Most Popular Recipes

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Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Food and cooking tips

Buy Local Food : ...but at the same time, figure out what makes sense. It is more energy efficient to raise lambs in New Zealand and ship them to the UK than to raise them in the UK, because New Zealand lamb farming is more energy efficient. It is also more energy efficient to buy produce raised in Spain, than produce that has to be grown in greenhouses in the UK. Baby steps require figuring out which things make sense and which don't.


Buy Organic Foods : Organic food helps protect the planet.
Organic farming ensures that bio-diversity remains available in the foods we eat and the wildlife that live on the farms.

Fruits and vegetables are naturally available in 100's of varieties. Commercial growing limits the variety of each food available by mass producing only a handful. Many species of birds, insects and other animals are affected by the chemicals and farming conditions used in growing commercial foods.

Organic farms grow a mix of crops and promote a balanced ecosystem including insects that protect crops from pests and worms and other micro-organisms which fertilize the soil.

Weight loss info

The Glycaemic Index Diet
The gi index weight loss regime is based around the gi index, a chart showing food types and a score representing the rapidity that the energy of the food gets converted to sugar in the dieters blood stream. The believe is that slow acting food types (ie those foods with a low Glycaemic score), keep you feeling full longer and mean that you can injest less food without being miserabl;e.
It is also extremely good for people with diabetes, as the low GI types of food are useful in preventing rises in blood glucose secretion.

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