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General tips

Buy Organic Foods : There are 12 foods where buying organic makes even more sense than normal.
According to the EWG (Environmental Working Group) the 12 most contaminated foods are:
  • apples
  • bell peppers
  • celery
  • cherries
  • imported grapes
  • nectarines
  • peaches
  • pears
  • potatoes
  • red raspberries
  • spinach
  • strawberries
All tested positive for pesticide residue – even after having been washed! Sweet bell peppers were the vegetable with the most pesticides overall, with 39 pesticides detected on a single sample. Conversely, if you're going to buy conventional, peas, broccoli, onions, pineapples, mangoes, bananas, kiwi and papaya had the lowest occurrence of pesticide residue.


Buy Local Food : As an ‘everything in moderation’ kind of guy, I’d find a strict local food diet fascinating but obsessive and intimidating, says Peter Marks, program coordinator for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project in Asheville, N.C. He suggests a more gradual approach: Every week or month, replace one food in your diet that’s provided by a big, faraway company with a locally grown food.


Weight loss

The Glycaemic Index Diet
The gi index weight loss program is linked to the gi (or glycaemic index), a list of types of food and a score representing the ease with which the carbs in the food gets transformed to glucose in your system. The theory is that slow release foods (ie those food types with a low Glycaemic score), keep you feeling full longer and help to take in fewer food without craving snacks all the time.
It is also extremely effective for diabetes sufferers, as the low GI foods are helpful in minimizing surges in blood sugar secretion.








Smoky Sausage Lentil Soup Recipe
Smoky Sausage Lentil Soup Category Sausage Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 Tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 4 celery stalks, sliced 6 oz smoked sausage ( such as kielbasa), coarsely chopped 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock 4 cups water 2 cups green lentils 1 strip (3 inches long) orange rind 1 tsp crumbled dried marjoram 1 tsp crumbled dried savory 3 carrots, peeled and sliced 2 potatoes, peeled and diced salt and pepper

In large heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium heat; add onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add celery and sausage; cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add stock, water, lentils, orange rind, marjoram and savory; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover partially and simmer for 30 minutes. Add carrots and potatoes; cover partially and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 35 minutes or until lentils are tender. Discard orange rind. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Nutritional Analysis: Calories 408 Total fat 12 g (24% calories) Sat. fat 3 g Fibre 9 g Protein 25 g CHO 52 g Cholesterol 19 mg Sodium 871

Makes: 6 main-course servings- about 1 1/4 cups each

 
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