Healthy Eating
8 Foods Even The Experts Won’t Eat
Food scientists are shedding light on items loaded with toxins and chemicals–and simple swaps for a cleaner diet and supersized health. Experts from different areas of specialty explain why they ...
What to Eat When You’re Broke
The lower your income is, the more difficult it is to be particular about what you feed your family. This probably isn't an earth-shattering revelation to anyone, but if you ...
Warm Sweet Potato Salad
Tumeric has amazing anti-cancer properties. Try it in this fabulous recipe. Ingredients 6 sweet potatoes (large, peeled and diced) 4 baking potatoes (large, peeled and diced) 1/2 cup mayo (use ...
10 Healthy Ideas for a Lean Barbecue Season
Summer is synonymous with grilling for many American families, and why not? When the weather is warm, we spend more time outdoors and try to stay out of the hot ...
7 Ways to Buy Organic Food on the Cheap
Why is Organic food so Expensive! (hint: It's not.) At EatLocalGrown.com, we get a ton of comments from people that are always asking, Why is Organic food so expensive? That's ...
FDA’s New Nutrition Labels Reflect Actual Servings, Not What Americans Pretend They’re Eating
Your days of glancing at a nutrition label and pretending you'll only eat the recommended twelve chips are numbered. On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration will announce the biggest ...
Planned food safety rules rile organic farmers
Local growers are discovering that proposed FDA regulations would curtail many common techniques, such as using house-made fertilizers and irrigating from creeks. HUSTONTOWN, Pa. — Jim Crawford was rushing to ...
10 Vegetables & Herbs You Can Eat Once and Regrow Forever
There are some ingredients I cook with so often I can never buy too many of them, and most of them are produce. Onions, garlic and fresh herbs are staples ...
LePage signs bill to label genetically modified food
Maine becomes the second state to pass a law requiring food producers to label GMO food, but other states must follow before it goes into effect. Gov. Paul LePage has ...
More Helpful Fatty Acids Found in Organic Milk
Whole milk from organic dairies contains far more of some of the fatty acids that contribute to a healthy heart than conventional milk, scientists are reporting. The finding, published Monday ...
Study says nut eaters have lower cancer, heart disease risk
Help yourself to some nuts this holiday season: Regular nut eaters were less likely to die of cancer or heart disease — in fact, were less likely to die of ...