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The Dangers of Cornstarch - Alternatives to Cornstarch - Uses of Cornstarch for Hair

Highly refined cornstarch is regularly added to food these days but is it healthy, or more importantly is it bad for your health. What are the dangers of cornstarch? Why is cornstarch dangerous? Are there any alternatives in place of cornstarch for use in food?

14 comments    health unhealthy refined
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Butyric Acid, Bacteria and Colon Health

Colon bacteria make butyric acid. This acid improves the health of the intestinal lining, reduces inflammation and may reduce the risk of colon cancer.

8 comments    colon cancer glycemic index
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Novel: Mystery of Charles Vargas. Page 96

People loose their lives in the most unlikeliest of circumstances. Drowning is one but there are others.We all leave this realm eventually but the means is not always natural. To aliens Earth is the 'beautiful blue planet.' They see it from their own world then imagine how fortunate we are to be surrounded by water. Water sustains us-without water there would be no life. We would find ourselves in a desert.

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What’s In My Food: Sour Patch Kids Ingredients Explained

Reading the ingredient list on your food label and knowing what they are, are two different things. For example: Do you know what the ingredients BHT, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, blue 1, and phosphoric acid are? Well you should, since you...

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"The Problem We All Live With" - The Truth About Rockwell's Painting

The Problem We All Live With done by Norman Perceval Rockwell is arguably the single most important image ever done of an African-American in illustration history. This  piece is the most requested work at the Norman Rockwell museum in...

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Healthy Purple Foods: 3 to Try

Purple foods have a dark pigment known as anthocyanin, which provide a number of very healthy benefits. In fact, purple corn has five times more anthocyanin than blueberries.

4 comments    rice purple sweet potatoes
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Prolific Cereal Grains: Corn Maize and Wheat

Maize is the top cereal grain cultivated and produced in many parts of the world. It is a grass domesticated for its seeds or kernels. Maize is the top crop grown in the United States; next top corn producer is China. Wheat is on the 3rd spot as the world’s widely grown cereal grain, next to maize and rice. Historically, wheat has been domesticated since 9,000 BC. Wheat has been a staple food in some parts of Turkey. Commercially, wheat is considered as a cash crop because the popular foods that

5 comments    health food wheat
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Ugali - What is it?

Ugali is one of two main dishes in many Eastern African countries. Ugali is a staple starch made from Maize (corn) as the main ingredient. It is a very thick dish, not too different from a porridge. It is eaten by many people every day in that...

12 comments    cooking nutrition meat
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Grilled corn three ways.How to best grill sweet corn on the cob. Perfect summer BBQ food!

3 ways to grill up some sweet sweet corn! A perfect excuse to combine smoky grilled corn with loads of butter and salt for a bit of summer indulgence.

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Environmentally Friendly Disposable Diapers

We started looking for alternative diapering for two reasons: diaper rashes and landfills. We tried everything we could purchase locally, and almost everything we could buy online. We did hours of research, all with the purpose of saving my son...

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