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

Jan 07, 2020

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

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

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

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

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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Zenful Eating: Mindful Meals in Quiet Gratitude

Oct 31, 2019

How to cook more mindfully, enjoy meals more fully and eat in better balance, plus healthy recipes for Buddha Bowls and Hearty Moroccan Soup.

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A Morning of Mushrooms at Holcomb Farm

Oct 01, 2019

The Institute of Sustainable Nutrition in West Granby will host “A Morning of Mushrooms” at Holcomb Farm

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Truly Magic Mushrooms: Fungi Heal What Ails You

Oct 01, 2019 ● By Alison Birks

Fungi. Our world could not exist without them.

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Ayurvedic Cooking: Ancient System Restores Balance

Aug 30, 2019

Ayurveda works to rebalance health in coordination with mind-body energy. An Ayurvedic diet can address imbalances and optimize health and well-being. Start with these simple recipes.

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Wild and Wonderful: Foraging for Foodies

Aug 16, 2019 ● By April Thompson

There is such a thing as a free lunch! We have only to look in our backyards and parks to find the free, nutritious greens and berries an arm’s reach away.

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Food, Mood and Attitude: What We Eat Affects How We Feel

Jul 31, 2019 ● By Cindy Wechsler

We all know we need food to fuel our bodies and provide us with nutrients that keep our bodies strong, healthy and functioning at an optimal...

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Farm-to-Table Marine Delivery: Harbor Harvest Vessel Launched on Long Island Sound

Jul 02, 2019 ● By Ariana Fine

Robert Kunkel, co-owner of the Harbor Harvest market in Norwalk as well as a ship design and construction management firm, debuted in April ...

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Eat Mostly Plants to Ease Gum Inflammation: Oral Health Benefits

Jun 28, 2019

Germans that ate a diet low in meat and carbs and high in plants and vitamins for four weeks had significantly less gum inflammation and bleeding that subjects that did not change their eating habits.

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Dangerous Dozen: Produce to Avoid

Jun 28, 2019

Strawberries head the latest list of the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” fruits and vegetables with high levels of pesticide residues; avocados top the clean list.

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Munch Nuts for a Healthy Brain: Improves Cognitive Functions

Jun 28, 2019

Chinese seniors that ate more than two teaspoons of nuts a day were found to have better thinking, reasoning and memory than those that didn’t eat nuts.

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