This is actually a food that is healthy that I like, mostly because of the oatmeal cookies though, oatmeal cookies are healthy right? Anyway oatmeal, I always wondered how people figured it was good for us. I mean first they gave it to horses, who loved it. Then what happened? Did someone look at the …
When you were young how many times were you told by your parents to eat your greens because they are good for you? And how many either didn’t take them at all or took them but grudgingly and always made funny and grossed out faces with every bite? Well it turns out that once again …
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By Daderot (Own work) [CC0 or CC0], via Wikimedia Commons It’s hard to believe sometimes how many foods there are which can, to a certain extent, help deal with stress. When I first looked it up I thought I would find 5 or 6 foods tops, boy was I wrong. In this post I am …
By (c) 2005 Jérôme SAUTRET (image by myself) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons In this post we will be discussing another type of food that can help you deal with stress and even reduce it, sweet potato. But before we go on I have a confession to make, I don’t like …
By Thomson200 (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons I should probably call this a drink that calms you down, but I want to keep everything in the same series so I hope you’ll let me get away with this. In this post I will be talking about the calming properties of almond milk. Now here’s …
By Scott Bauer, USDA ARS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons In this post I am going to be talking about what most people consider the healthy alternative to sugar, what Winnie the Pooh loves the most and what bees work on making all day, every day. That’s right, in this post I talk about honey. …
By patrick george from cochin, india (liquid gold) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons I remember when I was a kid, my parents loved to have a nice cup of tea after a long day of hard work, or if they generally upset about something. At the time I thought they just liked tea a …
By Cgoodwin (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons Drink your milk kids, drink it to the very last drop, do that and you will grow up to be big and strong. Do those words sound familiar? These are the types of words grownups would tell us when we were kids. Some …
By User Femto on en.wikipedia (Femto) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons In this post we are going to be talking about another food that can help against stress, cashew nuts. If you have never had cashew nuts before, they are delicious, it is impossible to describe a taste properly but all I can say …
By Kjokkenutstyr (Avocado on Board - Flickr) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons I’m kind of sad about this post, but before I explain why let me ask you something. Amongst all the people currently reading this post who honestly likes avocados? Let me say right off the bat I don’t. I can’t remember when …
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