Nutrition
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Understanding Food’s Role in Emotional Wellbeing
If you’re reading this then it means you’re a human that eats food so this article is definitely for you. Food falls under a complex umbrella with many questions, variability and beliefs. There are dynamics at play with food choices. What we eat and how it’s prepared influence these choices. Our eating habits depend on…
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Reconnect with Family: The Power of Candlelit Dinners
In today’s hustle and bustle, family dinners are often thrown together without much acknowledgment outside of “get everyone fed.” And, that makes sense. Of course, being fed is priority. But, we’ve lost connection as a society to other parts that make a meal. It is not just about ingesting the food and ensuring full bellies.…
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Empowered Food Choices: A Journey to Health
I have been interested in health food and nutrition since college. My first dive into it was reading a superfoods book for leisure and before bedtime while in nursing school. Food for thought – Nursing school includes one simple nutrition course as a prerequisite. It offers no further education on food or nutrition throughout schooling.…
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Why Does Zweber Farms Choose 100% Grass Fed Cattle?
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Grocery Shopping with Confidence : Being an Informed Consumer
Do you know what to look for when reading labels? Majority of our food found in stores has been altered from its natural state. When processed and packaged there are additives to help make the food shelf stable and more appealing to our senses. Just as our clothing is created to sell based on marketing…
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The Superfood for Your Family Right Here on the Zweber Farm
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Rethinking the Definition of Health Food
Anna @ The Crunchy Kitchen: Inspiring Family and Child Healthy Living and Nutrition Is it really all about the food? Hello, Zweber Farm Readers! Last article we touched on the overcomplications of what health is and means. To recap, it isn’t solely diet and exercise, but, instead, it’s empowering to know that health is whatever…
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Connecting to Our Food and Each Other through the Holidays and Beyond
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5 Warming and Nutrient Dense Foods this Season
Tis the season! It’s getting cold. It’s getting dark. Yet, it’s beautiful and perfect. Embrace it with warming foods this winter. Before this modern civilization, eating for the seasons was the only way to go. There weren’t any options for fresh, frozen, take-out or foods from other countries. It was what was grown around you…
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A Pickle a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Benefits of fermented foods in your diet The Difference between pickled/canned and fermented foods Canned foods reduce nutritional and bacterial value in the heating process while fermented foods gain their flavor from the natural probiotics, enhance nutrition and have enzymes to aid in digestion. Store bought preserved vegetables are all canned. Canned produce will still…