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Gluten and Dairy Ingredients to Avoid If You Are GF and DF
Understanding what is gluten and dairy. The following foods and ingredients contain dairy: Butter Buttermilk Casein Cheese Cottage cheese Cream cheese Custard Dry milk Half n half Evaporated milk Condensed milk Ice cream Kefir Lactose Milk Milk chocolate: please note that plain cocoa does not contain dairy or gluten. Milk fat Nougat Powdered milk Pudding Ricotta cheese Sour cream Whey Yogurt unless otherwise indicated on the packaging as being dairy free
By Paula C. Henderson7 years ago in Feast
Why You Keep Hearing About Bone Broth
With the new year in full swing, many people are looking for the next big health craze; or rather, they're looking for something that might help them lose that extra Christmas weight, and get a whole lot healthier in the new year. On top of that, many people are looking for foods that can help them with long term problems, not just with short term issues.
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Feast
Food Is Life!
Food is life! To put it simply, you cannot live without food. But what exactly is food? Webster’s dictionary defines food as: “material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy.” That’s just a complicated way of saying any substance you consume that sustains, energizes, helps heal, and maintains your body. My love affair with food started very early. I grew up in Memphis, TN in a family who believed in planting foods and eating everything fresh from the garden. We had a very large garden, nearly a quarter of an acre, that we planted every year in the spring. In this garden we planted everything from greens, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, beets, corn, herbs, squash, watermelon, to name a few. We had a variety of fruit and nut trees on the property also, including: apple, pear, peach, plum, walnut, pecans, hazelnuts, etc. Upon reflection it was like a southern paradise for me as a child.
By Alonzo Smith7 years ago in Feast
Non-Meat Sources of Vitamin D
Americans have an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency, especially among women. An estimated 3 million people in the U.S. are deficient in vitamin D. Some of that difference can be attributed to people spending less time outside as exposure to UV light helps with vitamin D production. Increasingly processed diets also contribute to this deficiency. Unfortunately for vegetarians and vegans, the majority of sources of quality vitamin D are animal-based, so it’s important to add non-meat vitamin D sources of food to your diet.
By Brandi Brown7 years ago in Feast
Tasty Ways to Eat More Fiber
The exact amount of fiber needed in one’s diet is in dispute, but the general recommendation is that people need 14g for every 1,000 calories. Women tend to need less fiber as they age. Getting enough fiber benefits the digestive system by helping to keep the intestines cleared and the bad bacteria eliminated.
By Brandi Brown7 years ago in Feast
The Truth About Soya
Hello everyone, I hope you’re well. So, I bet you’re all thinking that soya (you know that stuff that is in a lot of what we eat and comes from a bean) is really good for you, right? If you’re dairy intolerant, or vegan, you probably drink soya milk as one of your alternatives, right? If you’re vegetarian or vegan you also probably eat a lot of tofu, which is full of soya, right? Or fake meats made of soya? Well, unfortunately, you are wrong. Shocking, right? A bean not actually being good for you. Especially a bean which has a place in a lot of the food and drink we consume, including a lot of chocolates, shop brought breads, doughnuts, cakes, biscuits, SOY SAUCE, etc. It is in a lot of food that we consume and it is not doing us any favours.
By Paige Makepeace7 years ago in Feast
Moringa
If you've never heard of Moringa, you are not alone. Although this tropical plant grows abundantly in parts of Africa and Asia, many people living in Western countries are not familiar with it. However, if you have never tried it, you are missing out on a nutritional superfood. This humble plant is packed with nutrients, especially iron, which makes it ideal for those who struggle with anemia or for vegetarians who may need to get more iron in their diet.
By Jenny Beck7 years ago in Feast
10 Smoothies for Winter
Most people wouldn’t say a smoothie is one of their top choices for a morning beverage when it’s below 50 degrees outside. But the truth is, on some mornings you need energy that you just can’t get from your usual cup of coffee—even if that is what you’d prefer to warm your toes. Fruits and vegetables are jam-packed with iron, fiber, antioxidants, and vitamins that will help you power through your day, and it’s especially important to load up during the winter to get your immune system strong. The best part is, the addition of superfoods, healthy fats, and warming spices will make you actually want to drink these smoothies on the coldest of days.
By Ayah Elbeyali7 years ago in Feast
Egg-Sactly What You Need to Know
Many people are squawking about animals and what's happening with them. We've heard many different sides ranging from industrializing more to stopping the use altogether. I stand somewhere in the middle. As you can see by my bio, I am a farmer. I grew up on a production farm for Tyson's and saw everything that happened—and exactly how it happened. I have to say, a lot of the stories are huge exaggerations. The houses aren't as crowded as they make it out to be, chickens aren't filled with steroids, and they certainly aren't brutally hurt at that stage. However, I am still against it. I can imagine some of you are surprised at that after me standing up for it. Let's think about chickens though. The chickens used for meat don't lay eggs. They don't do much, actually. I've experimented a bit, and put some in an outside lifestyle to see what they did. They really just sat around and walked to food and water as they needed then laid back down, even in the event of predators. Within recent years I bought some laying chickens. The difference was phenomenal.
By Aleesa Rudder7 years ago in Feast
