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NOURISH | Superfoods Series: Coconut
Posted on June 17, 2013 | No CommentsIn Sanskrit, the coconut palm is known as kalpa vriksha, meaning “the tree that supplies all that is needed to live.” It is for this very reason that coconuts are... -
NOURISH | Trivia: Is a Coconut a Fruit, a Seed, or a Nut?
Posted on June 12, 2013 | 3 CommentsYesterday on the North Atlantic Books Facebook page, we asked fans to guess whether coconut is a fruit, a seed, or a nut. The answer? Well, it’s tricky, because the... -
NOURISH | Epigenetics: At the Epicenter of Modern Medicine
Posted on June 10, 2013 | 1 CommentEpigenetics is the newly emerging science, called by some the ‘epicenter of modern medicine’, that explores how diet and environmental toxins impact the way genes are expressed, determining our biological... -
NOURISH | Facebook Helps Track and Target Obesity
Posted on June 3, 2013 | No CommentsAccording to the Centers for Disease control, more than one-third of U.S. adults are obese. While historically the epidemic’s socioeconomic prevalence has been monitored through surveys and studies, Facebook may... -
NOURISH | The Diet Plan
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsThere comes a time for each of us when we simply have no other choice but to relinquish control of our tightly organized lives, admit defeat, and ask for help.... -
NOURISH | Celebrate Children’s Book Week with These Healthy Picks
Posted on April 29, 2013 | No CommentsWith everyone’s favorite holiday right around the corner (and no, we don’t mean summer) cities from Fort Collins to Tallahassee are preparing their events in honor of kids’ literacy. From... -
NOURISH | World-Renowned M.D. Promotes Diet to Cure Diabetes
Posted on April 15, 2013 | No CommentsAfter more than 120 patients with Type-1 and 2 diabetes passed through Gabriel Cousens’ diabetes recovery program, the findings became even more clear: diabetes, once labeled incurable, does in fact... -
NOURISH | 4 Tips for Making a Habit (and Having it Stick)
Posted on April 8, 2013 | No CommentsAs anyone who has tried to commit to a large life change can attest, making new habits is just plain hard. It is never the right time to juice, to... -
NOURISH | 20 Rules for Safe Mushroom Foraging
Posted on April 1, 2013 | 3 CommentsIn Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada, David L. Spahr provides specific, easy-to-understand information on finding, collecting, identifying, and preparing the safer and more common edible... -
NOURISH | A Not-So-Traditional Easter Sunday Brunch
Posted on March 25, 2013 | No CommentsIf the words “Easter Sunday” resound in your head with an unwelcome feeling of doom and dread, then you, my dear friend, are not alone. The last day of lent...
