Posts Tagged ‘Nutrients’
San Francisco Mom's Itty Bitty Farm Grows Vegetables, Chickens and Goats
Tired of the confusing and misleading labels on food in the supermarket, San Francisco mom Heidi Kooy started her own backyard farm, growing a variety of organic vegetables, and raising chickens and goats for their nourishing eggs and dairy. Learning as they went along, Heidi and her daughter began with a 350 square foot garden…
Read MoreWill Work for Sugar: Mycorrhizae Dramatically Increases Plant Growth and Yields
Mycorrhizae are a soil fungi which symbiotically colonize plant roots, increasing their root system several hundred to several thousand times. By extending their fungal root systems deeper into the soil, they dramatically enhance a plant’s ability to absorb water and other nutrients. In exchange for sugar from plant leaves, mycorrhizae transport nutrients and water to…
Read MoreWhy Did Russia Ban the Microwave Oven?
In Russia, microwave ovens were banned in 1976 because of their negative health consequences as many studies were conducted on their use. Germans are credited with inventing the first microwave-cooking device to provide mobile food support to their troops during their invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II. These first microwave ovens were…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Nutrient Dense Fish Roe
Salmon roe, picture above, is a nutrient dense food for all of us – before conception, while pregnant, while nursing and yes, for babies who are eating solids … and then we may continue to be nourished by them long after we are of child baring age! One of our mothers wrote, “My baby loves…
Read MoreThe Incredible, Edible Egg Yolk
“Egg consumption has been held up as one of the important factors we need to avoid in terms of reducing our risk of heart disease. Most intelligent lay people I’ve talked to believe that there have been at least a handful of studies that showed people who ate more eggs had higher risks of heart…
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