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Save Money and Spend Less on Groceries by NOT Throwing Them Away!

If you are like most people, including myself, you toss food out immediately once it hits the expiration date.  There have been many scientific studies proving that it isn't always necessary and that...

4 comments    how to save money savings
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Methods of Food Preservation

As soon as any food is harvested, the spoilage process begins; this deterioration may be very slow, as in the case of nuts, but sometimes, as in the case of milk and milk products, it may be so rapid that the...

7 comments    food foods salt
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The Truth About Milk Nutrition

Milk nutrition has been glorified in the media for many years. There was a time when milk was good for you, but times have changed. A number of unhealthy side effects have been associated with milk...

17 comments    cows heart health indigestion
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Kinds of Butter

Butter is a dairy product consisting mainly of milk fat, milk curd, and water. Butter is made by beating cream, the thickest, fattiest part of milk. Most butter is made from the cream of cow's milk, but...

2 comments    food salt clarified butter
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Health Benefit of Flaxseed

Researchers have found that flaxseed is the best nutritional seed you can place in your body. Flaxseed is the richest plant source of Omega-3 fatty acids. The essential fatty acids help produce hormone-like...

2 comments    health education flaxseed
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Whipping cream or buttermilk? It's more or less butterfat

Whipping cream and buttermilk have very different percentages of butterfat. Commercial and organic dairy farms use Ultra Pasteurization in milk processing to increase shelf life.

3 comments    low fat cream dairy
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Genetically Modified Crops and Food Safety

Genetically Modified Crops    Throughout the ages, one of the greatest achievements of mankind has been the development of agriculture.  Through the idea of planting and harvesting crops for food, the...

0 comments    health food plants
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Muscovado healthy sugar

Muscovado came from the Spanish word mascabado (which means unrefined). Muscovado is a type of unrefined sugar that still contains vitamins and minerals from sugar cane making it pure and healthy, unlike...

1 comment    food eating baking
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How To Determine Coffee Bean Shelf Life

If you want to have a consistent delicious taste in your cup of Joe, then you need to focus on the quality of the coffee beans that you are using. First of all, do not even think of using pre-ground coffee if...

2 comments    essential oils coffee beans
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Who says healthy foods are more expensive than normal foods?

There is a perception that "health" foods are more expensive than "normal" foods. It's easy to see why people think that if they just take a casual stroll down the aisles of Wild Oats. If you do a straight...

6 comments    health money food
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