Garden Blend Soup
Recipe: Garden Blend Soup Summary: Makes 2 1/2 cups Ingredients 3/4 cup hot water 1/4 cup orange juice, or 1/2 orange, peeled 3 to 4 cups kale, stem removed, chopped…
Acid-Base Balance (part 2): Kidneys, Muscles and Bones
In our September issue, we reviewed research related to acid-base balance and diet. To summarize: meats, dairy products, and grains are acid-forming, meaning that after these foods are digested and metabolized,…
Acid-alkaline balance (part 1)
Several decades ago, western nutrition had little interest in acid-base balance, yet it was a central theme in macrobiotic eating and in eastern approaches to health. Things have changed and…
Feast Your Eyes!
Can our diet affect how well we see? Yes, indeed. Most of us learned in grade school that eating carrots helps us see at night, but it goes far beyond…
