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Your all-access guide to lettuce and why you should eat it and clean it! Here are my top 10 Fit Foodie Facts about why you should eat lettuce: Low Calorie Content & Almost Zero Fat Helps Weight Loss Heart Healthy Omega-3 Fatty Acids Complete Protein (Romaine Lettuce is 20% protein) Helps with Insomnia Lettuce is Alkaline Forming Low Glycemic Index Whole Life Food Lettuce Tastes Great You should ALWAYS choose red or dark colored greens over whites. Red & Green Leaf Lettuces hold more nutritional value and taste than crisphead lettuce (aka Iceberg Lettuce). The Battle of the Lettuce Romaine...

Turkey? Check. Fixin’s? Check. Centerpiece? Check. Salmonella? Let’s keep that one off the menu. On Thanksgiving, being the perfect host or hostess is not just about a beautiful table or delicious food. Above all, it’s about keeping your family and friends food safe, because you don’t want to be remembered as the one who sent their guests to the hospital during the holidays – or even worse. Food-borne illnesses are a growing problem in the United States, with 1 in 6 Americans becoming sick from them every year. Out of those128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. Stories...

“Turn your relationship with veggies into a love affair Mareya Ibrahim, The Fit Foodie “Here’s a little tough love advice. If you want to make shift happen, you need a plan, well-thought-out steps that can be implemented without too much pressure and habits that you keep, that becomes your lifestyle..” Mareya Ibrahim, The Fit Foodie Bye-bye 2020. 2020 will go down as the year of reckoning, one that magnified so closely how important it is to give a fork about our health, our lifestyle habits and our mental well-being, no matter what life throws at us. Well, it’s time to...

There’s nothing quite as satisfying as a perfectly cooked chicken breast to quench the appetite and give you the essential amino acids you need to power that FAB body of yours. But let’s face it, it can get dry as a rice cake if it’s not cooked well. And poorly cooked breasts are just a travesty! Here’s how to avoid the dreaded, dried-out breast: 🔹Spray your chicken with Eat Cleaner Seafood and Poultry Wash. I promise you this is like magic! It has a brining effect, so it will give it the juiciness that you desire and also cut down...