If you’ve read this you might want to go vegetarian. We are what we eat so how about the animals we eat? When cattle is raised on grains and pumped full of antibiotics, it changes the overall health of the animals, obviously. Because cows were designed to chew the cud (grass!) grain-fed cattle have much more disease, which large farms treat with antibiotics. The animal fat in cattle develops into the artery clogging, saturated fats. On the other hand, when gorging themselves on a a natural...
by on December 21st, 2009 at 08:12 am

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  • Choosing Meat and Fish 101
    If you’ve read this you might want to go vegetarian. We are what we eat so how about the animals we eat? When cattle is raised on grains and pumped full of antibiotics, it changes the overall health of the animals,...
    by at December 21st, 2009 at 08:12 am
  • Superfood of the Week: Pumpkin
    When I think of Halloween, I get a flash of orange in my mind’s eye: Pumpkin! Native American Indians have long treasured this dietary staple for its nutritional and medicinal qualities. These days pumpkin is a culinary...
    by at October 26th, 2009 at 08:10 am
  • Superfood of the Week: Tomatoes
      We can all agree there’s nothing quite like a ripe heirloom tomato with a little sprinkling of salt. Tomatoes are one of my favorite foods to cook because they’re super versatile. Tomatoes didn’t make...
    by at September 28th, 2009 at 01:09 am
  • Boost Your Immunity with Chinese Medicine
    Our first line of defense is our skin, otherwise known as wei qi, or protective qi. Not only do wind and heat offer transportation for pathogens, they can also elicit a direct physiological affect of opening and closing the...
    by at August 1st, 2009 at 09:08 am