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What is an Egg to a Chicken?

Chickens, like all animals, have a language unique to their species. Each sequence of sounds that they chirp, cluck and crow has a social, emotional or personal meaning. And if you spend enough time a…

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5 Easy & Healthy Spring Meals

In my mind, there is always a need for a handful of go-to recipes that can comprise a healthy, enjoyable and impromptu dinner. Hell, half of the food-related editorial out there is all about recipes t…

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How Clean Are Your Eggs?

Do you routinely wash your eggs before you break them and cook them? I certainly don’t, and that is why I was so baffled when, after visiting a local farm and walking away with a dozen fresh eggs, the…

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Improving Mood Through Diet

This month in the Nutrition Journal, researchers published a randomized controlled trial entitled "Restriction of Meat, Fish, and Poultry in Omnivores Improves Mood." An earlier cross-sectional study …

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The Health Hazards of a Fast Food Diet

Photo Courtesy Of: iStockphoto/Thinkstock If you value your health, you would be wise to avoid fast food restaurants at all costs. Not only does the fast food diet promote high cholesterol, hyp…

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What’s in a Fast Food Burger?

Last week, McDonald's announced that they would stop using ammonia-treated trimmings in their hamburgers. Dubbed "pink slime" by a USDA microbiologist, ammoniated beef is one of many surprises found i…

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Antioxidants: Plant vs. Animal Foods

In the beginning, blueberries were the best. Then walnuts took the title, then wild blueberries took it back. Then small red beans were considered the #1 most antioxidant-packed food (that is, until h…

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15 Foods To Banish From Your Kitchen

Vowing to lose weight, eat better, and start an exercise program come the first of January? Good for you. This is a great time of year to shift away from processed, sugar and fat heavy foods, and rais…

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Food Sources of Vitamin D Aren’t Created Equal

When thinking about getting enough vitamin D, almost everyone thinks of the hot ball of fire in the sky: the sun. While sunshine is the best way to soak in this nutrient, you may not always get the op…

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7 Overpriced Foods & 11 Worth Every Penny

When it comes to the price of food, I think it's extremely important to remember that a food cannot be judged by its sticker price alone. Whether or not you're actually getting any nutrition from …

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