tag: oatmeal

15 Healthy & Unique Whole Grain Breakfasts

By now, you probably know all of the benefits of whole grains: a decreased risk of certain types of cancer, strokes, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, just to name a few. But are you really ge…

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Valentine’s Day Heart-Healing Superfoods

Forget the budget-busting exotic superfoods, these heart-healing superfoods are readily available and affordable. Some may be as close as your backyard. Here are my picks: Almonds—Skip the unheal…

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Women’s Nutrition: Iron

Here's a quick tip to find out if you're meeting or exceeding your daily recommend iron value.…

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5 Surprising Uses for Common Kitchen Items

While it may seem like there may be nothing to eat in the house, that doesn’t mean the contents of your kitchen pantry (or fridge) is totally without use. There exist a great number of little known us…

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15 Problems You Can Solve with Oatmeal

By Steve Graham, Hometalk.com At a recent morning bike event, a company was handing out sample packets of savory oatmeal concoctions — oats combined with dehydrated vegetabl…

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7 Whole Grains to Add to Your Diet

While many people steer clear of whole grains, they'd do well to give them a second look. The average person eats refined grain products like white flour and white rice and avoids whole grains li…

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10 Benefits Of Oatmeal

“You have to eat oatmeal or you’ll dry up. Anyone knows that.” --Kay Thompson Your grandma and the Scots ate oats because they are inexpensive and grow anywhere. I eat it for its taste and nutritio…

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6 Natural Skin Care Secrets (video)

OK, secrets no longer. Here they are: oatmeal, olive oil, sugar, lemons, milk and baking soda. Surprised? Actually some are for your skin; some for your hair. Watch the video and you will see what…

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Lower Your Cholesterol: The Tasty Way

Oatmeal has gotten a bad rap. Kids (and adults) may view it as a health food with all the flavor of drywall. There are a lot of ways to get kids of all ages to wake up and WANT oatmeal for their break…

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The Healthiest Quick Oatmeal

I find myself irresistibly drawn to packets of instant oatmeal—with so little time in the morning it seems such an attractive alternative to 30 minutes of stirring the much healthier steel-cut oats. T…

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