Sharing the Ascension Experience
Edenic Vegetable Stock Recipe Type: Universal Cuisine: Ascendant Author: Ascension Cafe Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 1 hour Good, healthy, and cheap rings the trifecta bell with vegetable scraps and trimmings that might otherwise feed the compost too early. Use it as a base for other dishes. You can freeze … Read more
Seraphic Sweet Potato & Pear Soup Recipe Type: Ascendant Cuisine: Ascendant Author: Ascension Cafe Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 1 hour Serves: 12 The flavor maestro is at it again. This melodious blend of sweet potato and pear will take you up, up, and away! Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil, … Read more
The nutritional value of chia was known to the Aztecs. Now whole and ground chia seeds are being added to fruit drinks, snacks and cereals. They are baked into cookies and sprinkled on yogurt. Chia is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, protein, and fiber. Mamma Chia products are in Whole Foods stores as well … Read more
Experts with the British Dietetic Association have evaluated several celebrity diet plans, which they noted were becoming “more extreme” and “increasingly involving medical intervention,” and listed the top five worst of 2012: 5. The Six-Week OMG Diet – Get Skinnier than All Your Friends This book, authored by British writer Venice Fulton (a pseudonym for … Read more
You have two cows . . . CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull -and build a herd of cows. AMERICAN-STYLE ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You don’t have any cows. The bank will not lend you money to buy cows, because you don’t have any cows to put up as collateral. The price … Read more
To address the challenges related to malnutrition in Namibia, Prime Minister Nahas Angula has established the Namibia Alliance for Improved Nutrition (NAFIN), a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder partnership aimed at ensuring that concerted, coordinated and collaborative efforts by the government and partners lead to a reduction and eventual elimination of malnutrition and improved food security in … Read more
Imagine a world where nutritious food was freely available to all babies, thereby reducing their risk of illness and enabling them to develop into healthy adults. In fact, no imagination is required: human breast-milk is free, widely available and popular. In 2010 more than 80% of mothers surveyed for the Growing Up in New Zealand … Read more
•Pumpkin and butternut squash are incredibly rich sources of antioxidants such as Vitamins A, C, E and B-complex and minerals such as calcium, copper, potassium and phosphorus. They are mildly sweet with a great nutty flavor. Both are very versatile and can be served in sweet or savory dishes such and soups, casseroles, pies, breads, … Read more
Nutrition is often an integral part of the quality of life before, during and after a cancer diagnosis. One of the best things you can do before ever being diagnosed with cancer or before treatment starts (besides maintaining a healthy weight) is consuming a diet rich in antioxidants, which are cancer-cell fighting nutrients. The best … Read more
Across West Africa, families struggle to provide young children with sufficiently diversified diets composed of the nutritious foods needed to provide the essential amino acids as well as micro- and macro-nutrients required for proper growth and development. Getting the right nutrients in the right quantity is of utmost importance for children’s health and nutrition. Good … Read more