Packaged fresh fruit sold at select stores, including Costco, BJ’s, Trader Joe’s, has been recalled due to a possible listeria contamination threat, according to HealthDay. The voluntary recall includes peaches, plums, nectarines and pluots — apricot-plum hybrids — packaged between June 1 and July 12 by Wawona Packing Co. “Because we do not know the locations […]

  You’ve probably already heard that a healthy diet can help reduce a host of diseases and conditions, as well as help improve how your body looks and performs. But now, a new study is singling out one food group in particular as the one that can really help save your life. But…there’s a catch. […]

This recipe is a fun and healthy way to snack. Cool off with one of these for a snack and you’ll have a whole serving of nutritious fork-free fruit salad. INGREDIENTS 1 cup seedless green grapes, halved lengthwise 1 cup strawberries, finely chopped 1 cup blueberries 2 6-ounce Capri Sun pouches or 1 1/2 cups […]

Did you know you can eat your way to better looking skin? Keep your skin looking younger—for the rest of your life—with these 4 foods: Strawberries: Eating more vitamin C-rich foods, such as strawberries, may help to ward off wrinkles and age-related dryness, suggests research from 2007 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Vitamin […]

Each year it is common practice for churches and individuals to begin the year in consecration and fasting. It is believed and intended to set the tone for the year by offering a first fruit sacrifice. Widely used is the Daniel Fast.  Let’s take a look at this practice that has taken the faith-community by […]