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11/15/2025

I haven't been active lately but I'm going to commit to coming back to yall. Stay tuned. Like this post 👍🏻

02/16/2025

Ramen for the win!!!

11/06/2024

10/09/2024

Chocolate 🤤

Consuming one tablespoon of natural cocoa powder a day can significantly improve muscle strength, mass, and physical performance in older adults. This benefit is attributed to the flavonoids in cocoa, which are reduced in alkalized (Dutched) cocoa. Natural cocoa also enhances walking performance in people with peripheral artery disease by improving blood flow and mitochondrial activity in muscles.

What else can cocoa do? Regular intake of cocoa increases circulation within our skin, boosting it by 70 percent within two hours of consuming less than a tablespoon of cocoa. Do that every day and within three months, you end up with significantly improved skin thickness, density, and hydration. Keep that up for six months, and you'll see a noticeable reduction in wrinkles and increased skin elasticity. (These studies were done with cocoa powder. If data becomes available for cacao, I’ll share.)

One of my favorite ways to make my life more chocolatey is with this Tart and Tangy Cran–Chocolate Pomegranate BROL Bowl. See the full recipe at https://buff.ly/4aQbEVF.

Watch the video “How Not to Age – Live Presentation” at https://buff.ly/3SW7ru6.

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See the Consumer Reports reference for choosing cocoa powders lower in heavy metals at https://buff.ly/47orPZn

10/09/2024

“Mushrooms are the flowers of the forest floor.” — Eugenia Bone

Part of our weekly delivery to the French Lick and West Baden resorts. Take a day trip to enjoy some delicious food featuring these beautiful mushrooms!

10/02/2024

Forty-two percent of Americans believe that plant-based foods will overtake meat options by 2032. What do you think?

10/02/2024

🥭🫘🌮Mango and Black Bean Tacos are for dinner tonight. Everything you need is right there. If you don't eat them tonight, save this post for the next time you're in the moooooood!

09/03/2024

The galactose in milk may explain why dairy consumption is associated with significantly higher risk of hip fractures, cancer, and premature death.

In the population study “Milk Intake and Risk of Mortality and Fractures in Women and Men,” researchers following more than 100,000 men and women in Sweden for about 20 years found significantly higher rates of bone and hip fractures, heart disease, cancer, and premature death in general for women who drank more milk. Three glasses a day was associated with nearly twice the risk of dying early.

Watch the video "Is Milk Good for Our Bones?" and see the Milk topic page on NutritionFacts.org at https://buff.ly/3XkJuPc and https://buff.ly/2QdgR1b to learn more.

PMID: 25352269

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09/03/2024