For today’s dinner, my family had an extremely tasty yet nourishing Chinese soup – the black bean soup. We love it. And the wonderful thing is that the soup is extremely simple to prepare. Here’s what you need to make this Chinese-styled Black Bean Soup: black beans – 150g (for a thicker soup, add more…

My husband’s struggle with systemic candidasis issues has been driving him to look for healthy everyday foods to nourish his body without feeding the yeast in his gut. His search has led us to two wholesome “grains” – buckwheat and quinoa, which we now incorporate regularly in our breakfast menu in place of wheat. Let…

As recent as the early 1900s, the average person did not live past 50 years old. Today, in many developed countries, life expectancies have risen substantially. On the average, people can expect to live to their mid- or late- seventies. It is against the background of such changing trends that the question of how to…

Did you read my previous post on some of the possible symptoms of zinc deficiency, and how I could be deficient in this essential mineral myself? Well, I promised to share what I found to be some useful food sources of zinc. In general, it seems that the zinc found in animal food-sources is more…

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