Black Beans-Ingredients-Olive Oil-Garlic-Vegan

Is olive oil vegan? Are black beans vegan if they came from a can and are plain? How much garlic should I eat if I want to add a lot of it to a dish? How healthy is quinoa???

Yes, olive oil is Vegan. Black beans from a can are vegan unless otherwise stated in the Ingredients. They are plain but they have added salt and some of them have other things in them. Always check the ingredients because some canned (refried) beans have lard in them. Garlic… that depends on how much you want to add and what you are making. Taste test it. Maybe mince half of a clove and add it into the dish and if it’s not enough, add more. That only works with some dishes though. And you can read about the health benefits of quinoa here. It’s a good alternative to rice and regular spaghetti noodles and pasta. For me, they are a lot less bloat-y. read more..

Processed Foods-Ingredients

Processed Foods. Think about it.

oatmealista:1) They are nutritionally deplete. This is especially true of all refined grains like white flour, white rice, instant oats, and other similar items. They’ve all had their natural fiber, vitamins and minerals stripped during the manufacturing process.2) They are made with ingredients that cause cancer, diabetes, brain damage and other disorders. These ingredients are called metabolic disruptors. They include sodium nitrate, hydrogenated oils (found in virtually all margarine products, shortening products and baked cookies or crackers), high fructose corn syrup (found in most soft drinks),aspartame (found in most diet foods and drinks), monosodium glutamate (a proven excitotoxin), homogenized milk fats and other similar ingredients. These ingredients are used to add color or flavor to foods, and they directly promote chronic, deadly diseases in the human body.3) They are dead. Simply put, all processed foods have had the life cooked out of them. They barely resemble foods from nature. They’ve been overprocessed, overcooked, preserved with chemicals, pasteurized, homogenized, and possibly even irradiated. For the corporations that produce them, they’re cheap to make, and the chemicals are addictive, making their revenue even higher, and you, sicker and sicker. read more..