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Cinnamon Spice Apple Orange Sangria

December 16, 2017 surreyfarms.net 13 Comments

With so many apples and oranges in peak season right now, making sweet sangria with these fruits and winter-inspired spices is perfect for the holidays. Continue reading Cinnamon Spice Apple Orange Sangria →

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The Dawa Cocktail

August 23, 2017 surreyfarms.net 3 Comments

With a few simple ingredients – lime juice, honey, brown sugar and vodka – the dawa is the perfect drink on a balmy summer evening.

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Genmaicha. The Poor Man’s Tea

January 20, 2017 surreyfarms.net 10 Comments

I first discovered Genmaicha when Hitesh used to travel to Japan often for work. On one of his trips he brought a few tea bags of this Japanese tea called Genmaicha.

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Mediterranean Diet named best year after year

Year after year, when multiple diets are looked at for effectiveness, benefits for life and longevity, and long term sustainability, it’s the Mediterranean Diet that comes on top every time.

For the seventh year in a row, the Mediterranean style of eating earned the title of best overall diet, according to ratings that U.S. News & World Report announced.

The Mediterranean diet also ranked first in the categories of easiest diet to follow, best family-friendly diet, best diet for healthy eating and best diet for diabetes, bone and joint and heart-healthy eating,

The diet features simple, plant-based cooking, with the majority of each meal focused on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans and seeds, with a few nuts and a heavy emphasis on extra virgin olive oil.

Meals may include eggs, dairy and poultry, but in much smaller portions than in the traditional Western diet.

Eat a salad boost brain power

Older adults who reported regularly eating one to two servings a day of green leafy vegetables slowed their rate of age-related cognitive decline. So much so, in fact, that they tested as if they were 11 years younger! Journal of Neurology

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Start Gardening To Eat Better

A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that when older cancer survivors started an at-home vegetable garden, they boosted their daily produce intake, prevented some waistline weight gain, and reported feel greater “worth” compared to their counterparts who didn’t garden. Cooking Light Magazine.

Not exercising worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease, study reveals.

We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease. Source: Journal of American Medical Associatio (JAMA)

diet quality, not quantity, is what helps people lose and manage their weight

Diet quality, not quantity, is what helps people lose and manage their weight most easily in the long run. If you cut back on added sugar, refined grains and highly processed foods and eat plenty of vegetables and whole foods, you can lose significant amounts of weight — even without limiting portion sizes. The Times’s Anahad O’Connor reported this week,

Healthy Tip

“Green, leafy vegetables such as arugula, kale, collard greens, broccoli, spinach, and Swiss chard are among the foods that support brain health.” CBSnews.com

5 Lifestyle Habits that Help your live longer

Not smoking
Eating healthy
Excercising regularly
Maintaining a normal weight
Drinking only in moderation

Gardening could be the hobby that helps you live to 100

According to a recent BBC article Many of the world’s centenarians share one common hobby: gardening.

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain

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