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By: Cat Ebeling, RN, MSN-PHN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Perhaps you’ve been to a fancy Italian restaurant and heard the waiter reciting the specials and when he gets to the salad, one of the ingredients he mentions is radicchio. Radicchio, pronounced, “Rah-DEEK-ee-oh”, is a magenta-colored leafy Italian vegetable with …

By: Cat Ebeling, RN, MSN-PHN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix For men and women, aging brings some degree of hair loss or thinning. While we may not all be sporting a shiny bald head, both men and women can lose a significant amount of hair after the age of 40 …

By: Cat Ebeling, RN, MSN-PHN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Have you ever heard of moringa? Hint: It’s not a new Latin American dance, it’s a superfood! Moringa Olifera is actually a superfood plant that has been used medicinally for thousands of years in India and Africa. It is also …

By: Cat Ebeling, RN, MSN-PHN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Vitamin D from the sun has existed for a long time as an immune booster. In the 1800’s when many people had tuberculosis, sunshine was known to have curative powers, and sick patients flocked to sanitariums in sunny places to …

By: Cat Ebeling, RN, MSN-PHN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix It’s that ‘pumpkin’ time of year again, but really pumpkin is good just about any time of the year in my opinion. Fresh pumpkin is most plentiful in the fall in the Northern Hemisphere, but you can buy it most …

By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Kale used to show up on people’s plates as a barely edible garnish, but in the last several years, it suddenly skyrocketed to fame as health fanatics everywhere discovered its many nutritious attributes. Kale now takes center stage as a salad …

By: Cat Ebeling, BSN,co-author of the best-sellers: The Fat Burning Kitchen,The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging&The Diabetes Fix Lemons and limes are some of the most popular citrus fruits in the world. Lemons and limes are often used interchangeably for cooking purposes, but what about their health purposes? Are lemons and limes alike? Though they have a lot in …

By: Cat Ebeling, BSN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix I’ve never been a huge fan of pumpkin pie, but I do like pumpkin, so I decided to make up this pumpkin bar recipe a few years ago. It’s always a huge hit anytime of the year, and it has become …

By: Cat Ebeling Co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Sweet potatoes are the ultimate—satisfying non-grain carbohydrates, packed with nutrients and without all the inflammatory issues that white potatoes contain. Sweet potatoes differ from white potatoes, and do not contain harmful compounds such as saponins, glycoalkaloids, and lectins like white potatoes. …

 By: Cat Ebeling Co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Arugula is a spicy and intense salad green, alone it can often be hot and bitter, but if you add the right ingredients it comes alive! This salad has just the right amount of sweet, juicy grapefruit, plus the unexpected sweet …