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Fancy some Dietary Fiber

Ever wonder how a cow can survive, get fat and produce milk on a diet of grass? A cow’s specialized stomach with 4 compartments can digest the cellulose in plants and use those nutrients. Unfortunately, we humans aren’t able to digest cellulose. Cellulose is just sugar molecules linked together, but we cannot break the type of bond in [...]

Healthy and Refreshing Ginger Beer

Cool and warming at the same time, ginger beer is a summertime delight.  Originating in Britain, it is well known in East and West African former British colonies. This recipe is not alcoholic, but yeast gives it some fizz, and limes a citrussy tang, with just the right amount of sweetness.  Stir it up with sugar cane twizzlers [...]

Healing Foods for a Head Cold

If you live in the northern hemisphere this is a most dreary time of the year. Much of the US has been hit by record cold temperatures and inches of snow, and here in New York we’ve been blanketed by white for weeks. And under that there is a layer of ice from the [...]