It's The Food Silly
christina cooks: back to the cutting board

Sun, Apr 5 5:30 A.M. NH Create (11.4)  

In our beloved country of more than 350 million people, more of us are sick than not. What a sad and terrifying thought! Obesity, diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer are so commonplace, we have given them the warm, fuzzy name of lifestyle diseases. Let's kick unhealthy habits to the curb and turn the tide on disease as we go back to the cutting board today on Christina Cooks. RECIPES Wild mushroom and black olive pizza; Candied sweet potatoes and parsnips with bitter greens; Chocolate brownie cupcakes. At the Cutting Board: Show and discuss shiitake, maitake and reishi mushrooms and their impact on wellness. I'm So Confused: Question on what to eat daily to create wellness and what to skip.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 213

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Sun, Apr 5 5:30 A.M. It's The Food Silly     NH Create (11.4)

About Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board:

In CHRISTINA COOKS: BACK TO THE CUTTING BOARD, Christina Pirello shares healthy, fresh Italian and Mediterranean recipes as well as her brassy, insightful approach to liver, kidney and heart health and diabetes prevention.

Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1983, Christina turned to a macrobiotic diet of whole grains and vegetables to aid in her recovery, launching the 20-plus year run of her Emmy Award-winning series Christina Cooks.


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