Foods Long Life

EWG helps us out once again! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Food Additives I was surprised to read that there are more than 10,000 additives allowed in food and their packaging. Is there any wonder why people are getting sicker and sicker? Luckily EWG, the same wonderful organization that helps us avoid the most pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables in their annually published Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen , has published the Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Additives. Here's a quick summary of the most dangerous additives. Unfortunately most of them have been rated by the FDA as "Generally Recognized As Safe" so they continued to be used in our foods but we can, of course, make the decision ourselves to avoid them. #1 - Nitrates and Nitrites These chemicals are commonly found in bacon, salami, sausages and hot dogs and is used to color and preserve the food. Unfortunately they can turn into cancer-causing nitrosamines in the gut and have been linked to ...

Contains 7 of my Top 20 Foods For Long Life Dairy and gluten free and only 134 calories per serving! Follow us on Facebook and Pinterest . Food Makes a Great Gift Who doesn't love a beautiful gift basket - especially when it's full of mushrooms! This beautiful 2 pound gourmet mushroom basket from Gourmet Mushrooms Inc. inspired lots of meals last week. Meals like mushroom risotto, mushroom frittata, mushrooms and kale, and more. But my favorite and healthiest creation was this Creamy Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup with Garlicky Clamshell and Pioppini Mushrooms.  Mycopia Mushroom Gift Basket  Now that you have my list of Top 20 Foods For Long Life , it's fun to see just how many longevity foods you can pack into one recipe. This one has seven: two cruciferous vegetables (broccoli and cauliflower), mushrooms, two alliums (garlic and onions), fresh lemon juice, and extra virgin olive oil. To top it off, this recipe is very low in calories and packed with a pound-busting 15 ...

Here are some powerful ways to fight that winter cold and flu. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Cold and Flu Season It seems like the New Year always brings along with it a cold or flu to dampen all our ambitious resolutions. Given that I've had my share of colds this fall, I've had a chance to discover some wonderful new ways to fight them or help prevent them in the first place. So of course I want to share these discoveries with you. Umcka  This is a natural remedy made from Pelargonium sidoides roots, a plant native to the South African coast. Originally it was known as Stevens' Consumption Cure after the Englishman, Charles Stevens, who was completely cured in 1897 by an African tribal healer using this remedy. It was brought to Switzerland by Dr. Adrien Sechehaya in 1920 who successful treated over 800 of his patients. Today, Umcka is a formulation of this healing root and is a leading medicine in Europe. Nature's Way has now brought it to A...

Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Why Diets Don't Always Make You Healthy I'm trying to lose a few holiday pounds right now and I'd guess most of you are too. But as we focus on the scale we often lose site of our health. And shouldn't good health really be the goal? So instead of following a fad diet that may not be good for in the long run, let's fill our plates with the most fiber-rich, nutrient-dense and delicious foods we can and then we won't have room for or crave the bad stuff! I guarantee you will lose weight and won't be the least bit hungry. After six years and more than 500 Foods For Long Life posts, I thought it was time to list the foods that I think are most important for health and long life. So here it is, my top 20 foods with some popular recipes that use them. I could have just as easily written about 50 of them but my husband discouraged me from doing that. I'll have to save that list for my next book.  Top 20 ...