Archive for July, 2007

Osteoporosis Prevention

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Today the Healthy Diet Podacst is about osteoporosis prevention. Who gets it and why and what you can do about preventing osteoporosis.
Show notes:

Researching Alan’s mother’s medications led us to discover the side effects of Fosamax, a drug used to prevent osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is a weakening of the bone resulting in fractures. We have 1.5 million fractures […]

The Cost Of Eating Healthy

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

On today’s Healthy Diet Podcast we ask the question, is it really that expensive to eat healthy?
Show notes:

The number one reason people don’t eat healthy is because they think it is more expensive that it really is.
Jean keeps meticulous records of what we spend and have broken down our food budget to indicate that we […]

Purple Vita Mix Smoothie Picture With Recipe

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Two posts ago I wrote about the Bright Red Vita Mix smoothie and with a slight adjustment you can turn it into a purple Vita Mix smoothie as you see in the picture to the left.
Again the secret to getting the bright color, this time being purple, is by using fresh pitted cherries. This time […]

Is Honey Vegan?

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Today our healthydiet podcast is about Honey – Is it vegan? We give you the facts and let you decide. A listener challenged us with our referring to some of our recipes as vegan when they have honey as an ingredient.
Show notes:

The term veganism was developed by Donald Watson founder of Vegan Society of Great Britain. […]

Bright Red Vita Mix Smoothie Recipe & Picture

Monday, July 9th, 2007

We took the week off from The Healthy Diet Podcast last week because of the 4th, but we will do a show this week. In the mean time, I thought I’d share one of our Vita Mix smoothie recipes. I call it the Bright Red Vita Mix smoothie.
The secret to getting this smoothie bright red as you […]