How To Dehydrate Kale Step by Step

Kale is a nutritious vegetable and is considered to be a form of cabbage. It can be

green or purple and is a rich source of calcium, beta-carotene and vitamins.

Like broccoli kale contains sulforaphane, which is believed to have anti-cancer properties.

Kale chips are a popular and very nutritional snack and if you happen to have kale sitting in your garden, fridge or freezer and you are not sure what to do with all of it you can always dehydrate your kale. Dehydrating kale or any other collard greens is a relatively easy process and can be done in your very own kitchen using a dehydrator or the oven.

At their best: Sweetcorn & Pears

Sweetcorn Sweetcorn falls into the category of one of those things that when you eat it fresh from the cob

, nothing else will do. Tinned sweetcorn is very handy but could never match up to a boiled and grilled cob smothered with butter and black pepper. Sweetcorn is a form of maize which has become very popular here in the UK, stemming from Aztec backgrounds. It is harvested fairly young to make sure the kernels are sweet and tender but once harvested quickly deteriorates losing its sweetness, very much like peas. If you can, buy sweetcorn with the husks still on as this indicates freshness. This should be green and firm and the kernels should be firm and tightly packed. Make sure you eat them quickly to savour their sweetnes

CORN ON THE COB WITH THAI INFUSION

Why Protein?

If you are training on a regular basis, it is important to ensure that you are taking in adequate 

protein to assist with muscle repair and recovery. Lean muscle burns more calories at rest so ensuring muscles are trained, fed and rested is integral to muscle growth. How much protein per day?

Magnesium Myths

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Have you ever experienced muscle cramping during or after exercise? This may be the result of a magnesium deficiency.

Magnesium plays a vital role in over 300 metabolic processes, which help supply our body with energy during exercise.

It also allows our bodies to utilise electrolytes, which are a vital component for muscle contraction and hydration.

These days, more and more people are eating processed foods, such as McDonalds (yuck!), while the consumption of whole foods such as nuts  and seeds (yum!), which contain high

Why …. NUTS ?

Why …. NUTS ?

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Nuts: To eat or not to eat?

Will I gain weight or lose weight if I eat them?

The short answer is that nuts definitely get a big TICK!

Nuts contain the linoleic and linolenic essential fatty acids and the fats in nuts for the most part are unsaturated fats, including monounsaturated fats. Nuts also provide arginine, which is a substance that may help

POMEGRANATE

The fruit that has been mentioned in more ancient tablets and stories, perhaps they believe this was a magical fruit that gave them strength and good health. In Greek Mythology, the Pomegranate is known as the “Fruit of the Dead”. The story of Persephona and how she was tricked by Hades in to eating 6 seeds of the Pomegranate, he who ate any food in the underworld was doomed to spend eternity there. This is how the Greeks explained the 6 months that there is not crop growth, and explains the seasons.

The banana

The Banana is by far one of the most recognized food product in the world. We think of the thick dense forest in South America, they are also found in most parts of the world with the same type of weather.

It has a lot of great beneficial qualities that include power sustain for those long work out sessions, protects against muscle craps during workouts, High in potassium and low in salt, are able to lower blood pressure, and protect against heart attack and stroke. Rich in pectin, bananas

the best advices: Food Fiction

 Eggs are Bad for You

We’ve all been told ordering breakfast sunny side up really isn’t so sunny – for our hearts, at least. After all, eggs are one of the richest sources of artery-clogging cholesterol, so they must increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, right? Wrong. According to the famous Framingham Study, it was found that egg consumption was unrelated to blood cholesterol levels or to coronary heart disease. Another investigation published in the Nutrition Bulletin argued that viewing eggs solely in

Antioxidants The Power of Purple

 You’ve heard about the power of antioxidant-rich foods, but which are tops?

When my dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer last summer, one of

the first things his oncologist advised him to do was drink Concord grape juice—a lot of it every day. Why? Because grapes, particularly those deep-purple

Concord grapes, contain a powerful antioxidant and known cancer fighter.

We all know that fruits and veggies are central to a healthy diet, but some varieties,

especially purple foods, pack a more powerful punch than others.

Sports nutrition rules : Fat

Fat contains more than twice the amount of energy as carbohydrate. A single gram contains nine calories making it a valuable source of fuel for longer duration activities. While fat cannot supply energy quickly enough for very intense activity, it can be used by the body to power lower intensity exercise such as jogging and walking.
Fat also provides insulation and protection to vital organs such as the heart, lungs and liver and transports vitamins throughout the body.
Not all dietary fat is the same. Like carbohydrate, fat can be broken down into several different groups:

The pros of probiotics

The pros of probiotics Q: What are probiotics, and should I be taking them?

— Sally G., Boise, Idaho
A: If you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, the answer is a strong YES. Pregnant moms and their breastfed children have fewer infections and days of diarrhea if Mom is taking probiotics. And, almost weekly, new info comes out demonstrating how these friendly bacteria that live in our guts are essential for good health.

Build it or lose it keeping muscles strong

 Robert De Niro, 69, and Sly Stallone, 65, are training for an upcoming boxing film, “Grudge Match,” about aging rivals heading back into the ring. Just the idea of those two shirtless in trunks makes us think about the importance of preserving muscle mass as you age. After all, even the fittest athletes lose muscle tone with passing decades.

Here’s why. You don’t use your muscles as much as you used to; plus, you have lower levels of growth hormone, which is good for preventing cancer spread, but not so good for muscle growth. If you add to that lower levels of vitamin D-3, an imbalance in the acid-base content of foods you eat (more about that in a minute) and lack of enough protein and vitamin B-12, you’re going to lose muscle tone. But you can fight back!

To build muscles you need about 68 grams  of lean protein (skinless poultry, salmon, trout) a day if you weigh 150 pounds; a 1,000 IU supplement of vitamin D-3 daily, 1,200 IU

if you’re over 60; and 25–100 mcg per day of a B-12 supplement if you’re 65 or older.

And about acid-base balance: Too many acid-producing foods (100 percent whole grains and lean proteins) and not enough veggies and fruit (they’re base)