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Eating Fruits & Vegetables On The Go

Eating on the go can feel chaotic, but it’s easy to include more fruits and vegetables away from home. Try these easy to prepare ideas and tips to avoid last…
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Shopping for Fruits & Vegetables

As you cruise the grocery aisles, remember all forms count. Pick up fruits and veggies throughout the store; it’s okay to grab canned and frozen.  Try dried…
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My mother is a stroke victim who still has, after one year, a feeding tube. She is still completely bedridden and cannot speak. She has good days and bad ones, as expected. She is alert at times and doesn’t respond at others. The doctors very quickly gave up on her and wanted us to use a drip (they prescribed “Jevity”) for all her nutrition. She is at home in the round-the-clock care of my sister who feels that she needs nothing but juicing and refuses to listen to the doctors because “they only want to maintain her and we want to rebuild her”. She has obtained different recipes of fruits and vegetables needed for each different thing such as cleansing arteries, dissolving an aneurysm, building cells, etc. My mother has lost quite a bit of weight (she is only 5’4″ and was very overweight before – my guess is that she’s lost about 40 pounds) since we brought her home and my other sister feels she is being starved and wants her to be given something else, such as Ensure or go back to the ‘Jevity’ drip. She is also being given Chinese herbs and other supplements suggested by a medical doctor who has an acupuncture business is an adjoining town. Please give me your opinion/suggestions as I seem to be caught in the middle.

Your sister’s dedication is to be commended. Fruits and vegetables are wonderful sources of many nutrients that are essential for health, but may not pro…
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Heart Health Protection – Guaranteed!

February is American Heart Month and there are numerous ways a better lifestyle can help reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke, improve cardiovascular fu…
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Dinner

I m trying to watch my wieght and make sure that the rest of the family eats healthy. The problem is I have the two pickiest little boys ever and a husband tha…
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Fruits & Veggies, All Mixed Up

For some reason, most of us think of fruits and vegetables as two independent ‘teams’ in the mission to get Americans eating more healthfully. There is no…
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Minestrone Soup

Nothing says warmth and comfort more than a steaming bowl of delicious soup. Soup is easy to make, nutritious and inexpensive. One soup that is sure to be a re…
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