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Daily Natural Health Tip #1
A huge mistake that a lot of people make is not eating enough green leafy vegetables in their diet.
I remember when I was young and my mom gave us salad every night with dinner, which was great for my health, but I got so sick of the same old salads night after night that I ended up not eating it for years.
Try to keep it interesting so that your whole family can enjoy this vital ingredient. There are dozens and dozens of types of salad dressings from the classic vinaigrette to creamy dressings and even yogurt based ones. There is no reason you cannot have several different kinds on hand so that each night the family can choose for themselves.
One of my favorite meals is healthy and delicious and most importantly easy and fast to make. It’s a simple and yummy chicken and tortellini salad.
Here is the basic full meal salad recipe, more an idea really because you can have as much of the ingredients as you prefer:
- Regular green leafy or romaine lettuce
- Rainbow Tortillini
- Chicken, you can cut it up in chunks and cook it on the stove or slice chicken breast as thick or thin as you like
- Toasted slivered almonds
- You can cut up some mozzarella cheese if you like but I usually don’t bother.
- Ranch dressing
I usually cook the pasta early in the day and refrigerate it until dinnertime. It’s delicious cold, it’s like a pasta salad with lettuce or visa versa.
By simply incorporating more leafy greens and whole fruits into your overall diet you are going to slash type 2 diabetes risk drastically.
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1 Car Subwoofers Installation // Oct 8, 2009 at 3:01 am
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3 Print Brochures // Oct 12, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Yeah! I agree. Try to make it more interesting. I love salads and I think I’ll never get tired of it, but sometimes I want a salad with a twist. Thank you for this post.:)
4 web development // Oct 13, 2009 at 7:52 am
Thanks for this great post.My dad for instance,hates to eat green leafy vegetables.Well i find a lot of similarities in eating habits of your childhood with mine.Thanks again.
5 Betty Boop // Oct 13, 2009 at 1:10 pm
really good article keep up the good work
6 Grant // Oct 13, 2009 at 2:36 pm
You bring up a great point. I have always shied away from veggies but I’ve made a conscious effort to incorporate them into my diet and I’m feeling great and losing weight.
7 Alan Amsoil // Oct 13, 2009 at 5:07 pm
You know what they say ‘You don’t make friends with salad’… but seriously, I have the same problem. My Mom too made salads every night with our dinner that I can bring myself to eat it anymore. I’m going to try out this recipe though, sounds tasty.
8 Gun Cabinet // Oct 14, 2009 at 10:39 pm
A agree with eating green leafy vegetables as main part of your diet. However, when I am shopping in the grocery store I find the fresh vegetables and the meats are the most expensive ingredients. This makes it hard to add the leafy green vegetables to too many meals.
9 Environmental monitoring // Oct 15, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Thanks for sharing the tips these are very helpful for me and i think for everyone who wants to loose weight.very inspiring idea.
good work!keep it up.
10 John from Small portable generator // Oct 15, 2009 at 4:05 pm
I’m attempting to grow my own salad veg. We did well this year with spring onions. The slugs ate everything else, they did taste better than the shop bought equivalent
11 tokay gecko // Oct 17, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Nice, and if you can get your vegetables from local sources all the better. But nooooo eck! Ranch dressing!! I hope that nobody would destroy their salad with Ranch dressing which amounts to mayonnaise with high fructose corn syrup. Any dressing with sugar is poison in my book. Vinegar, olive oil, garlic, onion and spices is the way to go!
12 Neo // Oct 19, 2009 at 3:20 am
Salad is always great for health….Salad with tomatoes and carrots and cucumber are my favorite.
Nice post anyway….Wish to eat such a foodie just now.
Thanks
TC
13 Strata Title // Oct 19, 2009 at 10:57 am
I agree with you…green vegetables are healthy…salad made with vegetables topped with spinach paste is very healthy food and tasty too.
14 cat // Oct 19, 2009 at 11:08 am
Nice information, and what about the vegetables cooked on steam?
15 Grant // Oct 19, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Good call, veggies are undervalued in today’s people. And some think they are getting their fix with a ceasar salad, unaware that the dressing almost nullifies the benefits of the greens. Great blog.
16 Petit sexe // Oct 20, 2009 at 4:09 am
I always loved salad even if my mum gave me every night the same…And now i am pregnant, and trust me when I am sooo hungry at midnight, I just wish to eat some lettuce salad, more than chocolate… eheheh
17 free mixtape downloads // Oct 20, 2009 at 7:07 am
My goodness this post just made me hungry. I will definitely try that salad recipe. Very healthy.
18 NetBet // Oct 20, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Thanksfor the recipe, it seems to be delicious and easy to cook. I’ll try tomake it today and eat something tasty and healthy at the same time.
19 Tess Ledesma // Oct 21, 2009 at 4:10 am
I like the salads and I got the idea of having variety of dressing to make it look different everytime you serve it.
20 Divorce Lawyer Austin // Oct 21, 2009 at 5:51 pm
For those who want to loose weight salad is the way to go but dont use mayonnaise for your dressing instead use vinegar.
21 Sell Online // Oct 22, 2009 at 12:28 am
Really wonderful piece of information and I appreciate it that you share something so useful with the readers of this blog.
22 hydro floss oral irrigation // Oct 22, 2009 at 8:01 am
I think the vital ingredients of promoting long life is by eating green leafy vegetable. It is very rich in fiber and most of all does not clog blood vessels.
23 Mobile Phone News // Oct 22, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Well i find a lot of similarities in eating habits of your childhood with mine.I’m attempting to grow my own salad veg. We did well this year with spring onions.
24 Natural Remedies // Oct 22, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Greens and fruits can indeed reduce your risk for diabetes, and so many people fail to eat them. Of course, just eating greens and fruits isn’t going to do the trick all by itself, but it’s a step in the right direction!
Oh, and ranch dressing is fine as long as you only put a little bit on. The problem is that too many people will pile it on their salads, creating more risks to their health than the salad reduces. It’s all about moderation, which too many people are bad at.
Good tips, I hope people follow them.
25 tienda informatica i7store // Oct 22, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Veggies are good bad thing eating only veggies make man have less testosterone… and we know couple of things they need it for…
Carla
26 monika from security camera // Oct 23, 2009 at 6:34 am
health is wealth.your tips are very useful i am using them and finding good changes regarding my health.thanks.
27 Abigail Johnson // Oct 23, 2009 at 10:10 am
I also agree.
28 monika from food delivery melbourne // Oct 24, 2009 at 2:32 am
Health is generally defined as being “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.we should always pay attention towards our health.i like your article a lot i learn lot from you.keep posting.
29 Amrita // Oct 24, 2009 at 7:53 am
Hey, Thanks for sharing this valuable information.
30 Make Up Store // Oct 24, 2009 at 10:06 am
Thanks for sharing these tips. I’m always trying to eat healthier. Nice blog you have here too!
31 Arun Kumar // Oct 24, 2009 at 9:51 pm
thanks for useful information ….
32 monika from Synthetic wigs // Oct 26, 2009 at 3:15 am
really great tips seems very useful because everyone wants to loose wight.thanks for post.i like your blog.
33 Education Grants // Oct 26, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I hate vegetables so much, in fact, my mother used to force me to eat them and I would throw them under the table for the dog on a nightly basis. But I’ve learned to give them a shot as I’m trying to lose weight and when you give veggies a chance, they’re really not all that bad. Broccoli, carrots, corn, all veggies I hated when I was younger.
34 Superfoods List // Oct 26, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I like making a Southwestern salad by adding black beans, roasted corn, crispy romaine, tomatoes, black olives, cilantro, avocado…Yummy!
35 Kostenlose Browsergames // Oct 26, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Oh yeah, so true. And even tough you don’t like all the green stuff and vegetables, just eat them and one day they will taste good, trust me.
36 Kenneth White // Oct 26, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Really good article keep up the good work
37 Bernard Painting Inc // Oct 27, 2009 at 10:13 am
I make salads everyday and see to it that my family eats it…it is such a healthy food.
38 amber from medifast1.com // Oct 27, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I make my own salad dressings in order to keep salads interesting. Also adding fruits is another way to keep them yummy.
39 Painting Company // Oct 28, 2009 at 11:17 am
I don’t like eating raw vegetable salad so I lightly fry them in olive oil. They are tastier and healthy too.
40 navigation icons // Oct 30, 2009 at 3:29 am
Nice article.. Thanks for sharing
41 oyun // Oct 30, 2009 at 9:46 pm
i should lose some weight as well, thanks for the article.
42 John // Oct 31, 2009 at 5:06 am
Thank you for the information! I’ve reached my knowledge!
43 Rihanna Music Video // Oct 31, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Great advice. I’ve always preferred meat over the salads though
44 contract management // Nov 1, 2009 at 2:35 pm
i like your post………thanks for sharing
45 Jenny Carson // Nov 1, 2009 at 6:24 pm
My kids love salads!! I feel that it is all in how you feed them when they are young. Giving them unhealthy food in order to get them to eat is ridiculous. If they are hungrey and do not know any better they will eat what is served to them.
46 American Impressionism // Nov 2, 2009 at 5:37 am
Thanks for sharing these useful tips and also try to make my self fit and fine. But i don’t like chicken and eggs.
47 san diego real estate // Nov 2, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Nice article. Thanks for sharing. I wish I would also loose some of my weight.
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Hey.. Its a nice post. I have been gaining too much weight and I have been looking around for cool posts. Hope this helps me.
49 monika from chiropractic electronic health records // Nov 4, 2009 at 1:58 am
Health is generally defined as being a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.really a great post.your tips seems very useful for our health. keep posting
50 add-adhd children // Nov 5, 2009 at 1:58 am
It’s significant to note that there’s a question about leafy green vegetables and oxalic acid, a logically occurring substance found from animals, plants and even humans. If oxalic acid happen to be too concentrated in your bloodstream (in the form of oxalates), it can have undesirable affects for some individual such as gout and interfering with calcium absorption.
Some studies have been revealed that cooking green leafy vegetables can diminish the oxalic acid.
With the studies and health professionals suggested that the oxalic acid content in vegetables is too low to cause worry, except you are susceptible for gout or need to boost your calcium intake.
Just keep in mind that these studies also show that having a healthy digestion, eating your food well and decreasing stress during meals is an ideal way to make sure you get the best benefits from your green leafy vegetables.
Every person agrees that leafy green vegetables are a great means to get the nutrients that you need for a healthy and a great life.
51 monika from Smooth Fitness coupons // Nov 5, 2009 at 2:01 am
Health is the state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease or abnormality.i like salads and vegetables lot as i gone through you post i got many points regarding healthy eating.thanks to you.
52 Bed Reading Pillow // Nov 7, 2009 at 12:38 pm
That sounds like a tasty recipe, I’m going to give it a go – I love anything with chicken in! I also agree with your point about finding a decent salad dressing to spice up a salad. There are a lot of healthy, low-fat, low-sugar dressings out there which really add to the taste.
53 Bean Bags // Nov 9, 2009 at 7:53 am
I actually eat a lot of vegetables since I started on the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet. My weight has gone down from over 220lbs to 195lbs in teh space of 4 months. I just have to drop another 10 lbs before XMAS then I will have hit my target weight.
54 monikaSEO from conveyor ovens // Nov 9, 2009 at 9:10 am
a healthy state of well being free from disease.i thinks after gone through your tips everyone should feel relaxed they should not worried about their health anymore.really great tips.
55 College Grants // Nov 9, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I met a guy the other day that hates vegetables and never eats fruit. Coincedentaly, he was the skinniest, most malnurised guy I have met in a long time.
56 News Blog // Nov 13, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Having fresh green vegetables in early morning is always good for health.
“Apple a day keep doctor away”
Am i right?
Really good post.. Keep it up..
57 Selvam from World News Blog // Nov 13, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Having fresh green vegetables in early morning is always good for health. “Apple a day keep doctor away” Am i right? Really good post.. Keep it up..
58 monika from spa portable // Nov 14, 2009 at 10:01 am
Like you said, eating healthy as I’ve found out is not difficult.What is difficult is being responsible about it.I have made a menu of my daily/weekly food which includes fruit and veg and well as a high source of proteins in my meals.
59 Prash // Nov 16, 2009 at 1:17 am
Its really a good article. Keep up the good work.
60 Tiens shop // Nov 16, 2009 at 9:32 am
Thanks for this information.I will make eating vegetable a habit from now on.
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62 monika from glass dinner sets // Nov 20, 2009 at 4:03 am
Health is the general condition of a person in all aspects. It is also a level of functional and metabolic efficiency of an organism.your tips are up to mark dear.
63 Healthy Living Books // Nov 21, 2009 at 6:41 am
With the trend for healthy living people are greatly concerned with their diet. Yes, healthy diet and good nutrition are essential for a healthy body but diet alone cannot give you a perfect healthy life. Proper diets with regular exercise are must for a healthy body and a sound mind. Exercise can influence a lot in attaining a healthy life. Ask a healthy person and he would promptly reply that regular exercise and rich nutrition are the key ingredients for his health life.
64 Score Piano // Nov 21, 2009 at 2:20 pm
hard to be healthy >.<
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65 Degenerative Arthritis // Nov 23, 2009 at 5:11 pm
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71 Top stories // Dec 4, 2009 at 5:41 am
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74 small business resources // Dec 8, 2009 at 3:48 am
As early as three I have been educating my daughter the importance of eating veggies and fruits.Nice recipe, would also try to do it here.Thanks!
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I like the salads and I got the idea of having variety of dressing to make it look different everytime you serve it.
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Salad in dinner and soup whatever our mother follow is always good for health. We forgot to inherit those tips in our daily hectic life and as a result we lost our health. these tips are very cool for healthy life.
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86 monika from food delivery melbourne // Dec 21, 2009 at 8:06 am
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87 monika from gist // Dec 24, 2009 at 4:31 am
A good healthy diet is essential for internal health, remember that your body is designed to make use of certain foods, and if you don’t give it the foods that it needs to function properly it will start to have problems.
88 Mortgage Refinance // Dec 24, 2009 at 8:05 am
Medical Science says that more vegetables you use the more you look young.
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92 Tess from Stop Excessive Sweating // Dec 29, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I LOVE salads! As a kid, I never did like broccoli, asparagus, or anything green (probably because I just thought it was gross, and wouldn’t taste it!). Now, those are the foods I love and they are so healthy. Thanks for sharing, and great sounding recipe
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102 jinnie from food delivery melbourne // Jan 14, 2010 at 7:03 am
Healthy life in the most demanding thing for all of us. Healthy food is the only thing through you can get this fitness. but staying fit can be really tough these days. We all have busy, stressful lives and fitness is a great way to counter-act life!Anyways keep going on.
103 monika from children sleepwalking // Jan 15, 2010 at 5:53 am
Normally I don’t care for diet food, but some of the suggestions here sound like something I would be in to eating. I just started back to the gym after about a 2 month lay off, so getting some of these tips will be right in line with my new agenda. Thanks for the great info!
104 oliviya from canada massage tables // Jan 19, 2010 at 6:10 am
Great tips for health. We have been trying to implement these tips for some time now. On the grow your own side it can be difficult to get the balance right, especially if your hard work is eaten by insects, but if you do manage to succeed, then all the hard work is worth all the effort. You will feel fitter if you leave the car at home, walk or cycle instead.
105 sanarita from Custom made Glass dinnerware // Jan 20, 2010 at 11:10 am
i completely agree with the fact that many people do not care about eating green vegetables and just run behind the taste and make their health as a issue of concern. so i advise to all that keep eating green vegetables .
106 jim from anxiety attacks // Feb 2, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Health is really the main issue in life and You have given very useful health tip.Fruits and salad are very important in our food to be healthy. we should drink plenty of water as well.
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108 monika from raw food diet // Feb 15, 2010 at 4:56 am
Today’s life is very busy and competitive and full of stress, strain and rush. So we don’t have time to take proper food and that’s why our health becomes worse and most possibilities to become mentally weak. So we have to take healthy food which provides us basic energy and stamina. This post provide the essential information about healthy food and diet, so we will easily maintain healthy food and diet in our daily routine to keep us healthy.
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111 Mary from Facial Hyperhidrosis // Feb 22, 2010 at 1:23 am
What a great post, you seem to have touched off ground swell of comments.
You know you’re doing a good job, when you have this many comments.
Tonight, I will have a salad in your honor.
Thanks for sharing.
112 oliviya from glass dinnerware // Feb 25, 2010 at 6:21 am
I personally enjoy Vegetables because I believe they taste a lot nicer. There is also the potential health benefits or not consuming harmful pesticides.I also agree that anything that is grown in the most natural way possible will be most nutritious and healthy.I had heard tales of people still using potential harmful pesticides and still getting away with it under the organic banner which I hope is a rare case.
113 Advanced privacy // Feb 27, 2010 at 9:15 am
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115 jinnie from gist // Mar 22, 2010 at 4:51 am
Total Health is about Diet + Exercise + Mentality…A lot of problems are actually coming from the 1st component, Diet…I can’t imagine the amount of junk food that we are consuming everyday..full of oil and “un-natural” preservatives.When their health problems start to surface, they then turn to medicine and vitamins for help. After recovering, they will start the bad diet cycle again.Which all the initial health issues can be prevented by JUDGING at the food we eat…
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