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Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.

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The Glycaemic Index Diet
The gi index diet system is linked to the gi (or glycaemic index), a chart showing types of food and an indicator of the rapidity that the carbohydrates in the food gets transformed to sugar in the dieters blood stream. The theory is that slow release foods (ie with a low Gi score), keep you satiated for longer and mean that you can consume less food without being miserabl;e.
It's also extremely effective for folk with diabetes, as the low GI foods are beneficial in managing surges in glucose secretion.

Meatless Balls Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 lb Vegetable burgers

1/4 c Breadcrumbs

;Salt and pepper to taste 2 tb Butter or margerine

1 lg Onion; chopped

1 c Milk

1 ea Egg; beaten

1 tb Fresh parsley; chopped

1 tb Soy sauce

;Veg oil for frying Crumble the burgers into a mixing bowl and use your fingers to work in the breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Set aside. Melt the butter in a frying pan and saute the onion until transparent. Mix the milk and egg together and add, with the parsley and soy sauce, to the dry mix. Stir well. Add the onion saute. Stir thoroughly and shape into 24 small balls. Fry until well browned all over. Good source of protein. From Linda McCartney's Home Cooking Typed by Lisa Greenwood

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