Foods Long Life

Healthy breakfast bowl takes advantage of late summer fruit. Follow Foods For Long Life on Pinterest and Facebook . My New Favorite Breakfast The end of the summer brings us so much wonderful fruit.   Sweat peaches are their peak ripeness, the pears are ripening, strawberries are still around, and so much more. A big bowl of fruit may be delicious but it's certainly not filling.This breakfast bowl adds nuts and seeds, cereal, and some probiotic packed, home-made soy yogurt . This provides the protein and healthy fats that will keep you satisfied until lunch time. I Can't Believe School is Starting! Although my children are grown, I still get those feelings of disbelief when kids start getting ready to start school in what seems like the middle of the summer. Getting kids fed and ready to leave for school, or even summer day camp for that matter, is one of the hardest thing a parent has to do. Perhaps feeding them this yummy breakfast bowl will get them to eat up without promp...

Roasted asparagus topped with chopped veggies and seeds. Follow Foods For Long Life on Pinterest and Facebook . Preview my eBook, Health Begins in the Kitchen . Asparagus for Lunch? Doug and I ate an entire bunch of asparagus yesterday for lunch. Once those tender roasted spears came out of the oven, we decided to make a meal out of them. Besides, you can't just let these jewels sit around since they are more perishable than most other vegetables. Feed your Microbes Too! I'm sure you all know how very important microbes are for our health . Well these little guys have to eat too. They depend on "prebiotics" which are supplied by the compound "inulin." This carbohydrate makes it all the way through to our large intestine where it becomes an important food source for our intestinal bacteria such as Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli. Asparagus is a very good source of inulin.          *                   ...