http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com The Ultimate College Cookbook Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beating the Freshman Fifteen Thanks for your interest in living your life to its fullest. I put this together to provide a meaningful set of principles that can support you in feeling healthy and fabulous about yourself. This report is divided into six sections, and is based on six principles: 1.    Emotional eating 2.    ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/08/18/beating-the-freshman-fifteen/ A relative of the noxious thistles that have been running wild here in the Boulder Valley, these flowering buds originally got a start in the human food stream in the mediteranean. Artichokes are incredibly nutrient dense and are overlooked in the world of nutrition because of the relatively small amount we ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/07/23/artichokes/ Need to focus?  A compound in chocolate can sharpen your mind, according to British researchers.  In a recent study, scientists gave people a cocoa drink loaded with healthy compounds called flavanols and then monitored blood flow to their brains.  The result:  Two hours after people drank the high-flavanol chocolate, blood ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/07/23/make-your-brain-cocoa-crisp-from-mens-health/ Celiac Disease is the inability to digest foods with the gliadin fraction of gluten, causing damage to the lining of the small intestines.  Due to this damage, the body cannot absorb nutrients well which results in malnutrition.  Gluten is found in grains such as wheat, rye, barley, millet, and spelt.  ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/07/23/celiac-disease/ From an energetic perspective, caffeine and especially coffee, can help us tap into reserve energy supplies. This is great if we are occasionally using these substances (coffee, mate, tea, caffeinated beverages) for energy. But chronic and habitual use will inevitably lead to tapping the reserves Think of it this way. You have ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/07/23/the-energetics-of-coffee-and-caffeine/ First of all I want to send a big thank you to Seth for including me in this newsletter! I am an experienced hair stylist and an artist who is passionate about organic sustainability, artistic integrity, and purity. I feel fortunate to be able to speak with you about healthy, ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/07/23/healthy-hair-and-skin-products/ Factory Farming: Factory farming is non sustainable. Also known as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, it emphasizes high volume and profit rather than the health and welfare of both the animals and the humans consuming these animals.  Factory farms can have anywhere from 100s to 1000s of animals packed tightly together with ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/07/23/factory-farming-vs-free-range/ Copy the web address below and paste in your browser to watch the first of the Healthy, Fast, and Cheap webcast series. Bringing healthy, useful, and easy tips right to your kitchen. Episode 1-How to make a quick, delicious smoothie that will leave you satisfied and with lasting energy. Learn ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/07/23/video-webcast-simple-smoothie/ Well, this tuber of the sunflower family doesn’t look anything like an artichoke, but contracry to popular belief, is in the same family as artichokes, which also includes burdock and dandelion as well as the familiar sunflower. Side Note: It is amazing how many references I saw that claimed there was ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/07/23/jerusalem-artichokes-sunchokes-or-let%e2%80%99s-try-the-first-nation-style-%e2%80%9csunroots%e2%80%9d/ Beer Mug with high school logo? T-Shirt? Money? What is the best gift you can give a high school grad? If you care about their future, then my book, Healthy, Fast and Cheap: The Ultimate College Cookbook, is the best gift you can give, hands down. But don't take my word for it: "Wow, this is ... http://healthyfastandcheap.dreamhosters.com/2008/05/15/gifts-for-grads/