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God’s Promises for Health

Nonna Joann • May 16th, 2012 • Nonna's Favorite Scriptures

  I have had various health problems over the years.  Doctors are great at patching you up, not as good at keeping you healthy. Through God’s promises and His food plan found in scripture, I’ve been healed. God is the Great Physician. He heals all sickness when we pray and believe His promises. God is [...]



Winning the Battle for Health

Nonna Joann • May 16th, 2012 • Nonna's Favorite Scriptures

Overcoming Health Issues With Scripture There are two parts to overcoming: Submitting and Resisting. First, summit yourself to God. Then You resist the devil with God’s Word. There is power in words. James 4:7 instructs us to “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” For a long time, [...]



Nonna’s Favorite Books on Biblical Health & Healing

Nonna Joann • May 16th, 2012 • Nonna's Favorite Scriptures

I have tons of books in my library. I have cookbooks, books on nutrition, books on natural remedies, books on kids’ health, books on ADD, books on whole foods, books on herbal remedies, books on digestive wellness, books on horrible things in our foods, books on food storage and preparing for emergencies. The books I [...]



New Rules For Food

Nonna Joann • April 3rd, 2012 • Nonna's Vegetable Garden

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced new rules, which will cut the time needed to approve biotech crops in half. What now takes an average of three years, will be cut to about 13 months for new versions of already existing crop technologies. Monsanto (the world leader in genetically modified [GM] seeds) and other [...]



Popcorn a Super Snack

Nonna Joann • March 29th, 2012 • Super Foods

We’ve long heard the benefits of chocolate, but now another snack favorite has been deemed to be a health food. In a new study, popcorn was found to have as much as two times higher concentration of polyphenols than fruits and vegetables. Polyphenols are plant substances, which serve as antioxidants. They’re the compounds which are [...]



Thinking About My Garden

Nonna Joann • March 6th, 2012 • Nonna's Vegetable Garden

It’s the first week of March, way to early to plant anything, yet. Still, I’m thinking about my garden. Actually, I’ve been thinking about my vegetable garden for almost a year. I watched the sun move over my backyard last summer, trying to find the best spot to plant a vegetable garden. Once I decided [...]



Inflation Hitting Grocery Bill

Nonna Joann • March 2nd, 2012 • Food Storage

Rising Gas Prices The price of gas is in the news once again. It’s expected to rise over $5 a gallon by summer. Ouch! Presently it’s close to $4 in most states, in some places gas has already topped $4. When gas goes up everything else will rise. In order to get products to your [...]



Edible Food Fun

Nonna Joann • February 28th, 2012 • Fun in Nonna's Kitchen

Kids are creative by nature. Just let them loose in your kitchen and they’ll come up with wonderful ideas. Making edible creations is fun for kids. They get the tactile experience and the pride of a task completed when making edible food creations. You don’t have to be an artist to wash a piece of [...]



A Dozen Ways to Save on Groceries

Nonna Joann • February 21st, 2012 • Stretch Grocery $$$

Twenty-five Percent of Americans Worry About their Feeding Families Results of a nationwide survey reveal one in four Americans worry about having enough money to put food on the table in the next year. The online survey, initiated as part of Tyson’s “KNOW Hunger” campaign, also found two-thirds of those surveyed rated hunger as a [...]



Good GOOT

Nonna Joann • December 7th, 2011 • Food as Medicine

GOOT: Garlic Oil Ointment Effective Remedy for Colds and Flu Cold and flu season is in full swing. Viruses don’t care if it is the holidays or not. There is nothing more disappointing than missing a holiday gathering because you or your kids are sick. I’m always on the lookout for effective home remedies. Especially [...]