Start your day with a warm, hearty breakfast made with fresh, seasonable apples. In addition to tasting great, apples are rich in health-promoting antioxidants. They’re also an excellent source of fiber, potassium, and vitamins A and C. A growing body of research confirms that adding this nutritious fall-time fruit to your diet brings with it an impressive range of health benefits, from heart disease and asthma to cancer. So take advantage of plentiful apples... use them in pies, breads, salads, sliced and dipped in sauces, or eat them whole. They're a healthy choice anytime.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cup soy milk
1 ½ cup water
1 ½ cup old-fashioned oats
1+ cup chopped apple (approx.
1/4 cubes)
2 Tbs. raisins
2 Tbs. pecans, chopped (optional)
2 Tbs. brown sugar
½ tsp. cinnamon
Directions:
- In a medium saucepan, bring soy milk and water to a boil.
- Stir in remaining ingredients and cook until thick.
- Cover, let stand a few minutes, and enjoy. Serves 2-3.
For this and other fun veg recipes, visit www.VegWeb.com!
Once
upon a time, a family came together to make
life simpler, sweeter, and healthier. Eventually, that
family became the Stretch Island Fruit Company. Striving
to make healthy products with the shortest and simplest
ingredients possible, they created FrutaBu Organic Smooshed
Fruit – a
new way to eat fruit and have fun at the same
time.
FruitaBu Organic Smooshed Fruit contains only the natural sugars that are found in fruit…never artificial sweeteners or flavors. Transforming fresh fruit into exciting snacks you can take on-the-go, FruitaBu ensures that you’ll enjoy pure fruit through the natural aromas, colors, textures, and taste. Experience FruitaBu in amazing flavors including apple, grape, strawberry, apricot, and raspberry. Join the Fruitolution!
For nutritional information, visit www.FruitaBu.com!
New
research cites the importance of the old adage, “An
apple a day keeps the doctor away.” According
to the study, apples are packed with cancer-fighting
flavonols, plant compounds powerful enough
to reduce cancer risk, even among smokers!
Researchers monitored the eating habits and health of approximately 183,000 people over eight years. The study evaluated the participants' food consumption and calculated the intake of the three types of flavonols (quercetin, kaempferol, and myricetin), determining that flavonol intake reduces risk for developing pancreatic cancer.
The most significant finding was among smokers. Smokers with the lowest intake of flavonols presented with the most pancreatic cancer. Smoking is an established risk factor for the often fatal pancreatic cancer, notes the research. Among the other findings were that women had the highest intake of total flavonols and seventy percent of the flavonol intake came from quercetin, linked to apple and onion consumption.
It is believed that these compounds have anti-cancer effects due to their ability to reduce oxidative stress and alter other cellular functions related to cancer development. While found in many plants, flavonols are highly concentrated in apples, onions, tea, berries, kale, and broccoli. Quercetin is most plentiful in apples and onions.
To read the full article, click here!
Thanks to the Student Animal
Legal Defense Fund (SALDF), farmed animals have
a voice at University of New Mexico School of
Law. The dedicated group got active this month
in honor of World
Farm Animals Day. UNM Law SALDF
President Adriana Martin and officers Vanessa
Chavez (VP) and Koo Im Tong (Sec.) coordinated
an educational event to inform fellow students
about the plight of farmed animals.
In addition to hosting a bake sale to raise donations, the group set up an information table with a video playing actual footage of animals in factory farms and slaughterhouses, urging others to consider a compassionate diet. Fellow students stopped by the table to pick up literature, ask questions, and contribute to the cause.
To find out more about SALDF, click here!
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