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12/9/11 5-10 lbs weight gained on average between Thanksgiving & Christmas.

10/4/11 Did you know the oceans of our world provide us with more oxygen than all the trees and plants in the world?

8/29/11 Don't boil garlic. You will cook away the health benefits and taste. Add garlic the last 10 in of simmering.

8/15/11 Phthalides in celery help relax muscles around arteries & allow vessels to dilate helping your BP to lower.

8/2/11 Reusing shopping bags, cuts down on the production of plastic grocery bags by 350 bags per person per year.

7/7/11 Your brain uses about two thirds of the glucose in your body while you are sleeping.

4/16/11 Apply any cream that contains vitamin E & or Aloe Vera in it to get relief from a sunburn.

4/8/11 Celery helps to lower blood pressure because it is high in potassium and active compounds called phthalides. Phthalides help relax the muscles around the arteries and allow the vessels to dilate.

7/29/10 Did you know the plastic fork, knife and spoon you eat with at your kids birthday party Barbecue contains BPA which is known to cause cancer when consumed in large enough quantities.

7/16/10 As of July 2010, San Diego, California has the most individual homes and business powered by their own solar power generating systems then any other city in the United States. My home has been self sufficiently powered by solar since June of 2007.

7/16/10 By using reusable shopping bags, you cut down on the production of plastic grocery bags at the rate of 350 bags per person per year.

5/10/10 One half cup of sliced radishes have 18 MG Omega-3 Fatty Acids and 9.9 MG Omega-6 Fatty Acids.

3/26/10 Did you know there is lead in Red Wine Vinegar? Lead occurs naturally in the manufacturing process of Red Wine Vinegar. It is in such small amounts it is legal for manufacturers to sell with the lead, but non the less, the lead is still in Red Wine Vinegar.

11/20/09 Ask your fast food restaurant what kind of oil they are frying your food in and read the label on all packaged foods. Coconut oil is 90% saturated fat and lard is 40 percent saturated fat. The higher percent of saturation the oil is the more damage it will do to your heart and arteries.

9/17/09 Some recipes state spelt is gluten free. But in fact spelt is in the wheat family and contains gluten.

2/13/09 85% of the trash found in our oceans is plastic products. Please dispose of plastic container and plastic bags properly.

10/10/08 Half an avocado contains more potassium than a medium banana. If you have an avocado tree you need our Avocado Slicer.

10/10/08 Why did the tofu cross the road? To show it isn't chicken.

9/2/08 You can juice a kiwi fruit peeled or unpeeled. The skin is eatable. Ounce for ounce, the kiwi fruit has more vitamin C than oranges, as much potassium as a banana and 4 times as much fiber as celery.

9/1/08 Jogger etiquette: Joggers who run in the bike lane should jog towards on coming bikes for easy eye contact. When passing a bike, the jogger should yield to the right because the jogger can see if cars are coming. Walkers should stay out of the bike lane all together.

8/28/08 When juicing fruits and vegetables, it is not necessary to peel MOST fruits and vegetables. Many valuable nutrients are just under the skin. Exceptions that should be peeled are fruits and vegetables that have been waxed like cucumbers, pineapples because their skin is too tough and woody, oranges and grapefruits because their skin contain a toxin to humans. Also cut out and discard apple seeds because they have arsenic in them and Rhubarb leaves are also toxic.

8/15/08 An easy way to peal fresh ginger is to scrape it with a spoon.

8/5/08 Agar Agar is 6 times stronger as a thickening agent than an equal amount of gelatin. Gelatin is generally made from an animal source unless it is vegan gelatin which is usually made from sea weed.

8-5-08 Gelatin was taken off the USDA safe list in 1996.

8/4/08 Add a few drops of sesame oil to make a dish have a smoky flavor.

6/12/08 Humans and the Asian Elephant are the only known animal that can stand on its head.

4/26/08 Mona Lisa does not have eyebrows in Leonardo Da Vinci's painting. It was fashionable for women to shave off their eyebrows during the Renaissance age of Florence, Italy. From StrangeFacts.com

4/19/08 The "Average American" consumes 20 pounds of candy and 56 gallons of drinks made with sugar added in one year.

11/14/07 Human hair grows at a rate of about half an inch a month.

10/22/07 Between the moisture in the grass a cow eats and the water it drinks, a cow consumes 50 gallons of water a day.

9/23/07 Natural Licorice can raise your blood pressure because it contains a chemical called glycyrrhizin. Glycyrrhizin causes the body to retain sodium and lose potassium in turn causing the body to retain fluids.

8/15/07 Alfalfa Sprouts contain Phytoesirogens. Phytoestrogens help with menopause symptoms, osteoporosis, some cancers and heart disease.

8/15/07 Broccoli Sprouts contain 50X the amount of antioxidants of that in mature broccoli by weight.

8/15/07 Mung Beans are the most consumed sprout type in the world.

7/9/07 Purells hand sanitizer has no animal products in it and is not tested on animals.

7/7/07 More than 3 times as many couples got married on Saturday July 7, 2007 because the date was 7/707 (all sevens). Maybe that is so they can remember when their anniversary is.

7/2/07 Spam (not to be confused with junk e-mail) is still junk. It is made mostly from pork shoulder. Pork shoulder is too fat to be ham and too lean to be bacon. Ether way spam is still not wanted by vegans.

7/2/07 Our muscles are only 18% protein and about 75% water. Adults need only about 30 grams of protein a day to maintain healthy muscle tissue.

5/2/07 Molasses is a chelating agent. A rusty object placed for two weeks in a mixture of one part molasses to nine parts water will lose its rust due to the chelating action of the molasses.

5/2/07 Molasses is the base material for fermentation into rum.

4/19/07 When Extra introduced xylitol-containing products to Hong Kong and Guangdong, it translated the word "xylitol" phoenetically into Cantonese as saai-lok-to, which literally meant "suntan camel", and used the camel as a figurative icon in its advertisements.

4/19/07 ASICS Corp., a Japanese company, markets a line of women's t-shirts with xylitol infused into the fabric. Xylitol, like several other sugar alcohols, exhibits a cooling effect in the mouth. The t-shirts are intended to utilize this same property to keep a person cooler in warm weather.

4/16/07 Unripe bananas have about 25% starch and 1% sugar. The natural enzyme action converts this high starch content to 20% sugar in a ripe banana.

3/1/07 Why are Vegans not calcium deficient? All sources of calcium comes from the earth. For example: A cow gets its calcium from the hay it eats thus growing a large animal. The hay got its calcium from the soil it grew in.

8/20/06 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earth consists of 97% salt water and 3% fresh water. The 3% fresh water is broken down to 31% ground water, 68.7% ice caps & glaciers and .3% fresh water. The .3% of fresh water is 2% rivers, 11% swamps and 87% lakes.

8/3/06 California's law states: if your windshield wipers are on you have to have your head lights on. What is the law in your state?

7/29/06 LDL, HDL which is good and which is bad. You want the bad low and the good high. So the way to remember good form bad is by the first letter. LDL is bad and you want it Low. HDL is good and you want it High.

7/23/06 Many kinds of bacteria will not grow on copper due to the toxicity of copper. Quite often hospitals use copper or copper alloy door knobs to reduce the spread of bacteria. Do not put copper in you mouth.

5/6/06 Date palms require no rain during the flowering period and temperatures up to 102 degrees Fahrenheit. They also require no rain and low humidity during the ripening period which takes 6 months.

2/16/06 Take half of your daily allowance of Vitamin C in the morning and the other half 12 hours later. The body eliminates Vitamin C in 12 hours.

2/2/06 Flaxseed oil needs to be refrigerated after opening and will go bad after 2 months.

1/7/06 During the 4-6 week maple sugar season, 1 tap hole per maple tree will produce 10 gallons of sap. About 1 quart of maple syrup will be made.

12/1/05 American mistletoe, commonly used as a decoration for Christmas, is poisonous! The plant and berries are known to cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and slowing of the heart. Ingesting a few berries can cause death in about 10 hours.

11/15/05 A bee can stay attached to the hood of your car until you reach about 38 miles per hour. (No bees were harmed during this experiment.)