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[RECIPE] Chocolate Peanut Butter Covered Strawberries
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[RECIPE] Orange Cranberry Glaze
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[RECIPE] Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Bacon, Pecans, and Cranberries
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[RECIPE] Pomegranate Kale Salad
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[RECIPE] Cranberry Lime Cocktail (or Mocktail)
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[RECIPE] Spinach Bites
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How to reduce your microplastic footprint
Hopefully by now you know that plastic pollution is a huge environmental issue wreaking havoc on our planet these days. A subtopic of plastic pollution that is gaining popularity and is considered an “emerging contaminant” are microplastics. These tiny particles are plastic pieces that are less than 5mm in size (think the size of a sesame seed). One type of microplastics that I’m especially concerned with these days is microfibers. These fibers, often referred to as lint, are released from synthetic clothing every time we wash them. Materials like polyester, nylon, and acrylic are amongst the top sources of synthetic microfibers, and make up about 60% of the clothing material…
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The link between Vitamin D, COVID and seasonal depression
Scientists have been lately been spending their time and money investigating the relationship between COVID-19 and a Vitamin D deficiency. They are looking into whether or not a Vitamin D deficiency has an impact on being infected with coronavirus in the first place, and/or the severity of the symptoms in COVID-19 infected patients. A recent study found that 80% of COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Spain also had a Vitamin D deficiency (1) and researchers at the University of Chicago claim that a Vitamin D deficiency may raise the risk of getting COVID-19 (2). The jury is still out on the exact relationship between Vitamin D deficiency and COVID, but…
