Cooking tips
Buy Local Food : Bringing more local produce into your kitchen may leave you wondering what to do with unusual things such as Jerusalem artichokes, kohlrabi or mizuna. “I get requests all the time from CSAs asking permission to put my recipes into their delivery boxes,” Madison says. “I always say yes.” Get a good produce-based cookbook and don’t be reluctant to ask for recipe ideas from growers.
Buy Seasonal Food : If you're eating foods out of season, it's likely that they have come a long way - try to eat food that is both locally produced and can be found at that time of year, locally!
Weight loss info
The Atkins’ Diet
Now nearly 5 decades old, the famous atkins diet has been one of the most popular weight loss systems over the last few years. Although not accepted by all scientists, it claims to allow weight reduction whilst allowing you to eat many of the foods you love, eg fatty meat and eggs.
With this diet you are supposed to eat fat and protein, it is carbohydrates that need to be avoided. It is often referred to as a high protein, low carb, weight loss program.
With this diet, the foods you should avoid are processed and refined sugar, milk, white bread, starchy vegetables, white rice and white flour, amongst them, cereals and pasta made from white flour.
With the atkins diet the foods you are encouraged to eat are nutrient-rich unprocessed foods such as meat, fish and poultry.
You also can eat shellfish, regular full fat cheese, butter & olive oil.
The Atkins’ Diet Theory
The logic behind the atkins diet is that if we injest less carbs, we will use up the fat we have stored and we will get rid of some fat