hutritionfacts.org Our food choices may play a significant role in health issues affecting women, including menstruation and menopause, pregnancy and breastfeeding, and risk for certain types of cancer. Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. To demonstrate how dramatically lifestyle choices may impact breast cancer risk, researchers followed about 30,000 postmenopausal women with no history of breast cancer for about seven years. Li

Prep Time: 15 Mins Cook Time: 20 Mins Total Time: 35 minutes Yield: 18 Cookies Ingredients 1 1/2 cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats 1 cup Oat Flour 1 cup Dried Cranberries 1 teaspoon Baking Soda 1 teaspoon Baking powder 1/2 teaspoon Salt 3 tablespoons Coconut Oil (melted) 5 packs of Truvia 2 Bananas 1 teaspoon Cinnamon instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together all ingredients but the bananas and set aside. Add mashed bananas to the

INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats 1 cup oat flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 5 truvia individual packs 2 Bananas 3 Tablespoons coconut oil 1/4 cup coconut flakes 1 cup dried. Cramberries DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a bowl combine all ingredients. Roll into 10 small balls and slightly press flat (1/2 inch). Bake 20 minutes. The bottom of the cookies should be just turning golden brown...don't over coo

This cheese is great with cracker, for vegan pizza and much more. Very flavorful. INGREDIENTS 1 cup (150g) Raw Cashew Nuts 1/3 cup (80ml)...

INGREDIENTS 3 minced garlic cloves 1 Tbsp olive 1 onion chopped 2 large celery stalks chopped 1 cup of cannellini beans soaked overnight and cooked 2 cups vegetable broth 473 mL ( better than bouillon) 1 cup Almond milk 3 cups fresh spinach INSTRUCTIONS In a cutting board cut the onion and celery. Add the cutted vegetables in a pan with 1 TBSP of olive oil. add the garlic. Cook until onion and celery is bright green and onions are clear. Add the vegetable b

So you took the plunge. You started eating a whole food plant-based diet. You’ve changed the way you eat and live and you’re feeling great. But if you’re planning a vacation you may worry that you don’t know the first thing about whole food plant-based or vegan traveling. Will you be able to keep up your new healthy whole food plant-based vegan lifestyle when traveling? Yes! There are tons of whole food plant-based and vegan travelers, traipsing the globe and eating plants al

Why do we crave food that’s bad for us? It seems counter intuitive. And maybe you’ve even fallen into the old “if my body is craving it, I must need it” rationale. But here’s the deal: just because we want it, doesn’t mean we should eat it or that our bodies need it. That said, don’t feel bad that you crave junk food with high salt, fat, and sugar contents. It’s in your biological makeup. When you take a bite into a big juicy cheeseburger and wash it down with a sugary soft d

“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” -Benjamin Franklin You already might know that good quality...

What do bagged spinach, canned tuna, olive oil, granola bars and frozen burritos have in common? They all are processed foods. Yet, we have been inundated with warnings about the harmful effects of eating processed foods. In fact, these foods have been blamed for our nation’s obesity epidemic, high blood pressure rates and the rise of type 2 diabetes. Based on the examples above, however, you can see that processed foods are more than packaged ramen noodles, potato chips and

Grocery shopping: You either love it or you hate it. Either way, you've got to eat. Cooking and preparing more food at home is a great way to shape up your diet. When it comes time to cruise your supermarket's aisles, here are six simple steps to become a better grocery shopper. Don't Forget About Frozen and Canned Foods Have you heard the recommendation to "shop the perimeter" at your grocery store? The idea here is that more fresh produce, lean meats and wholesome dairy fo