Most Recent Health Tips, Health News, and Easy Healthy Recipes

Creamy Sunflower Dressing Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup of raw sunflower seeds
1/2 clove of garlic
Juice of 1/4 of a lemon
1 teaspoon of raw honey (optional)
Sea salt, to taste
Water

Directions:

Blend all ingredients, adding water slowly until desired consistency is reached. This creamy dressing will bring any vegetable salad or plate of steamed vegetables alive. Enjoy. Read more

 

Low Blood Pressure: How Low Is Too Low?

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Understanding Your Partner's Primary Love Language

Do you know anyone who just doesn't get along with his or her significant other? Here is an important question for him or her to consider: Read more

 

Pine Nut and Basil Dressing Recipe

Ingredients:

1/3 cup of raw pine nuts
1/2 cup of fresh basil leaves
1/3 cup of water
2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 small cloves of garlic, peeled
1 and 1/2 teaspoons of sea salt
3/4 cup of cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup of raw apple cider vinegar Read more

 

Mango Avocado Dressing Recipe

Ingredients:

1 ripe avocado
1 ripe mango
1/2 lemon, freshly squeezed
Sea salt (optional)

Directions:

Blend all ingredients and serve immediately over salad, steamed vegetables, or whole grain dish. Enjoy this bright and refreshing salad dressing recipe. Read more

 

Are Dairy Products Good For Your Health?

Before my parents immigrated to Canada close to four decades ago, my mom was convinced that one of the benefits of living in Canada was the amount of cow's milk that was available. Back in Korea, moms, dads, and grandparents of all ages were sure that their babies and grandchildren could be bigger, stronger, and healthier if they could only have easy access to milk. Read more

 

Margaret's Mushroom & Sweet Brown Rice Risotto Recipe

Ingredients:

5 cups button mushrooms, sliced thin
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup sweet brown rice, uncooked
5 and a half cups chicken or vegetable broth
Sea salt to taste
2 Tbs. olive oil

Directions:

1. Cook the rice in a covered pot in 2 and a half cups of the broth. Wait until it's fully cooked before doing anything else. The rice is done when it's soft. The cooked grains should stick together slightly, as it is sweet brown rice.

2. In a medium or large pot, saute the onion in the olive oil. When onion is soft, add the mushrooms and a pinch of sea salt.

3. When the mushrooms are soft, add the cooked rice and sea salt to taste. Add the rest of the broth (3 cups) and mix until everything is well-incorporated.

This recipe serves 2 - 3 people. Enjoy! Read more

 

Mammograms: What For, Exactly?

If you're still going for a mammogram screening once every year or two years, please consider the following: Read more

 

Healthy Foods that Contain Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)

Riboflavin is a water-soluble B-complex vitamin that is a key component of two enzymes in your body called flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and flavin mononucleotide (FMN). FAD and FMN are used by every cell in your body to produce energy. FAD is used by other enzymes to protect your body against damage by free radicals.

What Does Riboflavin Do in Your Body? Read more

 

Healthy Foods that Contain Magnesium

Magnesium is one of seven minerals that you need in relatively large amounts for optimal health. Most of your body's magnesium is located in your bones and teeth. Your remaining magnesium is present in your soft tissues and the fluids that surround these tissues.

What Does Magnesium Do in Your Body? Read more

 

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