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Spring Salad with Strawberry Lemon Basil Dressing
Spring Salad with Strawberry Lemon Basil Dressing For the salad: Slivered almonds, toasted shredded unsweetened coconut, toasted mixed greens strawberries, chopped fresh basil For the dressing (yield: 2/3 cup): 1 cup fresh strawberries 1/4 cup packed fresh basil 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1-2 tsp pure maple syrup, to taste fine grain sea salt & black pepper, to taste (I used 1/4 tsp each) For full recipe instructions (and more amazing food photography), be...
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Health Benefits of Blueberries
My daughter is obsessed with blueberries – seriously! She’s a year and a half years old, and she will ask for blueberries whenever she is hungry! She’ll point to the fridge and say, “Blue!? Blue!?” It is seriously the cutest thing ever! :) I was starting to be a little concerned about her blueberry obsession, but really, her favorite food is extremely healthy, and it could be worse. Of course, I limit the amount I give her because like...
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The Health Benefits of Oregano Essential Oil
Health Benefits of Oregano Oil • Strong antibacterial and antiviral properties. • A natural antibiotic! There are even some farmers who are turning to oregano – instead of antibiotics – to keep their chickens healthy. • antimicrobial, which is an agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth. There’s a recent study that shows that Oregano essential oil was found (along with a couple other spice and herb essential oils) to have the strongest antimicrobial properties. • Contain Carvacrol and Thymol, which have been...
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How Tamera Mowry-Housley Got Her Pre-Baby Body Back
It took about a year for Tamera Mowry-Housley to get back in shape after having her baby, and she’s happy with her results! How Tamera Mowry-Housley Dropped 48 Pounds It’s pretty simple, really. Tamera eliminated 500 calories a day from her diet, eating mostly healthy foods, and exercised 5 days a week. “I don’t believe in cutting everything out…you’ll go crazy! I did 80% healthy and clean, and 20% whatever I wanted” -Tamera Mowry-Housley The celeb currently weighs 127 pounds, which is 3...
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Strengthen Lengthen and Tone (SLT)
What is SLT? For those that love to work out, and want to get the max amount of benefit in the shortest amount of time, they should consider the SLT routine. Many may not even realize what exactly does SLT stand for? The short version is that it means to strengthen, lengthen, and tone with certain types of exercises all combined into one intense workout. There are plenty of health benefits to this new routine combination, when done in...
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