Oil Confusion: Healthiest Oils & Their Heat Limits
Choosing which oils to use for your sautéing, grilling, roasting, and in your salad dressings can be confusing, but your choices matter! Oils have different smoke points where they start to break down and eliminate healthy components, and start to burn, releasing carcinogenic compounds. Check out which oils are best for high-heat use!
Pomegranates: The Crown Jewel of Superfoods
Pomegranates are a part of many cultures around the world and are often symbolic of good fortune, abundance, and as in Persian wedding ceremonies, a joyous future. That seems fitting, since they contain so many powerful nutrients that improve health for a happier future.
Farro: Pharaoh's Wheat
Farro is an ancient grain belonging to the wheat family. It gave rise to durum wheat, from which pasta flour is made, and spelt, but was replaced in modern times by ordinary wheat because modern-day wheat is easier to harvest and has a higher crop yield. Yet farro has twice the fiber (5 g/serving) and protein (7 g/serving) of modern wheat. It's also high in minerals: iron, magnesium, selenium, and zinc, as well as B vitamins and vitamin E.
Oatmeal: Breakfast of Champions!
If you are looking for a great-tasting food that can help you begin your day with lasting energy, lose weight, fight disease, and stabilize your blood sugars, eat oatmeal! It's high in dietary fiber, quality protein, and vitamins and minerals, as well as phytonutrients. It is the breakfast of champions!
6 Tips for Spectacular Smoothies
When a sweet treat is called for, smoothies seem to fit the bill. They can be healthy, filling, refreshing and delicious all at the same time!