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Tasty and nutritious soy-packed burger great for summertime picnics and fun.

Ingredients

2 16 oz. cans of red beans

1/2 pound firm tofu

1 egg

1 1/2 cup breadcrumbs

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

1 onion

1/2 green pepper
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We’ve made it to the 21st century and we’re still extremely dependent on petro-chemicals for all our needs. They’re detrimental to personal and planetary health. At the rate we’re going we won’t have a planet for future generations and the air won’t be healthy enough to breathe.

Today was a perfect day to go out and get some air and some sunshine. Every morning I’m blessed to wake up to the rising sun and feel its grace and warmth and beauty as I begin my day. Although I spend most of my day working on the computer and the Internet I always make sure that I spend at least 10-15 minutes throughout the day cleansing my mind and filling my lungs with fresh air. However, that is becoming more and more difficult to do. This afternoon I stepped out into the luscious green back yard to enjoy the birds and warm sunshine and stretch my muscles a bit. Continue reading »

The vaunted future of music is a favorite topic with critics. Here we raise the possibility that a turning point has been reached.

Music is many-splendored: it is a form of expression, a form of communication, and a form of entertainment. As a form of expression, music is about the self, the artist. As a form of communication, music transacts between artist and listener. As a form of entertainment, music is avowedly for the listener. The history of entertainment does not interest me; but the history of music as a history of expression and communication does. What happens when music is viewed from this perspective?
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Is it possible to be fat and fit? Some think so. The obesity experts say that being 30 pounds overweight isn’t all that dangerous. If you’re less than 30 pounds overweight, you should really be worried only if you have two or more risk factors such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and the “apple” body shape when fat is all gathered around your middle.
A crack in the nation-wide thinness obsession?
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It is known that smoking produces free radicals in the body. Find out more about what these are and how they’re related to antioxidants.

Oxygen may be hazardous to your health. We can’t live without oxygen, of course. But just as exposure to oxygen causes iron to rust and butter to go rancid, it can wreak it’s own havoc in the body.

Free radicals are the culprits. They are created every minute in our bodies. To provide energy, the body’s cells use oxygen to burn fuels and in the process, some oxygen molecules may lose an electron, thus creating a free radical. There’s no problem when these free radicals are captured and inactivated by the body’s own army of antioxidants.
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Looking for an alternative to vege meat and real meat for the grill? Try this one! It is lower in calories and higher in taste!

3-4 Portobello mushroom caps

1 bottle Shitake and garlic salad dressing

Wash mushroom caps, and place in medium to large bowl. Pour the entire bottle of dressing over the mushrooms, making sure the entire mushrooms are covered. Cover and refrigerate overnight, making sure that the entire mushroom gets the dressing. Continue reading »

At the end of the day, lots of us are just too tired to be anything other than a couch potato. Especially if you’re going to school and working a part-time job or two, or some other combination of grueling schedules.

So we asked ourselves whether we could come up with satisfying, nutritious and speedy recipes in 30 minutes or less that don’t require a chef’s culinary army and use foods available in the grocery store. Our test kitchen came up with some sensational sandwiches just for the veteran couch potato. But don’t squirm away at the word “sandwiches”-these aren’t your regular bag lunch-processed meat varieties!
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Let’s take a look at a male rite of passage gaining popularity around the world. In some places like Andhra Pradesh, daily consumption of hot chilies is taken for granted. But the latest challenge to manhood, as Chase Michal tells us, is scorching good fun.

Young lads around the world have made a concerted decision that braving the path of sweat and pain is far better than drinking competitions. Chilies are the inevitable and perfect substitute for the manly competition of seeing who can hold down the most liquor before passing out. Not only is the act of eating chilies more civilized, there are far more numerous situations where chilies are an appropriate source of testosterone measurement. Continue reading »

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Vitamin supplements are also often recommended to especially include Vitamin D (400-600 IU/daily). Avoidance or limitation of certain foods such as those high in sodium which is contained in a variety of food products such as canned soups, bacon, sausage, ham, pickles, sauerkraut and even dehydrated soups is highly recommended for the arthritis patient on steroid therapy. Continue reading »

According to Dr. Michael Thun, head of the epidemiology research group of the American Cancer Society, ‘the concept of a healthy diet continues to be the recommendation for overall health, but the painful process of clarifying which ingredients in food do what will take us decades to sort out.’
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