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Fresh Food Trends: Natural Trailblazers in Sustainable Eating

Feb 28, 2014 12:55PM ● By Melinda Hemmelgarn

A look at four nationwide movements that are reshaping the way we select and process our daily food.

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Gluten-Free on the Go: Safe Eating Away from Home

Feb 28, 2014 12:29PM ● By Judith Fertig

Practical tips for tasty and gluten-free eating at office luncheons and parties and while traveling.

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Homegrown Access: Creative Paths for Local Food Sourcing

Feb 28, 2014 12:29PM

Entrepreneurs are experimenting with approaches like supplying seeds and expertise and changing laws to make it easier to eat local.

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Legumes Improve Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure: The Power of Beans

Feb 28, 2014 12:29PM

A cup a day of beans helps the body digest carbs more slowly, which lowers the risk of blood sugar swings and heart disease.

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Self-Sufficiency: America’s Best Community Garden Cities

Feb 28, 2014 12:29PM

Ten cities demonstrate in spades how community gardens provide healthy food, neighborly cooperation and even a reduction in crime.

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Farm Relief: FDA Wakens to Local Needs

Feb 28, 2014 12:29PM

The FDA is rethinking proposed rules that could have hampered small farms, farmers’ markets, and food banks.

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Healthy Food at the Front Door: Freshness Delivered

Feb 28, 2014 12:29PM

In cities nationwide, services are delivering fresh, tasty and often organic foods directly to our homes.

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The Whole Fish is Best for Blood Pressure: Eating Omega-3 is Better

Jan 31, 2014 12:45PM

Fish oil pills don’t activate cell membranes that reduce blood pressure as effectively as the Omega-3 fatty acids in oily fish like salmon, tuna and sardines.

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Egg Whites Function Like Blood Pressure Meds: Beneficial Cardiovascular Effects

Jan 31, 2014 12:45PM

A peptide in egg whites pack as much wallop as the ACE inhibitor Captopril in treating hypertension, say Clemson University scientists.

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Chocolate as Health Food: Boosting Diets and Heart Health

Jan 31, 2014 12:45PM ● By Judith Fertig

The darker the chocolate, the better the benefits, including lower blood pressure, better vascular dilation and a healthier Body-Mass-Index.

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