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May 8, 2024

Blue Zone Flan Is Dairy-Free & Delicious

Blue Zone Ripple Flan with Berries Ripple is a non-dairy, nut-free milk made from pea protein. It’s popular here in California and in the Blue Zone of Loma Linda. It’s available in some markets and on Amazon. With a little creativity, it can be used to make a non-dairy flan. I’ve used dark agave syrup in place of the caramel for a more natural and less processed ingredient. Benefits Ripple non-dairy milk has half the sugar of cow’s milk but more calcium because it is fortified. It also contains protein for muscle and bone health, and omega-3 fatty acids for […]

May 7, 2024

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We Have Winner for Our KitchenAid Mixer!

Congratulations to David Barnett! You are the winner of the contest! We’ll contact you directly to get your information. Thank you to everyone who was eligible to win this prize and be on the lookout for our next contest! Here’s what David has won: KitchenAid® Mixer! Attention kitchen enthusiasts! Your dreams are about to come true! We’re thrilled to announce another KitchenAid® mixer giveaway! Yes, you heard it right! And this time, it’s the coveted KitchenAid Artisan Mini Stand Mixer! Whether you’re a passionate baker or a cooking aficionado, this appliance is your ultimate kitchen companion. Its sleek design and […]

May 7, 2024

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4 Spring Veggies Sprouting in Stores Now

Spring is here and we’re celebrating all of the fresh produce that’s arriving in stores now. Four veggies to look for now are asparagus, leeks, endive and spring onions. We’ve added a few cooking and buying tips, too. Asparagus Early-season asparagus features bright green stalks with purple-tinted tips. Buy bunches with firm stalks and tightly closed tops. Refrigerate the bunch standing up in a cup of water. Eat up: Drizzle stalks with olive oil, dust with sea salt and black pepper and roast at 400 degrees until tender. Or stir 2-inch pieces of asparagus into risotto in the last five […]

May 7, 2024

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How Do You Eat Antioxidants? Watch This!

You can choose foods that fight free-radicals and the damage they do to your cells. Watch this video to learn how to eat antioxidants. ANTIOXIDANT Antioxidant compounds prevent and repair oxidative damage to cells caused by free radicals. Recipes that include antioxidant ingredients are below. Here are some antioxidant-rich recipes: Strawberry-Almond Cake Spicy Chickpea Burgers Vegetable Quesadillas Aztec Berry Salad Tandoori Spice Mix Marrakesh Spice Mix Learn more about the FoodTrients’ how antioxidant foods help slow down aging from our nutritionist Ginger Hultin: Antioxidants Help Slow Down Premature Aging

May 7, 2024

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The Pegan Diet Is a Menu for Aging Better

Functional medicine practitioner Mark Hyman, M.D., dedicates his new book, The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World, to “the confused eater committed to better human and planetary health.” We are all probably a bit confused about what to eat to stay healthy these days. Nutritional advice is, at best, conflicting, and at worst, confusing. Dr. Hyman attempts to cut through the clutter with his “un-diet—a simple set of principles blending science and common sense into guidelines promoting health, weight loss, and longevity that can easily be adapted to any philosophical or cultural preferences.” […]

April 23, 2024

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Want To Reverse Disease? Here’s How To UnDo It!

When you make a mistake on your computer, there’s often a very simple way to fix it: just select the “undo” option. It’s like magic – allowing you to reverse what you’ve done and proceed as if it never happened. If only there were as simple a solution to our health problems! Dean Ornish, M.D., has directed revolutionary research proving, for the first time, that lifestyle changes can often reverse—undo!—the progression of many of the most common and costly chronic diseases and even begin reversing aging at a cellular level. The Ornish diet was developed in 1977 by Dr. Ornish, […]

April 9, 2024

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Embracing Elderhood: A Plan for Longer Life

Finally! A practical guide to walk you through the process of planning for a longer life. Using her years of experience as an Elder Law and Estate Planning attorney, and the personal lessons she learned walking her own parents through this process, Laurie Menzies explains, in practical terms, the best way to plan for this stage of life. Her book, Embracing Elderhood: Planning for the Next Stage of Life, does not provide answers to the crisis of aging—instead, it offers options that are available both to the families with the foresight to plan, as well as to those who made […]

April 3, 2024

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We Have a Winner for the GreenPan Set!

Our FoodTrients Winner is: Congratulations, Peg Smith! You’ve emerged victorious in our exciting contest! We will be reaching out directly to you shortly to collect your mailing information. No purchase is necessary; all FoodTrients giveaways are free to enter, and all FoodTrients subscribers are eligible for a chance to win. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all of our FoodTrients Newsletter subscribers for joining in the excitement. Stay tuned for our next thrilling contest! And now, the moment you’ve been waiting for, here’s what Peg has won: Calling all cooks who love beautiful form AND function! We can hardly […]

March 27, 2024

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Anti-Inflammatory Foods Fight Disease

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Anti-Inflammatories reduce the inflammatory process in cells, tissues, and blood vessels, helping to slow aging and reduce the risk of long-term disease. Recipes that include anti-inflammatory foods are below. Click icon for all FoodTrients anti-inflammatory recipes. Anti-Inflammatory foods can fight the inflammation that leads to joint pain, irritable bowel syndrome, asthma, allergies, eczema, and even pre-diabetes. To learn more, watch the video and read this article by Dr. Rosenberg called Does Your Diet Include the Best Anti-Inflammatory Foods? Foodtrients recipes that help reduce inflammation include: Thai Shrimp & Pineapple Curry Oatmeal Date Cookies Spicy Candied Walnuts Green Tea Noodles […]