We all know the importance of clean, healthy eating. For those of us concerned with nutrition, filling up on fresh produce, lean proteins, and whole grains is a way of life: one that provides us benefits like enhanced health and immunity, weight loss, skyrocketing energy and so much more. However, while we pay close attention […]
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THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY – In theaters August 8, 2014 Like THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY on Facebook: http://facebook.com/100footjourneymovie Follow THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the100ftJourney Instagram: http://instagram.com/thehundredfootjourney Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/100FtJourney OFFICIAL BOILERPLATE: In “The Hundred-Foot Journey,” Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in
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Life changing moments don’t happen everyday. 2 weeks before my trip to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital I was contacted by an orphanage in Uganda. The orphanage houses children whose parents abandoned them because they were born with Sickle Cell Anemia. I was told, “at least every week, you may find 2 or 3 thrown at
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We all wish we had more energy. If we only had more energy, we’d be able to get so much more done each day. We’d be able to spend more time playing with (or, okay, keeping up with) our kids. We’d have better focus, be in better moods…there are lots of reasons to want to
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*I received a bottle of Quality 100% Pure Yacon Syrup to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own. I recently learned about a new natural sweeteners: Yacon Syrup. Yacon syrup is a healthy natural sweetener that is also a natural source of prebiotics. Other natural examples of prebiotics are: bananas, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, yams, asparagus, onions,
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Teaching your kids new skills can be one of life’s simplest pleasures. What can be more difficult, however, is discussing something like responsible drinking. Most parents realize talking to their kids about alcohol is a necessary part of parenthood. But when is the right time to mention the subject? And what’s the right approach? As
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This post is sponsored by Campbell Soup Company The Centers for Disease Control reports that 1 in 4 American deaths are because of heart disease. In fact, 24% of African-Americans die of Heart Disease and about 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. Therefore, as a family we make a
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