Infographics on foods, spices, and related topics.
Here are a few of the foods you should eat everyday to get lots of nutrition: avocados, cucumbers, garlic, grapefruit, hemp seeds, kale, peppers, spinach, and tomatoes.
Operation Community Restore works to eradicate homelessness and preserve the family. They provide assistance to working families experiencing or facing homelessness. For more information, go to http://www.operationcommunityrestore.org.
Curator: John Kremer
What should you eat? The nutritional differences between iceberg lettuce and romaine lettuce. This infographic should help you decide between the two lettuces.
Check out the Charity Showcase here: http://infographicaday.com/charity-showcase-great-groups-to-donate-to-if-you-can
Curator: John Kremer
Pumpkins are packed with nutrition. They contain lutein for eye health, vitamins and minerals to prevent cellular damage, B vitamins, and protein. They help lower cholesterol and support a healthy prostrate, bladder, and kidneys.
Feeding America is the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity supplying food to 37 million Americans every year via 200 member food banks. To donate, go to http://www.feedingamerica.org or call 800-910-5524.
Curator: John Kremer
There’s nothing like a hot cup of coffee or tea to start the day. Check out the health benefits of coffee and tea.
Green tea has antioxidants that help prevent many forms of cancer, helps prevent arterial clogging and reduce the risk of stroke, can burn fat and improve cholesterol levels, and reduces neurological damage due to oxidation, which in turn prevents Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Coffee has been linked to improved memory recall. It may also help prevent Alzheimer’s, heart disease, gout, type 2 diabetes, and Parkinson’s.
The Alzheimer’s Association raises awareness and funds for the fight to end Alzheimer’s. Honor the strength, passion, and endurance of the more than 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s (as well as their 15 million caregivers) by participating in The Longest Day event on June 21st. For more information, see http://www.alz.org/thelongestday or call 800-272-3900.
Curator: John Kremer
Maximize your workout efforts and get faster results. Effective workouts demand complete nutrition, and these simple guidelines will help you make the right choices to refuel your body.
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The cake above is from Wild Orchid Baking Company. Photography by Mark Davidson.
For complete instructions on how to make your own cake flowers read Make Your Own Cake Flowers at http://www.weddingchicks.com/2012/03/05/make-your-own-cake-flowers.
Hot Stuff: Which Chili Sauce Will You Choose? Sweet chili, Tabasco, harissa, peri peri, chipolte, Jamaican hot pepper, or Louisiana?
Every week on Friday, graphic designer Stephen Wildish creates a clever graphic (flow chart, venn diagram, alphabet graphic) and shares it on his Friday Project website at http://stephenwildish.co.uk.
You can buy posters of his graphics via his Red Bubble store: http://www.redbubble.com/people/wildyles.
Here are a few of the health benefits of radishes:
The One Acre Fund empowers farmers in Africa by providing them with skills and supplies to grow food and end hunger in their home countries. They have doubled farm income for every acre planted under their program. In 2012, they helped 130,000 families in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi. For more information, check out their website at http://www.oneacrefund.org.
Curator: John Kremer