It is important to incorporate vegetables of every color into your diet. Purple cabbage has so many wonderful health benefits – it is low in calories (22 per serving) and full of heart healthy fiber and vitamin C. In fact, just one serving contains more than half of your daily intake for vitamin C. According [...]
Raw, green smoothies are great for absorbing key ingredients from plant foods such as iron and calcium which are not highly absorbed by the body when the greens are cooked. For example, spinach contains a chemical called oxalic acid, which binds with iron and calcium and reduces the absorption of these important minerals. According to [...]
This is the perfect healthy snack! These energy bites feature the amazing chia seed which offers more heart-healthy omega-3s than flax seeds. Plus, chia seeds contain calcium, magnesium, iron, protein and antioxidants. The energy bites are also loaded with sunflower seed butter – high in the antioxidant vitamin E which may lower the risk of [...]
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