Everyone these days is looking for the magic pill that will help with weight loss, improve immunity, increase memory, help the heart, or fight off cancer. Unfortunately, there is no such thing. But wouldn`t it be exciting to know that these benefits can be achieved through eating superfoods that might be in your kitchen right now? These foods are:  Beans, Blueberries, Walnuts, Omega 3 or fish.  So  just another reason to eat right and make some lifey style changes. Like getting outside more and either growing your own veggies or buying only organic. SImple as that.

Red Grapes “Wonder Cure” for High Cholesterol, Blood Pressure

So next time at the grocery store.  Don’t forget the grapes.

Well I been saying this for years.  I also have made it a practice to sit in the sun in front of a window come winter if it is to cold to go  outside.  The benefits are to many to mention.  So just one more reason to get your self out into the garden this coming spring and let that sunshine do its work.  There is nothing more healthy for you than  Mother Nature.   And if you need help this coming spring with getting that garden to growing, pick up a copy of my new Gardening Book, should be in stores around first of May. Take A Look:

Although vitamin D is naturally produced in the body through exposure to direct sunlight, vitamin D deficiency is now common in the U.S. The result can be a host of health ills, including severe conditions such as bone thinning osteoporosis and bone deforming rickets. Although a lack of vitamin D has long been known to weaken both the muscular and the skeletal systems of the human body, little has been known about how vitamin D contributes to muscle power and force — until now. For the first time, scientists have found that vitamin D is important for muscle power and all kinds of health problems.   Hmmm and they are just finding this out now.

Dried Apples – Hmm Good!

Peel and quarter ripe apples, or slice and dry in the sun. Cook the dried apples until done. If the cooked apple needs to be thickened, add cornmeal and cook until meal is done.  No reason now for not having your own dried apples any time of year.  Enjoy!

Also look for my new gardening book coming out this spring.

1 lb Blueberries; fresh or frozen
4 c Water
1/2 c Flour
1 c Sugar or honey; to taste

Boil the berries in the water. Drain the juice and set aside. Mash the berries and mix with the flour. Combine the sugar or honey with the juice and add to the berry/flour mix. Stir well. If lumps are present add a little more water and continue to stir. Bring to a simmer and stir constantly until thick. Check for sweetness. Cool and serve.

Look For my second book coming out this spring.  All you need to know about gardening.

1)Pick fresh basil in the morning while the oils are at the fullest.

2) wash them and then put them in a food processor with a little
butter or oil and give it a whirl.

3) pour it into ice cube trays and freeze. After frozen put into
freezer bags and freeze. If you use oil or butter in the above step
and not water you can use them for just about anything.

Another method
Lay clean basil on a cookie sheet and put in the oven and dry them. I
have a gas oven so i just leave the pilot to do its work during the
night. I then put into a pint jar in my spice section.

Think Spring as this is one veggie that can do you a world of good.  Some folks like to buy the bigger leaves, but for me these can’t be beat.  They are one of the first things I get to planing as soon as the soil warms up.  Should also mention I put in two rows. One early and one a couple weeks later. That way I got lots for the whole summer.  Enjoy and look for my new gardening book coming out this spring.  Keep saying it I know but hate to see you folks miss a good thing.   Talk Soon.

What you have in your mind when you go to the grocery store will pretty much determine whether you live a long life of vibrant good health with feelings of well being, or a shortened life riddled with obesity and degenerative disease. Will you be a person with energy and enthusiasm for life, a person who others seek out and want to be around? Or will be you a lifeless, cranky and unattractive person? The answer largely depends on what you choose to put in your grocery cart.

Some of the main things that I would buy?  Here they areL Apples Top Of The List: Berries:vegetables such as: broccoli, cabbage, kale, radish, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, collard greens, kohlrabi, mustard, rutabaga, turnips, water crest and spinach.

Beans is another major player in good health,  nothing like good old white navy beans for supper.

Nuts and seeds:  And don’t forget salmon we have it once a week for dinner in a sandwich.

And the last two on my list would be turkey and blueberries.  Get these things into your body and your on the way to becoming one healthy feller or gal.  Talk Soon & make sure you look for my new gardening book coming out this spring. You will be glad you did.

If you want the best brown sugar – use organic or regular sugar and smash in molasses with a fork. 2-4 T per cup depending on the darkness you want. Sooo much better.

I have been saying this for years that what ever we put on the ground, around our plants, it will eventually get into us humans.   We should have never been putting these things on or in our soil.  Just one more reason to start growing your own produce and putting away for winter.  Also don’t forget my new gardening book coming out this spring. It is loaded with items that can help in getting you started in growing your own veggies. Take a look at this article below.  Kind of just says what I have been saying for years.

Roundup is the world`s most popular herbicide used to control weeds all over the planet and is omnipresent in the food chain of animals and humans. Roundup is claimed to have an active ingredient known as glyphosate (G) and said to be safe for humans even though plants are readily killed. In a first of its kind published study,  researchers recently sought to examine the toxicity of four popular G-based herbicide formulations on human placental cells, kidney cells, embryonic cells and neonate umbilical cord cells and surprisingly found total cell death of each of these cells within 24 hours. In other words it is slowly making us humans sick.  Has to be. just common sense should tell us that.

I have always said the more tomatoes one eats the better health wise he or she will be. Just another reason to get out there this coming spring and get to planting your own veggie garden.  Also look for my new gardening book coming out this spring. Its a good one.

An edible film based on simple tomato puree might be able to protect foods from contamination by E. coli and other bacteria, according to a study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service and the Western Regional Research Centre, Processed Foods, and published in the Journal of Food Science.

“Consumption of tomatoes, tomato products and isolated bioactive tomato ingredients is reported to be associated with lowered risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and hypertension,” they said.

Not much is better than a bowl of fresh blueberries. Bursting with flavor and sweetness, low in calories, and packed with nutrients and antioxidants, these tiny fruits are anti-aging superstars. There is however one word of caution. Blueberries lose their power when eaten with milk.

Sheesh!  I have been saying this for over thirty years.  And it’s just being looked at today?  Hmmmm.

People who eat raw garlic, just one clove a day, will catch fewer common colds than people who do not. Studies have determined that eating raw garlic as it contains allicin will reduce one’s risk of contracting a cold by approximately 50 percent. I would have to say even more than 50% and it doesn’t just stop there.  Garlic is sooooooooo good for you..  One thing.  Just make sure it is grown here in Canada, or better yet grow your own.  It’s one of the easiest plants to grow.

Watch for my new gardening book coming out this spring. It’s much more than just a gardening book though, one would have to get one to see what I am saying.  Or just ask.