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Feeding Happiness: Lifting Moods with Feel-Good Foods

May 29, 2020 09:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

During stressful times when our bodies need nutrition more than ever, turn to these healthy, mood-boosting comfort foods, including recipes for chocolate truffles and banana ice cream.

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Westport Farmers’ Market Announces New “Who Grows Your Food?” Campaign

May 07, 2020 01:40PM

The Westport Farmers’ Market is committed to providing fresh, local, healthy and seasonal food. It aspires to create a fun, safe, and healthy community environment for education and socialization.

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Soul Nourishment: The Kitchen As Sacred Space

Apr 30, 2020 09:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Designating the kitchen as a practical sanctuary is conducive to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Honor the sacredness of food by making these healthy recipes at home.

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Flower Power: Botanical Libations Pack Healthy Punch

Mar 31, 2020 09:30AM ● By April Thompson

How to take flowers and other budding botanical elements to create flavorful beverages, including drink recipes using Ayurvedic herbs, dandelions, rose petals and more.

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The Roots of Good Health: Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet

Feb 28, 2020 09:30AM

Discover the many benefits of adapting a plant-based diet lifestyle and how to best get started with the right flavorful foods.

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Meatless Makeover: A Plant-Based Spin on Classic Dishes

Feb 28, 2020 09:30AM

How to turn classic meat recipes into healthy, plant-based versions without losing any taste or texture including vegan popcorn chicken, walnut tacos and mushroom, sage and onion Wellington.

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Spices of Life: Pinches and Dashes Boost Health

Feb 28, 2020 09:27AM

Spices offer so much more than flavor, providing both food and medicine.

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Foraging Your Own Path

Feb 28, 2020 09:26AM ● By Patricia Staino

Beyond offering a one-year certification in sustainable nutrition, The Institute Of Sustainable Nutrition in West Granby often runs sustainable foraging walks to educate the public on the nutritional and medicinal value of Connecticut’s wild, indigenous plants.

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How to Choose An Herbalist

Feb 28, 2020 09:26AM ● By Patricia Staino

Herbalists feel deep connection to plants and the earth; they like to speak of their relationship with plants and the respect for what they contribute to the earth.

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From the Ground Up: Modern Herbalism Is a Grassroots Movement

Feb 28, 2020 09:25AM ● By Patricia Staino

As long as herbs have grown, their cultivation, gathering, preparation and sharing have synergized a kind of grassroots movement, spurred by neighbor helping neighbor and “hyped” by word of mouth.

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GERD and Veggies: Here’s the Skinny

Feb 28, 2020 09:20AM

The reason one individual is susceptible to acid reflux/GERD might be entirely different from the reason it afflicts another person.

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Raise Water Temperature to Boost Metabolism

Feb 28, 2020 09:19AM

There have been many studies proving that the consumption of cold food and beverages, including ice water, actually causes our blood vessels to constrict.

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The Institute Of Sustainable Nutrition

Feb 03, 2020 09:27PM

We offer a unique education program blending the science of nutrition with the hands-on components of sustainable regenerative gardening practices, kitchen medicine, culinary skills and sustainable foraging. This time together creates an unavoidable community of like-minded individuals.

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The Office of Dr. Michael Wald

Feb 03, 2020 08:13PM ● By Erica Mills

I provide practical and natural solutions for people based upon their unique chemistry, using the Blood Detective Software system I developed.

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A Feast for All Seasons: Embracing the Rainbow Year Round

Jan 31, 2020 09:30AM

Eating seasonally in winter can be easy with these healthy foods and plant-based, vegan recipes for Mixed Citrus Salad With Mâche, Fennel and Celery and Chard and Squash Salad.

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Boost Your Immune Health: Ways to Support the Body’s Defenses

Jan 07, 2020 08:36PM

The new year brings new opportunities: perhaps a new start on goals we have been pondering, or maybe a new angle on something we previously hoped to accomplish

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A Road Map to Conscious Eating: Set Goals, Not Resolutions

Jan 07, 2020 08:06PM

Need help staying on track throughout the year? Here are some tips to make achieving a delicious, healthy diet not just attainable, but affordable and sustainable, too.

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Gut Check: Feeding the Immune System

Dec 30, 2019 09:30AM

Nutrition is key in building up a strong immune system. How to foster healthy gut bacteria plus immune-boosting recipes for Creamy Turmeric Cauliflower Soup and Lentil Stew.

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Dog-Food Menu Debuts at Marty’s Café

Dec 04, 2019 10:58AM

Marty’s Café in Washington Depot has always been dog-friendly but until now, the pups who sat outside with their humans were offered only table scraps.

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The Merry Vegan: People-Pleasing Holiday Sweets

Nov 27, 2019 09:30AM

Healthy vegan, gluten- and grain-free holiday treats and desserts, including recipes for peanut butter cookies, no-bake pecan snowballs and peanut butter cup bars.

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