Smorgasbord Health Column 2024 – This Year’s Focus – Cardiovascular Disease – The Circulatory System – Part Three – The Healthy Eating Plan by Sally Cronin

Healthy eating plan – for the circulation system If you follow a diet high in whole grains, fruit, vegetables and lean protein, you will provide your body with the essential elements necessary for a healthy circulatory system. In part 3 of this series, Sally provides an overview of the foods we should include in our daily diet to keep the blood vessels clear of plaque and debris and keep the…

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CarolCooks2...Earth Day has passed...this is the reality!

Earth Day falls but once a year…what happens on the remaining 364 days of the year? Do we forget? Do we carry on as usual ?… The signs are all around us they leap out from the news, the newspapers, emails, the radio, the demonstrations…so much to remind us BUT do we heed the signs… Colleen’s poetry is powerful her words resonated with me and I felt compelled to share she asks… “Why do we ignore…

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Earth Day...22nd April 2024... “Planet vs. Plastic"

Today is Earth Day. Born in 1970, Earth Day has evolved into one of the largest civic events of all time. When we observe the 54th Earth Day today April 22, the health and safety of the planet couldn’t be timelier, especially when it comes to dealing with the proliferation of plastic…it’s not just plastic though, is it? War affects the planet and the environment…I could on about all the…

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Smorgasbord Health Column 2024 – This Year’s Focus – Cardiovascular Disease – The Circulatory System – Part Two – Common problems with blood-vessels by Sally Cronin

The primary cause of death of men and women globally is cardiovascular disease, with heart attacks, coronary heart disease and strokes resulting in deaths in not just the elderly but increasing numbers under 75 years old and particularly in the 45 – 60 years age bracket. You can read the previous post in the series: How does Blood Circulate by Sally Cronin The body is a marvellous piece of…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – A-Z…World Cuisine… Part 8 – Belgium – Chocolate, Mussels and Waffles by Carol Taylor

Welcome to my A-Z …World Cuisines…where I will be looking at the countries of the world, their food and national dish or their most popular dish around the world…by this I mean some dishes are eaten in many countries as their fame has spread around- the- world…with Belgium it is the “Chocolate” So today I am looking at the cuisine of Belgium…welcome to my virtual tour kindly shared by Sally as I…

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CarolCooks2...Maphrao Kathi(Curd Coconut)...

I love coconut and coconut milk/water…There are at least 30 varieties of Coconut in Thailand…This one is a new one to me and only grows in the south of Thailand a first for me the cost is 10 times more than a bog standard coconut as this is a rarity…sent to my DIL by her brother… Tik bought it for me to try…as she knows how much I love discovering new foods… The water is thicker than the normal…

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Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2024 #Potluck – #Life #Aging – Thursday Thoughts…Growing old Gracefully, Water Burials, Young environmental activists by Carol Taylor

I am delighted to share this post that Sally from Smorgasbord Magazine shared from my Archives…Thank you Sally it’s been lovely to reread this post. I am still a soap and water girl and always have been except when my daughter decides to take me in hand and buy me expensive face creams…shhhhh don’t tell her. Still, I rarely use them…and I don’t really have any wrinkles maybe some tiny crow’s feet…

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CarolCooks2…A-Z World Cuisines…Part 37…Italy...the home of pasta, pizza, Amalfi Lemons, Bread with a 2 week shelf life(no chemicals) its all in the crust...

  Welcome to part 37 of my virtual world tour of cuisines…Today I am taking you on a virtual tour of Italy when I think of Italy I think of Pizza, Pasta, beautiful architecture and paintings not forgetting good coffee… but I’m sure there is more to Italy than just Pizza and Pasta…Come with me on my virtual tour and let’s explore Italy’s cuisine…The Mediterranean diet forms the basis of Italian…

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Smorgasbord Health Column 2024 – This Year’s Focus – Cardiovascular Disease – The Circulatory System – Cholesterol and Fat Myths Part Three, Vitamin K2 and Healthy Fats by Sally Cronin

The primary cause of death of men and women globally is cardiovascular disease, with heart attacks, coronary heart disease and strokes resulting in death in not just the elderly but increasing numbers under 75 years old and particularly in the 45 – 60 years age bracket. You can read the previous post in the series: Circulatory System – Why we need Cholesterol in our bodies Part 3 of Sally’s…

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My Green and Healthy Kitchen…April 2024…Honey...an update...Your glass of Almond Milk, Golden Curry(Japanese), Gardening Corner, Banana skins and Orchids...

Welcome to April’s edition of my Green and Healthy Kitchen…this edition is a tad late due to my laptop not liking the 120-plus degree heat we are having however thanks to Jennie Fitzkee’s suggestion my baking rack was a great help in helping to circulate the air but the heat eventually won out so Aston purchased a laptop fan today and a mouse which means I can right click now who knew you used…

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Smorgasbord Health Column 2024 – This Year’s Focus – Cardiovascular Disease – The Circulatory System – Why we need Cholesterol in our bodies by Sally Cronin

The primary cause of death of men and women globally is cardiovascular disease, with heart attacks, coronary heart disease and strokes resulting in deaths in not just the elderly but increasing numbers under 75 years old and particularly in the 45 – 60 years age bracket. You can read the previous post in the series: Cholesterol the Myth and Statins In part 2 of this series, Sally explains exactly…

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CarolCooks2... A heatwave and my laptop woes ...

Just a few lines…we are having a sudden extra hot spell and normally it doesn’t bother my laptop. Still, it seems that when it gets hot my right-click thingamajig gets stuck…then the problems start…using a mouse doesn’t work. There are a couple of really slow and most times annoying workarounds…this means my poor laptop has to go to the laptop hospital thus my presence on here will be…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – A-Z…World Cuisine… Part 7 – Bangladesh…Seven Coloured Tea! by Carol Taylor

Welcome to my new A-Z …World Cuisines…where today Sally @Smorgasbord Magazine is sharing this series…Thank you, Sally I will be looking at the countries of the world, their food and national dish or their most popular dish around the world…by this I mean some dishes are eaten in many countries as their fame has spread around the world… Today I am looking at the cuisine of Bangladesh… Nestled…

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Smorgasbord Health Column 2024 – This Year’s Focus – Cardiovascular Disease – The Circulatory System – The Cholesterol Myth – Part One – Statins, Heart Disease, Statistics by Sally Cronin

  The primary cause of death of men and women globally is cardiovascular disease, with heart attacks, coronary heart disease and strokes resulting in deaths in not just the elderly but increasing numbers under 75 years old and particularly in the 45 – 60 years age bracket. The older I get, the more I become aware of life’s fragility …I look around me. Both family and friends are leaving this…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – A-Z…World Cuisine… Part 6 – Brazil – Pequi fruit and Feijoada by Carol Taylor

Welcome to the rerun of my A-Z of World Cuisines…where I will be looking at the countries of the world, their food and national dish or their most popular dish around the world…by this I mean some dishes are eaten in many countries as their fame has spread around the world…My thanks as always go to Sally of Smorgasbord Magazine who is kindly rerunning this series I hope you enjoy these virtual…

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CarolCooks2...Green Tomato Chutney...

Tomatoes…come the end of the tomato season there was always a glut of green tomatoes in our house some would be on every sunny windowsill in the house in the hope they would ripen and the others would be made into chutney…Last week I shared my mother’s red chutney recipe and today as we have lots of green tomatoes here I am sharing her green chutney recipe…of course, my mother used malt vinegar…

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