Long Island’s Suffolk County is the largest agricultural producer in New York State, and a major part of this is due to the bountiful North Fork peninsula: surrounded by water on three sides and...
The microbiome refers to the trillions of bacteria in your gut. In fact, with 100 trillion microbes compared to 10 trillion human cells in your body, you are more bacteria than human! If you laid out...
What do we need to eat to ensure optimal health? For most of us here in the United States, we’ve been taught several different eating guidelines starting with the first official guide appearing in the...
Read on to learn more about her story and how you can grow and cook with your own fresh herbs. Food and Healing My health and wellness journey started at an early age. A cancer diagnosis while I was...
Last week, the world of healthy eating was rocked by an article claiming that refined coconut oil was no better than the “terrible” saturated fats that it was meant to replace. At Natural Gourmet...
Cara utilizes her relationship with local farmers and access to a bounty of fresh produce to craft her recipes and develop her culinary business. Read on to learn how her NGI culinary school...
NGI was thrilled to participate in the James Beard Foundation's 7th Annual Leadership Awards earlier this week. These awards are given to leaders in the food industry who have demonstrated the...
Her website, LLBalanced, provides easy, nutritious, family-friendly recipes that make eating healthy a pleasure and that help restore balance to your life. In Laura's new cookbook, " The Laura Lea...
The article below was written by Annemarie for Free Spirit Magazine in the July-September 1990 issue. Protein and Vegetarians About 10 years ago I set out to write an article for a (now defunct) New...
So what are probiotics? Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that have proven benefits for gut health. Human digestive systems contain thousands of bacteria strains that help with digestion and...
Answering the question, “What foods do I need to feel great?” became a lifelong mission. In that respect, the correlation between food and fuel is a life skill I continue to explore. The quest to...
Tell us a bit about your background. I’m originally from Detroit, and I love my hometown. My childhood in a Jewish suburb was unremarkable, except that my mother had built a beautiful horse farm in...