A Guide to Choosing Healthy Beverages The majority of your liquid intake should be pure, filtered water. Half your body weight in ounces (not to exceed about 100 oz) is the required amount to drink daily. To compensate for each cup of diuretic beverages (like coffee, tea or fruit juices) consumed, an additional cup and
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A Guide to Choosing Healthy Grains
Grains are not suitable for every diet or for every person all the time. If it is appropriate for you to eat grains, here is how to choose them. Grains should be organically grown and locally grown if possible. Grains contain anti-nutrients like phytic acid, proper preparation of soaking, souring or sprouting grains (including corn
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Real Food Diet
A Guide to Choosing Healthy Legumes
Legumes are difficult for some people to digest and are not appropriate for everyone all the time. If legumes are included in your diet, choose using these criteria. Choosing organic legumes is best, and always go with locally grown when possible. Buy dried legumes. Canned beans may be packaged in cans lined with BPA (an
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Real Food Recipes
Caldo de Pollo (Mexican Chicken Soup) Gluten Free
Just like American chicken soup, Caldo de Pollo is a traditional family recipe (and thus has many variations), is a treasured comfort food and is definitely a nutrient-dense meal with healing properties. Unlike American chicken soup, however, this soup is a little spicy and packed with delicious vegetables. This is not tortilla soup, but a true chicken
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Amy’s Perfect Roast Chicken with Lemon Thyme Reduction
This is how we prepare our roasted chicken every Friday night. It’s so delicious and we eat the leg/thigh for dinner that night and then over the weekend have breast meat for soups (like Chicken with Wild Rice, Caldo de Pollo or Avgolemono), homemade pecan chicken salad (made with lemony mayo), soft tacos, or whatever we want
