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Go Green for Thanksgiving

By On November 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the traditions of the harvest season set forth by our ancestors. The Pilgrims and Native Americans came together for the first Thanksgiving to commemorate the hardships they had overcome and delight in the bountiful produce the earth had provided. Little did they know they were participating in the [...]

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Home Coffee Roasters: 5 Efficient Choices

By On October 12, 2010 · 11 Comments

Home coffee roasting, once considered an exotic practice only for the hardcore coffee drinker, has seen a rebirth in recent years. Coffee lovers everywhere are embracing this surprisingly simple and efficient way to enjoy the best tasting coffee around. Once a common practice in American households, the 20th century onslaught of commercial coffee roasters and [...]

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Nutrients: Essential Elements of Healthy Teeth

By On September 26, 2010 · 6 Comments

Brush. Floss. See your dentist. We all know the basics of keeping our mouths healthy, but if you’re hitting the high points and still having trouble staying out of the dental chair, there could be a missing link in your overall dental health plan: nutrition. We all know that eating our fruits and [...]

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Choosing Sustainable Seafood

By On September 21, 2010 · 1 Comment

Our food choices are a big part of our overall environmental impact, and seafood can seem like an environmental catch-22.  Its popularity has been on the rise as part of a healthy diet, but some types of seafood are surprisingly un-green.  So what makes a particular type of seafood environmentally friendly?  Read on [...]

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Efficient Source of Herbs: Mountain Rose

By On June 1, 2010 · 3 Comments

When it comes to living well and feeling your best, few things have a larger impact than taking care of your body. But finding the purest, most organic and efficient nutrition for your body — to take care of it inside and out — can sometimes be a challenge. Fortunately, [...]

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Adaptogens: Plants That Help Your Body Deal With Stress

By On May 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Work. Kids. Marriage. Financial Problems. There are one hundred little things in any given day that can really stress us out — and all that worrying is bad for our health. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that up to 90% of doctor visits in the United States are [...]

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The Best Boxed Wines

By On April 29, 2010 · 3 Comments

If you’ve ever heard one of the innumerable jokes about boxed wine, your connotation of grapes in cardboard probably isn’t great. But box wines have come a long way in the last few years, and, with more and more wineries going green, it’s easier than ever to find a delicious, quality wine that isn’t packed [...]

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The Most Efficient Snack: Pure Organic Bar

By On February 16, 2010 · 2 Comments

A MetaEfficient snack bar. Unlike other nutrient bars I’ve tasted, this one’s delicious. My topic pick is the Orange Cranberry Bar. It’s made by a company called PURE, based in Holland, Michigan. 

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Nutrients Are Efficient

By On January 30, 2010 · 2 Comments

Enzymes are metaefficient. My top picks are raw pistachios and raw cacao. Both have optimal enzyme levels when unadulterated.

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Updates From The MetaEfficient Kitchen Labs

By On July 5, 2009 · 7 Comments

This summer I’ve been working on food-related optimization projects, here are some updates:

I now have subscriptions with two local farmers (through a CSA or Community Support Agriculture). One farmer provides me with raw milk, raw butter and eggs, the other farmer provides vegetables and fruit. They both happen to deliver to [...]

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