Last weekend I was introduced to this delightful fruit. Chef Mike Mustard of Epiphany Farms shared them with me! Mike also gave me the greatest lesson about the manual settings for my new camera. The sepia image below was the result of that! Isn’t that just the coolest? So what are these?? They are ground [...]
By Karen Hanrahan
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Posted in Green
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Also tagged best of mother earth, eating local, epiphany farms, farming, fruit, Green Advocacy, ground cherries, karen hanrahan, mike mustard, Nutrition, seasonal
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December 9, 2009 – 1:49 pm
Over the weekend the weather shifted, it got cold, the heat was on and the humidity swiftly vacated the premises. Yikes!I have four products I am never without in the winter.Consider me armed and dangerous with protection against the evils of winter dryness.Perhaps you too could benefit from this winter dry skin emergency kit! Or perhaps you might know someone [...]
November 6, 2008 – 5:30 pm
Quality WHAT ??? Vitis Rotundifolia is the Latin name for our super grape, resveratrol anti-aging product! Talk about a conversation starter! Quick!! Try saying it fast three times! This new addition to our high quality nutritional supplement line currently has a one month waiting list. We can not keep up with the demand! groovy fun graphic [...]
October 13, 2008 – 2:42 pm
Each October I am reminded of sugar, it’s prevalence in our lives and the health damage it can cause along the way. Some might ask what’s the big deal about sugar. Truthfully, if eaten in moderation absolutely nothing is wrong with it. Moderation. That means very occasionally. This is not the case for most Americans. An [...]
September 8, 2008 – 2:25 pm
This post is a rather comprehensive commentary. It’s a bit long. Most of the commentary is not mine. I am sharing the information below with the permission of Laurence Becker, whom as small as our wonderful world is, I met at my national convention 2 years ago. I had no idea of his involvement with autism or the breadth of [...]
August 25, 2008 – 2:15 pm
Garlic as a medicinal herb has a remarkable history, withstanding the test of time. Reliably, Garlic is part of a valid heart health supplement program and benefits those who have immune function challenges. If you are at risk for heart disease, use antibiotics regulary, have diarrhea or flatulance, any bacterial, fungal, or viral infection, low immunity, arthristis, sore [...]
August 11, 2008 – 7:15 pm
When considering what proven trace minerals build your natural immunity consider Zinc 80 % of Americans are deficient in Zinc. Wow Zinc participates in more that 200 different enzymatic systems in the body. A deficiency in zinc means that none of these essential systems will function normally. You could be deficient in Zinc if you: perspire have [...]
Ever hear of the French Paradox? The french have low incidence of heart disease while eating a high fat diet due to the consumption of red wine. Truth is it wasn’t the wine – it was the grape! The super grape or resveratrol is now being touted as the next anti-aging wonder. As I write, 10,000 [...]
I adore echinacea flowers. Always have. Their cone shaped centers completely intrigue me. The purple cone flower. Cool.When our company launched it’s medicinal herbal line Echinacea was top of the list. I never knew that Echinacea was native to our country. Europeans had been using it as natural immune booster for hundreds of years. What took us so [...]
Fiber isn’t particularly fun to talk about. Yet when you don’t have enough fiber in the diet that’s not fun either. A nutritionist told me that in order to get enough daily fiber in our diet we needed to eat:13 cups brown rice ( brown rice is 7 times more fibrous than white ) an entire lb of [...]