If Bernard Preston's inspirational books do not awaken in you the desire to live long in the land, then alas I have failed! Oh yes, and the desire to sit under those trees you once planted, to nurture those grandchildren you have borne.
Alas, sometimes it takes a fist banging on the skull, or a pick axe to break open the frozen sea within us. Is poor health trying to tell you something...? Just where are you planning to live, if you don't look after your bod, eh?
Fast healthy dinner recipes can be made with a little aforethought, getting back to the wholesome meals of our great-grandmothers.
Continue reading "Fast healthy dinner recipes so you can enjoy your food without guilt."
Cherry-guava honey mead can be made with either the raw berries or the boiled and then extracted juice.
Continue reading "Cherry-guava honey mead preserves the polyphenols in the fruit."
Nine bean rows and a hive for the honeybee weighs some thoughts by various authors on the need for stillness in the quest for peace and finding our true selves.
Continue reading "Nine bean rows and a hive for the honeybee if from a poem by Yeats."
Cardboard in worm-farms, known as a bulking agent, should consist of about 20 percent of the feed; it also helps control the water content.
Continue reading "Cardboard in worm-farms is to increase the carbon to nitrogen ratio."
Carbs in the life of a believer shows how modern milling has taken natural grains and turned them into pseudo foods from the Devil's Pantry.
Continue reading "Carbs in the life of a believer reminds us of the richness of seeds."
Canned versus dried chickpeas reveals that the convenience in making your quick hummus comes at a price.
Continue reading "Canned versus dried chickpeas asks if it is worth the schlep."
Are the cities of South Africa water scarce is determined by the ratio of demand to supply. Is that which is available greatly underestimated?
Continue reading "Are the cities of South Africa water scarce is a serious question."
Easy sourdough bread recipe takes less about ten-minutes to make and allows you to choose how much salt and the kind of flour; there is less gluten intolerance.
Continue reading "Easy sourdough bread recipe uses a starter of yeast and friendly bugs."
Calories in hummus invites the question whether it is fattening and are these legumes friendly?
Continue reading "Calories in hummus asks what is the garbanzo bean and chickpea story?"
Broccoli facts help us to uncover some of the basic science behind the "queen of tumour-prevention."
Continue reading "Broccoli facts include tumour prevention; it is rich in folate too."
Best medicinal herbs says include some of these on a regular basis before the day of serious illness arrives; simply the flavour makes it worthwhile.
Continue reading "Best medicinal herbs gives you a guide to a few of our favourites."
Best bread in South Africa but there is a catch; you need a mill and know a farmer who grows the wheat.
Continue reading "Best bread in South Africa for only five rand per loaf."
Believers can enjoy green mealies but refined maize is straight from the Devil's Pantry; all of the bran and most of the nutrients have been extracted.
Continue reading "Believers can enjoy green mealies completely without guilt."
About details his qualifications and experience as a chiropractor, one who is completely obsessed with healthy living and caring for the environment.
Continue reading "About describes Bernard Preston's background."
Avoid plastic in water by harvesting the rain and then storing it underground where it will be very cold; micoparticles deposited in the arteries are deadly.
Continue reading "Avoid plastic in water by harvesting the rain from the gutters. "
Artificial sweeteners cause weight gain by disturbing the usual neuro-hormonal mechanisms; they raise the risk of metabolic syndrome by 44%.
Continue reading "Artificial sweeteners cause weight gain due to loss of satiety."
Are favas shell beans may seem a silly question but reckon on the L-dopa in the pod too.
Continue reading "Are favas shell beans is critical to getting full value from them."
Pascal's wager suggests that it makes more sense to chance believing certain things even though eventually we may be proved wrong; small losses vs large gains.
Continue reading "Pascal's wager is an argument put forward by an eminent scientist."
A healthy diet for prediabetes explores the different options, the philosophies about starches and the role of fat; and the power of walking to lower BG.
Continue reading "A healthy diet for prediabetes means strictly limiting refined carbs."
Nutritious choice foods are not difficult to prepare; slow meals made fast is our slogan.
Continue reading "Nutritious choice foods are the way to reach a happy, vibrant old age."
Orange juice press adds another dimension. The whole fruit is only better if you strain out the pulp; and with it the vitamin C, the fibre and bioflavonoids.
Continue reading "Orange juice press, hand or electric means freshly-squeezed OJ."
Orange juice bioflavonoids promote health and help to prevent disease; but the pasteurizing process used in OJ greatly reduces their anti-oxidant properties.
Continue reading "Orange juice bioflavonoids are real functional foods. "
Organic butternut need a mound of compost and the plants will follow you in the kitchen door if you are not careful. For me it is about the very best soup.
The Stunting Story has three elements of something knocked off kilter, forces gathering to restore harmony and the counter parties blocking progress.
Continue reading "Stunting Story has three elements that make up any good story."
Re-establish the intestinal microbes using probiotics made very simply in your own kitchen; it takes only five minutes.
Continue reading "Re-establish the intestinal microbes with kefir."
How to get more fiber from our food will probably have a greater effect and make a larger contribution to our wellness than almost any other factor.
Continue reading "How to get more fiber to support those friendly bugs in the intestine."
How to make kefir takes about five-minutes. It cured in one week a severe bellyache of many years from a stubborn helicobacter infection; a brewing ulcer.
Continue reading "How to make kefir for the easiest probiotic in your own kitchen."
Bread experiments are about fine-tuning your dough to improve the texture and flavour; and how well it rises.
Continue reading "Bread experiments enable you to bake even better loaves to your taste."
Off the grid used to demand expensive batteries so that you would have power at night and during inclement-weather; but they have now become much cheaper.
Continue reading "Off the grid is for the wealthy and those living far from utilities. "
Do lima beans need to climb and how long does it take for the plant to produce a crop?
Continue reading "Do lima beans need to climb and what sort of trellis is required?"
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