“Salt is one of the most misunderstood nutrients.”  Dr. David Brownstein
What one thing can you do, starting today to eat less processed food?
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. (Col. 4:6; NIV)
I just came home from a quick trip to the nearest [...]

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“Vibrant and colorful raspberry vinaigrette is a great choice to serve on a nutty or fruity salad.”  Jolinda Hackett
What is your opinion of a raspberry vinaigrette dressing on your salad?

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various [...]

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“Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error”  Andrew Jackson
How aware are you of the amount of salt in your diet?

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you [...]

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“Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson
How are you doing with eating more vegetables this summer?
As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.  (Prov. 10:26; NIV)
A few readers have asked for various sauce recipes to use with vegetables, chicken, [...]

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“Americans have the highest per capita daily consumption [of food] in the world, eating 3,770 calories a day.”  Reuters July 29, 2008
How are you doing at controlling your portion sizes?
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.  (Prov. 23:21 NKJ)
I know we’ve looked at “Portion [...]

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“Grilling, broiling, barbecuing - whatever you want to call it - is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing on a piece of meat as a sacrifice to the gods of the stomach.”  James Beard
How aware are you of what is in your barbeque sauce?
Eat honey, my son, for it [...]

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“All the doctors of the future will give no medicine, but will interest their patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the causes and prevention of diseases.”  Thomas Edison
What steps are you employing to take more responsibility for your own health?
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you [...]

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“The delicately flavored cashew nut is a favorite between meal snack that can be readily found in your local market year round.”  WHF
When was the last time you made a different sauce to add to your steamed veggies?
He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took [...]

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“People who are happily married have lower blood pressure than those who are single or in an unhappy marriage.”  Brigham Young University study
What are you doing to “invest” in the happiness of your marriage?
He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.  (Prov. 18:22; NIV)
Being a very happily married [...]

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“Taco Bell is not a Mexican telephone company.”  DMG
How aware are you of what is in your taco seasoning mix?
I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in Him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love.  (Eph. 3:17; NLT)
We’re starting [...]

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