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Comfort Foods
Isn't it amazing how one bite of a favourite food can transport you back in time? For me one spoonful of rice pudding or a warm chocolate chip cookie, and I'm sitting on a red vinyl chair in my mom's kitchen circa 1960.
The animated Disney feature Ratatouille captures another such moment. A heartless food critic takes one forkful of the veggie stew and he is a child again in his mother's farm kitchen, feeling loved as his jaded heart melts. Ah, the power of food.
Creamy Rice Pudding
Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies
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Take It Off
'Tis the season for vowing to strip off those extra pounds you've been accumulating. A natural approach to weight loss that combines behaviour modification, healthy, controlled eating, daily exercise, and weight-loss support supplements is your best bet for success.
Here are two of the most basic and fundamental natural weight-loss supplements that will help make you a happy loser.
Fantastic Fibre from Japan
The regular inclusion of a traditional fibre from Japan, konjac mannan (also called glucomannan) is especially effective as part of a complete and balanced permanent weight-loss plan.
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Get Your Motor Running
Chromium plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism and may also have some benefits in weight loss, athletic performance, and in lowering cholesterol.
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Wellness Show 2008
The 16th Annual Wellness Show & February 1, 2, and 3 at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre&promises to enlighten, engage, and encourage attendees in their quest to find balance.
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Organic Bounty
How can organic agriculture help feed the world's growing population? This highly debated question was discussed by 350 participants from 80 countries at a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference in Rome in May 2007.
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Modern Mud Huts
It's no wonder straw bale, rammed earth, and hempcrete homes are getting more popular: they're low maintenance, rodent-proof, fire-resistant, eco-friendly, and healthier than conventional houses.
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A Pinch of Salt
It lurks in many surprising places: that half cup of cottage cheese you had with lunch; the mayonnaise, tuna fish, and bread of your sandwich-even your breakfast cereal.
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Fuel for Thought
Global warming is my fault. Before you come after me with sharp, green fangs and cracked environmental knuckles, you might want to say the same thing to yourself.
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Great Garlic!
Many of us have a love-hate relationship with garlic. It is divine when a hint, un soupon d'ail, transforms a bland dish into a heavenly one, but many people are put off by garlic breath and some stomach troubles when consuming the large amounts needed to reap the bulbs benefits.
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