Welcome to the FoodTrients newsletter! What makes a nutrient a FoodTrient? A good question that Grace O tackles in her latest "Aging Gracefully" blog. Even some of our favorite comfort foods can be enhanced with age defying ingredients, while other classic dishes can be improved by replacing bad fats, carbs and sugars with healthier, tastier FoodTrients favorites. And do you know what's in your drinking water? Find out with the EWG's new Online Filter Guide. Dr. Mark Rosenberg also asks readers if they are making themselves sick with too much salt. Defy aging with every bite at FoodTrients.com
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Defy Aging with Every Bite-- A FoodTrients Formula
By Grace O
As I've been telling my story these past few years about how I developed an anti-aging cookbook based on the food-is-medicine principle, I've expanded my method for creating delicious, comforting recipes designed to keep you young and healthy. It's a lot easier than I imagined. I start with classic dishes, many of which I learned how to make from my mother, and I amped up their nutrient value with anti-aging super foods, some of them quite exotic but easy to obtain. I research new ingredients constantly, always learning about antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables from all over the world. |
Gulp! EWG's Water Buying Guide By FoodTrients
"Depending on where you live, you and your family could be drinking a cocktail of various contaminants,"says Paul Pestano, an Environmental Working Group (EWG) research analyst and a lead researcher on the new EWG's Online Filter Guide.
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Congratulations To Our Apron and Cookbook Winner for April! By FoodTrients
By signing up for our FoodTrients newsletter, Kim Williams has won herself a free apron and FoodTrients cookbook! Tell your friends to sign up for their chance to win too!
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Refreshing Blueberry Delight Blueberry Hemp-Milk Smoothies
Hemp is the natural fiber from the stalk of a cannabis plant. Hemp seeds and the hemp milk made from them are beneficial to your skin. The Omega-3 fatty acids in hemp seeds help keep skin hydrated and reduce inflammation. Blueberries have tons of antioxidant power and contain protective anthocyanins. Get The Recipe |
Are You Salting Yourself Sick?
By Dr. Mark Rosenberg
Americans love their salt. It's in all our processed, packaged and restaurant foods, and we add even more of it to our food as we eat it at the table. Although salt is a necessary nutrient to human health, and a certain amount of it is essential for your good health, you may not know that Americans are eating twice as much salt than is recommended by healthcare professionals. Read More
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Revealing the Mystery of Aging By Life Extension Researchers have long puzzled by the mystery of aging in humans and great efforts have been put in to the attempt of discovery of the missing link. Now a National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) transnational research team has made a new discovery of aging mechanisms. Read More
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