Zucchini as a superfood? Who would have thought. This unglamorous vegetable is often unappreciated. The plants are so amazingly productive that most gardeners grow more than they can eat. The classic joke goes: people in the country usually don’t lock their car doors except in the summertime. Why? So that their neighbors can’t put zucchini’s

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I spent a couple hours today harvesting organic blueberries at the local U-pick patch. Is there an organic blueberry farm near you? Now is the time to harvest a year’s supply of blueberries and freeze them. Freezing actually makes them more nutritious as the cell walls break and more of the heart and blood vessel

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This summer, I have been spending most of my non-working hours outdoors gardening, landscaping and riding my bike down to the river to swim. We have been out on the deck in the evenings grilling lots of vegetables harvested fresh from the garden and are feeling healthier every day. After a long, cold and wet

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A recent study published in The Archives of Neurology tracked the dietary habits of 2148 people over the age of 65 for nearly four years and found out that a HIGHER intake of salad dressing, nuts, fish, tomatoes, poultry, cruciferous vegetables, fruits, and dark and green leafy vegetables and a LOWER intake of high fat

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For more in-depth information on avoiding Bisphenol-A (BPA) and other toxins in plastic food containers, link to this highly relevant article in the latest New Yorker Magazine: “The Plastic Panic- How worried should we be about everyday chemicals?” by Jerome Groopman. Enlightening reading on a rainy spring day, Margaret Philhower, ND drmargaret.org

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