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Healthy Living: Lentil Soup as a Body Scrubber

Lentils are considered a super food that does more for the body than most other food types combined. As a legume, lentils are one of the easiest beans to prepare and can go a long way in keeping your body fully stocked with energy producing fiber.   Cooking lentil soup allows the intake of natural nutrients along with a great way to satisfy hunger throughout the day.  Lentils lower cholesterol and improve heart health ( 1 ).   The higher volumes of soluble fiber lower cholesterol and reduce risks of heart disease and stroke by scrubbing arteries. The soluble fiber develops a gel-like substance in the digestive tract and collects bile that contains cholesterol and pushes it out of the body ( 2 ).  We know that protein is important for encouraging muscle strength. Lentils not only provide protein (18g per cup) but also stabilize blood sugar levels helping keep insulin from bouncing around ( 3 ). The slow release of nutrients and fuel acts as a buffer against quick shots of

Healthy Living: Stuffed Tomatoes to Complement Your Dish

You can eat right without losing the taste. Eating healthy sometimes requires adjusting our taste buds to food of higher nutritional value. Stuffed tomatoes is an excellent recipe that is full of nutrients that support your fitness goals, doesn’t require much time, and holds its natural tastes. If you’re looking to make a simple side dish to complement your rice or sit in sizzle with your steak consider stuffed tomatoes. It is a low calorie option that doesn’t take much effort to prepare and complements a wide variety of pallets. This is a helpful recipe that improves on just about any dish you are planning to serve.   It is beneficial to incorporate a healthy amount of tomato into your diet. Research has shown that the tomato protects against cardiovascular disease, ultraviolet light, osteoporosis, and cognitive dysfunction (Burton-Freeman & Reimers, 2011). It also acts like an antioxidant that removes harmful pollutants from the body.  182 calories Directions

Healthy Living: Simple Brown Rice and Chicken Soup

The famous music composer Ludwid van Beethoven once said, “Only the pure in heart can make a good soup”. On this particular day I must have been pure of heart as I was able to pull off a solid Brown Rice and Chicken Soup. No point in eating out of a can when you can make your own food in a manner that improves health and nutrition.  The ingredients of this soup are low in fat while still packed full of helpful nutrients. Chicken is loaded with protein that improves bone strength, improves metabolism, and enhances skin health ( 1 ).   Brown rice is equally beneficial as it contains fiber, encourages weight loss, and is a natural anti-oxidant that removes pollution from the body ( 2 ).  I would suggest using lean white meat chicken but either type will work fine. In my case, I had left over rotisserie chicken and it was going to become bad unless promptly put into sandwiches or used up in some other way.   A few slices of dark meat may have made its way into the recipe.

Turkey Burgers as a High Protein Alternative to Beef

Turkey Burgers are health enthusiast’s choice for dinner when trying to build muscle and improve health. Turkey burgers are low in fat and high in protein while offering other protective benefits.   It isn’t traditional health food and offers a tasty alternative to non-meat varieties such as the vegie burger or the yuck tofu burger. Throwing a few of these patties on the grill next to your ground beef meat nourishes a healthy alternative for both yourself and anyone you invite to dinner.  Regular ground beef hamburgers are 250-800 calories depending on the garnishments. Calories can be astronomical for fast food restaurants. Traditional hamburgers contain 17 grams of fat and a gram of carbs with 18 grams of protein. The turkey burger is less than 170 calories, 9 grams of fat, no carbs, and offers 19 grams of protein.  Turkey contains healthy nutrients such as iron, zinc, potassium, B6, Niacin, amino acid tryptophan and selenium ( 1 ).   It helps lower your cholestero