It is the vegetable juice which gives this quinoa salad its gorgeous color, a wonderful hint of flavor, and a substantial boost of vitamin C and beta-carotene.
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Improve Your Health with Breakfast
After an outstanding life changing trip to California, getting back Monday night at 10 pm and having a full day Tuesday from 6:30 am to 9:30 pm consisting of clients, meeting, emails, and phone conferences, I found my fridge rather barren, but I was able to still make a healthy breakfast: grilled a dozen asparagus, two eggs, feta cheese and salsa on the side. A healthy balanced breakfast that took just 10 minutes.
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Almonds
Almonds are one of the most nutritious nuts, and are a rich source of protein, fiber, vitamin E, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, calcium, magnesium and zinc. Today this was one of my snacks, 25 nuts equal one serving, 160 calories, 14g fat, 210mg potassium, 3g fiber, and 6g protein. I had 2 servings, or about 50 almonds.
Top Twenty Fiber Foods
Dietary fiber, sometimes called roughage, is the indigestible portion of plant foods which has two main components:
• soluble (pre-biotic, viscous) fiber that is readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active by-products, and
• metabolically inert insoluble fiber which absorbs water throughout the digestive system and eases defecation.
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Carbohydrates
You have probably heard the words “carbohydrates” and “complex carbohydrates” but do you know what they are? Or how important they are to your body and your health?
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