Boost Your Energy With Raw and Living Foods
Introducing more raw and living foods in your diet is a great way to boost your energy level, lose unwanted weight, and cleanse your body of unwanted toxins. Raw and living foods are still growing until the moment you put it into the juicer or some other method of preparation for ingestion which then into your body minutes later. There are drug treatment centeres that gives its patients wheatgrass and other raw food juice to help with the detoxification of their bodies.
As for other raw and living foods, most seeds like alfalfa and almonds are dormant and need to be activated. You can eat them in their raw state, but in order to turn them into a "live" food, you soak them in water to awaken them. Raw foods have a number of advantages including: Humans are the only animals that cook, and process our food. Thousands of other animals, including our close relatives (gorillas and chimpanzees) thrive on entirely raw food diet and this is probably why there so friendly and non violent until we come around.
Cooked and processed foods often lose a large percentage of their nutritional value when they are heated. Raw foods retain these nutrients until the moment you eat them. In fact, many studies have found that certain substances are carcinogenic when cooked.The human body evolved to consume a raw food diet. Before we figured out how to make fires (and for thousands of years after that as well), humans ate what they could find growing outside--fruits, plants, and nuts. It wasn't until very recently that humans started cooking nearly everything they eat.
Don't be shy check out what raw foods has to offer for your life!
As for other raw and living foods, most seeds like alfalfa and almonds are dormant and need to be activated. You can eat them in their raw state, but in order to turn them into a "live" food, you soak them in water to awaken them. Raw foods have a number of advantages including: Humans are the only animals that cook, and process our food. Thousands of other animals, including our close relatives (gorillas and chimpanzees) thrive on entirely raw food diet and this is probably why there so friendly and non violent until we come around.
Cooked and processed foods often lose a large percentage of their nutritional value when they are heated. Raw foods retain these nutrients until the moment you eat them. In fact, many studies have found that certain substances are carcinogenic when cooked.The human body evolved to consume a raw food diet. Before we figured out how to make fires (and for thousands of years after that as well), humans ate what they could find growing outside--fruits, plants, and nuts. It wasn't until very recently that humans started cooking nearly everything they eat.
Don't be shy check out what raw foods has to offer for your life!
Gardening To Save
Gardening To Save
Growing fresh fruits and vegetables may seem like a daunting task but the rewards far outweigh any minor physical exertion. In order to have a successful garden you'll need practice and a bit of patience and with time you will be enjoying the marvelous benefits of fresh organic produce. When you grow your own organic produce the first thing you realize is that the flavor is more rich and invigorating, it doesn't really taste like anything you could buy at the supermarket that's for sure.One of the key rewards of having your own organic garden is the money you save. The money you spend in the produce section will be replaced with the time you spend in your organic garden. Changes in your taste buds and flavor palette will develop combined with a new appreciation for real fresh organic food.
Gardening is place for an individual to make use of their creativity, ranging from what fruit and vegetables to plant to the time spent researching different varieties of plants creating a new understanding of fresh food. Designing your own garden is a stimulating experience that creates a healing atmosphere which in turn has lasting benefits for the mind and body subconsciously.
People's lives nowadays are filled with constant stress and headache. Gardening can save on visits to the doctor's office and on pharmaceuticals by acting as a natural stress reliever. Just the feeling of creation in itself is enriching and a connection with the earth can be made offering new insights into the nature of life. Engaging in gardening has been shown to improve your health, both physically and psychologically.
With all the uplifting benefits that come with gardening it's easy to not to care about what pending issues are at hand. Organic produce is by far the healthier option than commercial food grown with unnatural chemicals, harsh pesticides and no love which lowers the value and quality. Saving money is something that we all want so needless to say that having a wide assortment of consistent fresh produce will help your wallet out and help ease some of the stresses of life
Growing fresh fruits and vegetables may seem like a daunting task but the rewards far outweigh any minor physical exertion. In order to have a successful garden you'll need practice and a bit of patience and with time you will be enjoying the marvelous benefits of fresh organic produce. When you grow your own organic produce the first thing you realize is that the flavor is more rich and invigorating, it doesn't really taste like anything you could buy at the supermarket that's for sure.One of the key rewards of having your own organic garden is the money you save. The money you spend in the produce section will be replaced with the time you spend in your organic garden. Changes in your taste buds and flavor palette will develop combined with a new appreciation for real fresh organic food.
Gardening is place for an individual to make use of their creativity, ranging from what fruit and vegetables to plant to the time spent researching different varieties of plants creating a new understanding of fresh food. Designing your own garden is a stimulating experience that creates a healing atmosphere which in turn has lasting benefits for the mind and body subconsciously.
People's lives nowadays are filled with constant stress and headache. Gardening can save on visits to the doctor's office and on pharmaceuticals by acting as a natural stress reliever. Just the feeling of creation in itself is enriching and a connection with the earth can be made offering new insights into the nature of life. Engaging in gardening has been shown to improve your health, both physically and psychologically.
With all the uplifting benefits that come with gardening it's easy to not to care about what pending issues are at hand. Organic produce is by far the healthier option than commercial food grown with unnatural chemicals, harsh pesticides and no love which lowers the value and quality. Saving money is something that we all want so needless to say that having a wide assortment of consistent fresh produce will help your wallet out and help ease some of the stresses of life
Tips On Starting A Maintenance Garden
Beautiful Strawberry Plants
Some beautiful strawberry plants developing
Everbearing strawberries produce two to three harvests of fruit intermittently during the spring, summer and fall. Everbearing plants do not send out many runners. Near the end result the harvest is almost ripe.
Day Neutral strawberries will produce fruit throughout the growing season. These strawberries also produce few runners. Everbearing and day neutral strawberries are great when space is limited, but the fruits are usually somewhat smaller than June bearers.
You can't beat the taste of home-grown strawberries, and right now the garden centers are stocked up with young plants ready to go in the ground.
Strawberries are one of the quickest of the berry fruits to produce a crop and not difficult to grow. You can grow them for several years, but for bigger and better produce it's best to treat them as annuals, as once they get older, problems with pests and diseases appear. The plants get old and tired and start to get competition between the crowns. They usually do not give the same performance in the second and subsequent years.soil preparation
As for all plants, soil preparation is important. Enrich the strawberry bed with compost and bury some fowl manure between the rows in a shallow trench. This will provide a boost of food as the roots spread out.
In heavy soils, plant on ridges to improve drainage, as strawberries are prone to root disease in very damp conditions.
Plant at 15cm intervals. A warm sheltered site will help produce early berries and protect against frost at flowering time.
planting strawberries
It's important with strawberries not to bury the crown. Keep the crown, which is the part just below the leaves, just above ground level, as shown here to the left.
Many people plant on black plastic, as it keeps the plant clean. However, there can be some problems with black polythene in that the soil underneath deteriorates quickly because it's not a living membrane.
An alternative is to use newspaper. Mulch can be placed on top of the newspaper.
using paper for planting strawberries
Come spring, when the plants are starting to bear their fruit, put some straw down around the plants. This helps as a weed suppressant and mulch. The fruit will sit on top of the straw and stay clean and less likely to rot from contact with the soil.
Also in spring apply more fertilizer (one containing potash) as this encourages sturdier plants, better fruit colour and quality and more disease resistance. To keep the birds off the fruit, cover the plants with netting just before fruiting begins.
In late summer the strawberry plants will send off runners and these can be turned into new strawberry plants. Make sure your 'mother' plants are healthy: virus and pest free. The most vigorous runner tends to be the first one off the main clump, but you can try planting several runners.
strawberries
Neaten the runners by cutting off any dead or damaged leaves and plant them in a seed tray containing an inert mix such as pumice, river sand or gravel. No fertiliser is required at this point. When you put in the cutting, once again don't bury the crown otherwise it will rot. New roots are formed as the plant sends out roots to search for nutrients.
Water well and keep the seed tray in a damp, shady spot. After about 5-6 weeks you should find good roots on the cuttings and the plants can then be set out in the garden.
STRAWBERRY POUCHES AND TERRACOTTA STRAWBERRY TOWERS
You don't need a lot of room to grow strawberries. Provided you can give them a sunny spot, you can grow them in a terracotta strawberry tower or hang a strawberry pouch where the pesky birds can't get at the luscious fruit!
Strawberry Pouch
If using a strawberry pouch:
* Fill the bag with a good, damp potting mix or shrub and tub mix.
* Plant the strawberry plants into the pre-cut holes.
* Leave the pouch lying down for a week or two so the plants can establish themselves, then hang the planter in a sunny spot. Remember to check the watering.
strawberries
* Once the plants have started growing give them plenty of liquid fertiliser.
Terracotta Tower
If using a terracotta or earthenware tower:
* Put a good layer of pumice in the bottom of the tower to help drainage.
* Stand a roll of cardboard in the centre of the tower and fill it with sphagnum moss. (A sphagnum core provides a column of moisture down the centre of the tower.)
* Fill the tower with potting soil up to the level of the pockets.
* Lay your strawberry plants in the pockets on the soil (it's easier than trying to insert them into the pockets once the tower has been filled with potting mix).
* Finish filling the planter with potting mix and pop a couple more plants on top
* Pour water into the sphagnum moss down the cardboard core, then pull the cardboard tube out.
* Put a light sprinkling of strawberry food on the top of the pot.
* Once the plants start growing, give them plenty of liquid fertilizer, and you'll have lots of luscious fruit in summer.
Just How Organic Are Those Organic Eggs?
In the wake of this summer's salmonella outbreak scandal, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration uncovered dangerous, deplorable conditions at several large commercial factory egg farms, organic egg farmers reported a significant increase in sales. Natural food stores and farmer's markets were inundated with concerned customers seeking safer egg options.
Because organic egg farmers have to follow stricter guidelines when it comes to caring for their flocks, many shoppers assume that organic eggs are less likely to be contaminated by dangerous pathogens like salmonella. A United Kingdom government study in 2008 did find that organic egg farms showed much lower levels of salmonella contamination.
But all "organic" eggs are not created equal. The egg farms in the U.K. study were operating under European organic standards, which are designed to promote small-scale organic farming, and are stricter in some ways than U.S. organic rules.
In the United States, many large-scale industrial egg farms have decided to cash in on the organic trend. And though these corporate-controlled egg farms may technically satisfy organic requirements under the law, according to an investigative report released this month by a non-profit farm policy research organization, the Cornucopia Institute, many so-called "organic" industrial farms raise chickens in crowded, unnatural factory farm environments that are only marginally healthier than the conditions found at conventional factory egg farms.
But the Cornucopia Institute report uncovered some good news, too. More than 25 of the organic egg brands Cornucopia investigated earned an exemplary rating from the institute, meaning that the farms' hens are raised humanely in small-scale or medium-scale facilities with ample access to the outdoors.
For example, Vital Farms brand eggs, widely available at Whole Foods stores nationwide, scored an exemplary rating. The business is family owned, and independently organically certified. Each hen at Vital Farms has access to 25 square feet of outdoor space, and is fed a natural diet that includes fresh native grasses.
Contrast this with the conditions at Chino Valley Farms, a supposedly "organic" egg farming operation where the Cornucopia Institute discovered 36,000 hens packed into a single industrial henhouse.
Concerned egg eaters who want to make sure the organic label eggs they purchase were produced in a safe, humane facility should check out the Cornucopia Institute's Organic Egg Scorecard, which ranks popular organic egg brands from around the country based on the ease of obtaining information about where and how the eggs were produced and the integrity of the producers' organic farming practices.
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