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12 Tips to Celebrate Earth Day

As the world celebrates Earth Day, sustainable food and agriculture systems can play a big role in preserving the environment by helping to improve soil health, protecting biodiversity, and mitigating climate change. Earth Day is a great opportunity for eaters, farmers, and food businesses to make changes in their diets, shopping habits, and production practices that will promote sustainable, healthy food throughout the year. Agriculture contributes to nearly 30 percent of global greenhouse gas ...

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5 Steps for a Healthy Body Weight for Teens

5 Steps to a Healthy Body Weight for Teens Healthy eating and physical activity are important parts of being healthy and feeling good. When you eat well you have the nutrients and energy you need to grow. You also have energy to participate in sports, and perform well in class. Being physically active can also help you to be strong and healthy. It gives you energy to do things you enjoy. Being active also improves your confidence and helps you feel relaxed. The foods you eat give you energy in...

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Thai Beef Salad

Looking for a low GI tasty salad? .Skip the noodles and use more salad and veggies. SO flavourful! Thai Beef Salad Makes 5 servings A colorful salad rich in Vitamin A, iron, vitamin C and protein. : Beef Marinade: 3 tbsp sweet Thai chili sauce 3 tbsp hoisin sauce 1 tbsp sodium-reduced soy sauce 1 tbsp ginger root, minced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tsp sesame oil 1 lb (500 g) beef strip loin, very thinly sliced Salad: 10 cups romaine lettuce, torn into bites-sized pieces 1/2 cup...

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Healthy Eating for the Whole Family article in BC Healthy Communities Newsletter

We’re thrilled to be featured in this month’s BC Healthy Communities newsletter. Our article “THE PRACTICE - Start 2013 off the Right Way with Healthy Eating for the Whole Family” will give you lots of quick and easy ideas for family meals. Check it out – CLICK HERE. http://bchealthycommunitiesca.blogspot.ca/

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Keep Your Heart Healthy

Keep your Heart Healthy! Low Glycemic Eating helps lower Blood Cholesterol Mitch’s had heart problems. His Doctor told him he had to lose weight to get his blood sugar and cholesterol down. He had tried everything to lose weight and nothing worked. It was only after he started eating Low-glycemic foods that the weight began to come off. After one month, Mitch had lost 15 pounds and his doctor was so impressed with his Cholesterol levels. The doct...

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Celebrate Valentine's Day with Dark Chocolate - and it low GI too!

Chocolate comes from a fruit called a pod that grows on the cacao tree. A seedling tree generally must mature for five years before it produces pods, with peak pod production happening at 10 years. A cocoa tree can bear fruit and produce pods for 30 to 40 years. Each pod is similar in size to a football, and contains up to 50 cocoa beans. To make one ounce of milk chocolate, it takes 4 cocoa beans, and one ounce of dark chocolate requires 12 beans. An average American or Can...

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More Ancient Grains: Try this Whole Grain Couscous and Black Bean Salad

Whole Grain Couscous with Black Bean Salad Couscous, small granules of semolina flour, is traditional in North African cuisine. It is also available made from whole-wheat flour, which slightly increases the fiber and boosts nutrition in other ways. Whole-wheat couscous may serve as a replacement for pasta or rice as a side dish or in recipes, taking on the flavors of whatever you cook it with. This is a wonderful low GI salad because the beans are combined with whole grain couscous ...

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Make 2013 A FAMILY HEALTH REVOLUTION

Happy New Year everyone! Need help with your New Years’ Resolutions? If you are like most people the top two resolutions are losing weight and getting in shape. Even more important than losing weight is getting your whole family to eat better. When it comes to kids we do not want to focus on the scale but encouraging healthy eating habits and exercise. However, In trying to juggle schedules filled with school events, practices, or work, family meals often fall off the table. Yet there is m...

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Season Greetings from Low GI Meals

Season Greetings from Laura and Cheryl of Low GI Meals! Wishing all our friends and subscribers a very Healthy, Happy and Safe Holiday season. Stay tuned in the New Year to our Family Health Revolution 2013. Cheryl and I will be hosting a webinar on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. PST. Here's the link to save your seat and learn how you can transform your family’s health! http://www.lowgichallenge.com/revolution

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How to Make a Healthy Christmas Gift Basket - the Low GI Way

Looking a fun, healthy Christmas gift for someone special. Cheryl and I had so much fun putting this video together showcasing a Christmas gift basket using a ingredients from our favourite recipe from our Low GI Meals In Minutes Cookbook. Find out more about Low GI healthy eating for the best nutrition at http://www.lowgimeals.com And looking to start 2013 off right. Check out our Low GI Challenge at www.lowgichallenge.com

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Apr. 22nd, 2013

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