If you’re interested in joining a growing conversation about the Spartan Diet, why not join us on Facebook? Just click here, then click on the “Like” button. After that, you’ll see Spartan Diet page posts on your Facebook “News Feed.” Spartan Diet fans are posting pictures of their Spartan Diet recipes, which often lead to [...]
The ancient Spartans made a constant ally of hunger. They cultivated familiarity with hunger, and were so controlled in their diet that outsiders were shocked, horrified and amazed at how little the Spartans ate. Of course, they ate well, and generally got enough to eat. And our modern Spartan Diet involves neither deprivation nor excess. [...]
Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio are experiementing with extracts from Spartan Diet foods that, when applied to the skin, may prevent skin cancer. The researchers have found that combinations that include resveratrol, found in red grapes; ellagic acid, present in berries and walnuts; and calcium D-glucarate, found in a [...]
Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio are experiementing with extracts from Spartan Diet foods that, when applied to the skin, may prevent skin cancer. The researchers have found that combinations that include resveratrol, found in red grapes; ellagic acid, present in berries and walnuts; and calcium D-glucarate, found in a [...]
If you’re interested in joining a growing conversation about the Spartan Diet, why not join us on Facebook? Just click here, then click on the “Like” button. After that, you’ll see Spartan Diet page posts on your Facebook “News Feed.” Spartan Diet fans are posting pictures of their Spartan Diet recipes, which often lead to [...]
The ancient Spartans made a constant ally of hunger. They cultivated familiarity with hunger, and were so controlled in their diet that outsiders were shocked, horrified and amazed at how little the Spartans ate. Of course, they ate well, and generally got enough to eat. And our modern Spartan Diet involves neither deprivation nor excess. [...]
Brazilian researchers believe they have discovered why people who don’t exercise feel hungrier than people who do. In a study conducted at the Department of Internal Medicine at the State University of Campinas in São Paulo, researchers found that “physical activity reorganizes the set point of nutritional balance through anti-inflammatory signaling,” at least in the [...]
New research has discovered that in addition to health effects previously discovered, polyphenolics in berries and other whole foods actually perform “housekeeping” chores in the brain, sweeping away “biochemical debris” that causes age-related memory loss and mental decline. The research, presented by Shibu Poulose and James Joseph of the U. S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research [...]
I love this time of the year. The weather is mild and the Farmers’ Market is teeming with life. I’m not talking about the big crowds with families enjoying their morning shopping at the market, or the joy of watching young children tasting fruits and learning about real food. I’m referring to the incredible varieties [...]
I love this time of the year. The weather is mild and the Farmers’ Market is teeming with life. I’m not talking about the big crowds with families enjoying their morning shopping at the market, or the joy of watching young children tasting fruits and learning about real food. I’m referring to the incredible varieties [...]