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What Are the 3 Best Orange Foods we Should Eat Regularly?

07/02/202207/02/2022 by Hannie Mommers

Orange foods contain beta carotene, also called previtamin A. Other nutrients in orange food are folate, potassium, calcium, thiamine, and vitamin C.

Our bodies convert beta carotene into vitamin A. Beta carotene is supporting good eye vision and eye health. Vitamin A ensures the health of our skin. Carrots contain a lot of beta carotene.

Vitamin C is much needed to build a healthy natural immune system and oranges contain loads of Vitamin C. With a pandemic going on, for me, it’s a reason to consider oranges the second one of the 3 best orange foods.

Is it OK to Eat Goji Berries Every Day? (Are they Really Healthy?)

14/10/202113/08/2021 by Hannie Mommers

Goji berries have been on my list of superfoods for several years now. In the beginning, I ate them occasionally. Until I saw that they lower cholesterol, which naturally made me wonder: Is it OK to eat Goji berries every day?

Goji berries aren’t new to people in Tibet, the Himalayas, and China. However, they’re fairly new to our part of the world and I am glad they can now be bought in most organic stores.

A variety of benefits were associated with Goji berries in ancient Chinese medicine. They are mentioned in the oldest Chinese medical and herbal books.

What Energy Balls Recipes with Dates are Excellent for our Health?

14/10/202125/07/2021 by Hannie Mommers

Power balls or energy balls are marvelous for fighting the afternoon slump. These energy balls recipes with dates are quite easy to make and they’ll be finished before you know it. Making them as well as eating them. 🙂

My yearly health checkups often show that my cholesterol levels are above normal. So I have a list of foods that lower the LDL level or are good for the HDL level. It’s pinned to the refrigerator.

Lots of these foods are perfect to mix in energy balls. If you have an ailment that requires certain foods try to blend them into the power balls.

2 Delicious Organic Desserts, that are Ready in an Instant

14/10/202129/04/2021 by Hannie Mommers

When we stopped eating and drinking dairy it was a big problem to come up with ideas for a dessert, especially organic desserts. Eventually we have found several recipes which gave inspiration to invent some of our own as well.

Almost everything we buy is organic. Someone asked me on Facebook where we get organic hazelnut paste. We’re glad that nowadays even in Spain there are more and more organic stores, where they have hazelnut paste, peanut butter, or cashew butter.

Have a look for another recipe here: apple and pear sauce.

The Quality of Food Determines Life Expectancy

14/09/202105/04/2021 by Tom van Oosterhout

The quality of food determines life expectancy. However, the quality of food can as well be a savior as a menace. This is best understood in the contribution of food to the rise, and the subsequent standstill, of life expectancy during the past century and a half.

Average life expectancy almost doubled. This great achievement I have always attributed to the presence of clean water and better health care. This is only true to some extent. The rise in life expectancy must be mainly attributed to the mechanization of food production in the US.

3 Healthy Breakfast Recipes, although Not for Everybody

14/02/202225/02/2021 by Hannie Mommers

For 40+ years I had breakfast with only fruits and a little fruit juice. You might think that is boring, but as the seasons change, the fruit choice changes as well. Because we only eat twice a day since 2019, I wanted to change my breakfast to eat varied enough.

Searching “Healthy breakfast recipes” didn’t at first offer me the kind of breakfasts I was looking for. But determination always pays off as you know, so now I have added 2 breakfasts to the one I had. And I am still looking for variations.

Why is it so hard for me to decide on other breakfasts? Well, as I have described earlier I was raised on bread and sweets. Maybe, if I try really hard, I could eat an American or English breakfast, but at the moment the thought alone gives me the creeps. As I am sure that Anglo Saxons will shiver at the thought of eating just bread. Or fruits. 🙂

Red Food and the Health Benefits of Antioxidants

07/02/202215/02/2021 by Hannie Mommers

The health benefits of antioxidants are most obvious in red food. Especially now that we’re getting older it’s important to look carefully at what we eat. We emphasize variety. The health benefits of antioxidants also get extra attention.

More in general our health is an important drive to pay more attention to our food. Tom had a couple of fierce gout attacks years ago and has kept a purine-free diet ever since. I have a tendency for arthritis, so I avoid among other things the use of salt and alcohol.

What is the Difference between Chocolate and Cacao, or is it Cocoa?

11/12/202119/10/2020 by Hannie Mommers

In Dutch we have the expression “I can’t make chocolate out of it”, which basically means I don’t get it. Well, I couldn’t make chocolate out of the difference between chocolate and cacao. And then I discovered there is also cocoa. Time for some investigation!

Women and chocolate are an infamous combination. It’s our favourite comfort food. And given all the rave articles in the women’s magazines in recent years, most of us no longer feel guilty about being addicted to chocolate.