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No-Waste Garden Edibles: Ways to Maximize Your Garden’s Bounty

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

How to get the most out of the fruits, vegetables and even flowers grown in your garden by discovering the edible parts of common backyard plants and incorporating them into healthy recipes.

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Your Gut and You

Jul 02, 2020 03:29PM ● By Emily Fritz

There are several gastrointestinal conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), antibiotic-associated diarrhea and clostridium difficile infection, that can occur when the microorganisms in the small or large intestine are disrupted.

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Beyond Factory Farms: ‘Big Meat’ Comes at High Cost

Jun 30, 2020 09:30AM ● By Melinda Hemmelgarn

The industrial factory farms that monopolize the livestock industry at great cost to the environment are getting a pushback from people and organizations exploring sustainable options.

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Outdoor Feasts: Inspired Picnics and Healthy Grills

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

Whether firing up the backyard grill or having a picnic, these healthy, plant-based recipes are perfect outdoor meal ideas to savor this summer season.

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Hormonal Ups and Downs: Take Control and Feel Better Now

Jun 29, 2020 03:45PM ● By Patricia Staino

Hormonal imbalance can wreak havoc on your health affecting everything from digestion to weight, brain health, energy, mood, memory, sex drive, sleep and fertility.

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Build Immunity Year-Round: An Ayurvedic Approach to Gut Health

Jun 29, 2020 03:20PM ● By Neeru N. Kaushik

The Ayurvedic approach to health and wellness, in any season, is based on maintaining a balance of body, mind and spirit according to one’s own body constitution (dosha).

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Following Nature’s Cues: Eat Seasonally for Better Health

Jun 29, 2020 03:20PM ● By Brielle Kelly

The natural world is always changing, and the key to living in good health lies in our ability to adapt to this change and go with the flow.

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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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Support Your Immune System During the Pandemic

May 28, 2020 12:55PM ● By Veena Verma-Dzik

With the state of uncertainty that lingers in the air surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it is a good time to get a better handle on our health.

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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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