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Green Festival™ hits Washington, D.C., November 8 & 9 at the Washington Convention Center, and San Francisco, Calif., November 14, 15 & 16 at the Concourse Exhibition Center. Green Festival is a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America, is akin to a walk through a sustainable community. The festival features more than 125 renowned [...]

Don’t know beans about beans? Never fear! Here’s a quick lesson on beans, which pack quite a powerful healthy punch (they are high in protein, and may also help protect against heart disease, diabetes, and obesity). Kidney Beans (pictured above) These red beans are often found in chili and contain almost as much antioxidant power [...]

Not only is October a beautiful month where I live (northern California), but it’s also a month full of awareness and events that pertain to the way I eat. October is both Vegetarian Awareness Month and Celiac Disease Awareness Month (thus, the gluten-free blurb). Not only that, but October 1 is also World Vegetarian Day, [...]

You know how people always say that when things taste good, they’re bad for you? And when things taste bad, they’re good for you? Well, in the case of Kardea Nutrition, food not only tastes good, but it’s also very good for you. Kardea’s snack bars deliver 50% more heart healthy soluble fiber than found in [...]

For those who eat seafood, it’s time to take a look at how that smoked salmon, lobster tail, crab legs or shrimp scampy got from the ocean to your plate. Not only should you be aware of the mercury levels in the seafood you dine on, but also how the seafood is caught, and how that impacts [...]

It seems beef issues are on the rise these days. Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Canada’s biggest food processor, is recalling meat products after health officials identified a Toronto plant as the source of food poisoning that led to four deaths. Laboratory results linked meat products from the plant with an outbreak of listeriosis in four provinces, [...]

In my ongoing obsession with trying to get gluten-free, I recently came across alternative flour sources via Natural Health Magazine, and I thought I would pass along some alternatives the magazine suggested. Almond Flour: high in vitamin E and magnesium Coconut Flour: high in protein and fiber Chickpea Flour: rich in protein and iron Hazelnut [...]

Eggs have been known to get a bad rap, as the cholesterol found in the yolks has been blamed for raising cholesterol levels in the body. Not so, says the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which recently found no link in healthy people between eggs and either heart disease or stroke. In fact, eggs may [...]

It’s that time of year again where I live. Time for the California State Fair. And as if the heat and the crowds aren’t enough to turn a stomach, there’s also the ability to get pretty much anything deep fried. Including frog legs. At Chicken Charlie’s food stands, fair-goers have their choice of deep-fried items [...]