Taste the green this St Patricks weekend

Why not celebrate St. Patricks day by consuming something nice and healthy, instead of green Guinness!!!

Okay, back to normal colour text, the green gives me a headache ;-)

 To make this a little easier for you, here are a couple of green recipes for you to try, one soup and one smoothie. Enjoy.

Green soup with Broccoli, Spinach and Ginger.

This easy soup can be thin or thick, depending upon the amount of water you add. Best of all, it cooks quickly.

 Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons diced onion
1 inch of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
4 cups fresh broccoli, cut up

Quicktips & Quotes

Here's another batch of short tips, quotes and bits of info.
Enjoy

Workplace stress. There are ways to prepare for handling workplace stress. Stay healthier by eating more fruits and vegetables; make friends that you can vent and discuss your stress issues; take necessary breaks from your work; choose your workplace battles wisely; plan and prioritize your work with to-do lists and realistic due dates; use breathing exercises to reduce stress http://goo.gl/wSo6H

Our bodies are made up of billions of cells, each with the ability to replicate itself when it dies. Cells are constantly dying and regenerating. The quality of the new cells is dependent on the quality of the nutritional values they draw from to be born. An anti-aging diet can help supply the proper nutrition to make new cells stronger than their predecessors.

The human brain is about 75% water. While there is no research to show that drinking water improves our memory, it has been shown that even a small amount of dehydration leads to confusion and problems

32 Foods which prevent harmful cancers

I love food, and I love experimenting in the kitchen with new ingredients. I'm also a total nerd, and thankfully have never lost my childish curiosity. I keep asking what, how and why. Over the last few years, I've been applying this thirst for knowledge to the foods I love.  Well, the more I learn, the more interesting things get.

I've mentioned phytonutrients before (those health enhancing substances found only in plants) in relation to blueberries and how they help preserve nerve function. I've mentioned how ginger can help prevent muscle soreness (it's also been clinically proven to be better at preventing travel sickness than any tablet on the market). I've also mentioned how the lycopene in tomatoes is a powerful anti-cancer compound. But tomatoes aren't the only effective food. In fact, there are lots of them. Here's a list. For best results, have 5 or more of these foods, 3 times a week or more.

If you are interested in how these foods help prevent harmful cancers, then I recommend watching this 24 minute video from last years TED conference. Also, please bear in mind that this list only includes foods which fight cancer by this one method. Some foods work by a different mechanism.