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Healthy Food Made and Offered with Love at Tumerico

Jun 30, 2015 06:11PM ● By Sylvia Haskvitz

Growing up in Hermosillo, Mexico, with a father who farmed both at home and at work, Wendy Garcia has loved having her hand in food for as l...

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Tidbits to Support the Body’s Needs, Health and Well-Being

Jun 30, 2015 05:39PM ● By Sylvia Haskvitz

•Having difficulty sleeping? Eat a handful of unsweetened tart cherries—which have the highest amount of melatonin of any food. • Eating ...

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Bug Food: Protein-Rich Insects May Be Food of the Future

Jun 30, 2015 08:14AM

Did you know that crickets contain as much omega-3 fatty acids as salmon? The next wave of food options may turn out to be insects, which can be as much as 80 percent protein by weight.

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Flaxseed Oil Soothes Carpal Tunnel: Natural Relief for Sufferers

Jun 30, 2015 08:14AM

Iranian carpal-tunnel patients that rubbed flaxseed oil on their wrist for four weeks reported significantly less pain and more mobility.

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Fresh Catch: Community Supported Fisheries Share Bounty of the Sea

Jun 30, 2015 08:14AM

To make U.S.-caught fish affordable and obtainable, fisheries are connecting directly with local consumers.

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Food Democracy: By the People, for the People and Toward a Stronger Nation

Jun 30, 2015 08:14AM ● By Melinda Hemmelgarn

Across the country, support is spreading for a food network that sustains local economies while providing better nourishment and GMO transparency.

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Manly Foods: Boost Testosterone with the Right Choices

Jun 01, 2015 03:43PM ● By Kathleen Barnes

When men eat certain foods from lean meat and nuts to cabbage and strawberries, their bodies naturally produce more male hormone, lowering the odds of infertility and impotence.

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Antioxidant-Rich Berries Thwart Alzheimer’s: Berry Good for the Mind

May 29, 2015 08:12AM

All kinds of berries protect brain cells from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

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An Avocado a Day Keeps Bad Cholesterol Away: Reduces Risk of Artery Hardening

May 29, 2015 08:12AM

Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), known as “bad cholesterol”, was reduced by 60 percent when overweight adults added an avocado to a moderate-fat diet.

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Stroke Risk Rises with Two Drinks a Day: Alcohol Increases Chances During Middle-Age Years

May 29, 2015 08:12AM

Having two drinks a day in one’s 50s and 60s increases the risk of stroke by a third and lowers the age at which it occurs, Swedish researchers have found.

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