By Dr. Nalini Chilkov Is your barbecue turning your healthy food into toxic, cancer-causing poisons? Grilled food just might increase your cancer risk. It’s summer and the barbecue is all fired up. You can smell it from your neighbors backyard and you are salivating. Don’t jump over the fence quite so fast. Think before[…]
Hormone Health Articles
Eggplant is in season and so very yummy! Here is a great recipe from my good friend and colleague, Trudy Scott, CN. Ingredients 1 eggplant, chopped into cubes 1 onion, chopped 5 cloves of garlic, finely chopped (or more if you like a stronger flavor) 3 small sweet peppers or 1 large green/red/yellow pepper, chopped[…]
Fruit purees, including applesauce, pear puree and prune puree, can replace a significant amount of the sugar in your favorite cookie, cake or brownie recipe. You can even swap in sweet vegetable purees like pumpkin, sweet potato or butternut squash in some recipes. Adding fruit to baked goods can make healthier treats for your[…]
Well Nourished Women Have Rockin’ Immune Systems at Any Age
By Robin Nielsen Aging, Healthy Lifestyle, Hormone Balance Jul 30, 2012
Healthy Diet Helps Preserve Immune Function  Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 1999;112:43-57. Healthy diets may help women keep their immune systems youthful as they age, researchers at Pennsylvania State University report. In a study of immune function in 75 well-nourished women aged 60 to 80, the investigators found that the women’s immune systems were nearly[…]
Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers
By Robin Nielsen Food, Healthy Lifestyle, Robin's Recipes Jul 30, 2012
by Kristi@Onceamonthmom.com Ingredients: 1 cups black beans, cooked 1.5 cups sweet potato, cooked with skin on (I baked mine at 350 for an hour) 1/4  cup corn, frozen or fresh 1/4  cup onions, diced (I use red) 1 teaspoon garlic, finely minced 1/4  cup cooked quinoa 3 tablespoons oats, partially ground 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds 1 tablespoon[…]
