat smaller anmounts of the ones you enjoy over just eating any that is availiable.

• If your favorite cheese shapr Cheddar, mild Jak, tangy chèvre, crumbly Parmesan, or creamy Brie? If you choose low-fat, you can enjoy all of these cheese varieties without the guilt.

• A light sprinkle of finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano delivers less fat and far more flavor than a shower of shredded mozzarella.

How To Make Your Own Curry Blend
Makes about 1/4 cup

1 1/2 tbs. coriander seeds
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 tsp. yellow mustard seeds
1 tsp. fenugreek seeds
1 tsp. peppercorns
6 whole cloves
1 tbs. turmeric powder
1 tsp. cayenne powder
1 tsp. ginger powder

Combine coriander, cumin, mustard seeds, fenugreek, peppercorns and cloves in a coffee grinder or food processor, and process till finely ground. Place the spice mixture in a small bowl; stir in turmeric, cayenne and ginger. Store in an airtight container.

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Those successful at shedding at least 30 pounds, and keeping them off, do more than just eat breakfast regularly. Here are other behaviors that can help you lose weight, and the big additon is: THESE HABITS HELP YOU KEEP THE WEIGHT OFF AS WELL:

Crunch the numbers: Read lables, be mindful of the number of calories in food, and actively monitor and limit your daily intake to be sure that you are buring at least as many calories as you are taking in. Simple inattention leads to mindless over-eating of nonessential calories and fats.

Always in moderation: If your favorite past-time was sitting on grandma’s porch, packing back the nutty buddies and sipping on Kool-Aid® without a care in the world, and you still do this practice at the age of 30, STOP! A child’s metabolism is a lot higher than an average, healthy adults. Remember, you may like that Hershey’s® candybar, but only eat some and save the rest for later. You don’t want to undo what you have worked so hard to achieve. Plus, if you eat it all the time, it’s not a treat. Allow a day to give thanks to your grandma for such wonderful times on the porch and eat a FEW cookies in that/her memory.

Go low-fat, not low-carb: No matter how they initially lost weight, People say they keep the weight off by limiting fat, not corbohydrates, in their daily diets.

Exercise at least one hour a day: You have probably got this one covered, but if not here are some ideas to get your motivated. Everyone needs a break from their day to day activitys and choas. Go for a short stroll, possibly a 15 minute one at breakfast, and another one at lunch then head out just before dinner or after dinner for a 30 minute walk. If you have a treadmill in your home or office, it’s even easier than you think. Investing in exercise equipment like a treadmill, is never a waste of money (you have to use it though.)

Step in the scale: Those who maintain thier weight use the scale at least once a week, and they take action as soon as they notice the number tipping more north. Never be affraid of seeing how much you weigh. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, it is however, ashaming to not fix the problem. Be it over-weight or under-weight.

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Earthly Eating Recipe:

Apricot Oatmeal Cookies:
Serves: Makes, 4 dozen large cookies

1/2 cup organic butter, softened
1/2 cup organic vegetable shortening
2 cups organic granulated sugar
2 large organic or farm fresh eggs
1-1/2 cup tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 cups organic rolled oats, finely ground
2 cups organic white or wheat flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup organic rolled oats
1-1/2 cups organis dried apricots, coarsely chopped
2 cups organic pecans, walnuts or almonds, chopped

Preheat oven to 375 degress and place rack in the center position in your oven. Beat butter and shortening with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after weach addition. Stir in vanilla. Grind oats in a blender or food processor until fine, then combine together with flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Gradually stir flor mixture into butter mixture. Fold oats, apricots and nuts into batter and drop by heaping tablspoons, about 2 inches apart, onto lightly greased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool 2-3 minutes, then remove to a rack to cool throughly before serving. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Happy Eating!