Chef Christina Thomas
Posts: 66 // Recipes: 4
I am not a good cook but I always try to make new recipes. I also love to eat and to see my family enjoy something that I have made. I like cooking because I take pleasure in sharing what I make and I like. So I am here.....
All Recipes and Posts by Christina Thomas
2 Cups of Cow’s Milk Ideal for Kids
Most parents when it comes to giving milk to their children tend to think, the more, the merrier. In contradiction to popular belief scientists now say that two cups of cow’s milk a day is the proper amount needed to maintain adequate vitamin D and iron levels. [Read: Surprising Health Benefits... more
Read moreFast-food ‘link’ to child asthma and eczema
“Fast food and takeaways linked to surge in child asthma and allergies,” reports The Guardian. Along with many other papers, it reports on a study attempting to shed light on one of the enduring medical mysteries of recent times – what explains the sharp rise in allergic conditions that has occurred... more
Read morePure, white and deadly
Salt may be a hidden killer but as health campaigners call for regulations, the picture keeps shifting. Geoff Cumming sifts through the evidence Give the food police credit for trying. Knocked back on calls for maximum sugar limits, junk food advertising bans and school tuckshop restrictions, some health experts now... more
Read moreAn Apple A Day
Before getting into the crux of this article, what you are now about to read is probably the most essential and important piece of information concerning apples. If organically grown, all the vital health benefits are located right under the skin of the apple. If conventionally grown all the detrimental... more
Read moreDoes a tomato a day keep depression away?
The Daily Mail today reported that there is, “yet another good reason to tuck into that salad: eating tomatoes could ward off depression”. Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, the chemical that gives them their distinctive colour. Lycopene is an antioxidant, a type of naturally occurring chemical believed to help protect... more
Read moreCapsaicin: How spicy food can improve your health in many ways
It could be the instant sweat, the burning sensation, the way it accentuates flavors of certain foods, or a combination of all three. Spicy foods get their “heat” from a compound called capsaicin. Capsaicin can be found in some form in any food or vegetable with noticeable “heat.” New research... more
Read moreFive superfoods that will heal your gut
The root of good and bad health resides in the gut. This is a centuries old maxim of both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and India’s Ayurvedic medical practices. Over the last few decades, renegade MD’s, holistic practitioners, chiropractors, and alternative health nutritionists have realized this basic truth as well. This... more
Read moreSix amazing foods for cleansing your colon naturally
Gastrointestinal problems are prolific in today’s society, and this is largely due to the fact that the modern food supply is greatly lacking in the nutrients required for healthy digestion (not to mention a widespread overload of toxins from vaccines, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides). But the good news is that a... more
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