Nutrition Archives | Nourishing Israel

Category: Nutrition

Food That Undermines Health

Posted on December 6, 2017 by

Caryn Posted in Blog, Food, Health and Wellness, Nutrition — No Comments ↓

Why what we consider to be food matters What if the sign above the aisle in your grocery store said “Sickness Food”? Would it matter to you? Would you walk down that aisle with intent to put those products in…

Fish heads for Rosh Hashanah? Make super-nutritious fish soup

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

Caryn Posted in Blog, Food, Nutrition, Recipes, Rosh Hashanah, Uncategorized — No Comments ↓

One of the customs of the first night of Rosh Hashanah is to eat a number of foods that symbolically represent our concerns and hopes for a good judgment for the upcoming year. Among these foods is the head of…

Tagged with: Fish Heads, Fish Soup, Fish Stock, Rosh Hashana, Stock

Amazing Pomegranates: Rosh Hashanah Specialty, Nutritional Powerhouse

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

Caryn Posted in Food, Health and Wellness, Israel, Natural Health, Nutrition, Rosh Hashanah, Women's Health — No Comments ↓

Rimonim/Pomegranates – Painting by Leah Laker Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, your speech is beautiful. Your cheeks are like a piece of pomegranate from behind your veil. …

Tagged with: Israel, Judaism, Nutrition, Pomegranate, Rimon, Rosh Hashanah, Weston Price

Why Some Israeli Yogurts Aren’t Really Yogurt

Posted on June 6, 2017 by

Caryn Posted in Blog, Food, Gut Health, Nutrition — 13 Comments ↓

There was a surprise in store for me when I scrutinized the yogurt (יוֹגוּרט – yogurt) container. What I discovered might surprise you, too. In the United States in the late ’70s, Dannon yogurt featured commercials extolling the longevity of Soviet…

Why you want grass-fed butter and where to find it in Israel

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

Caryn Posted in Fats and Oils, Food, Israel, Nutrition, Uncategorized — 11 Comments ↓

One of the important foods that people often search for is butter (חֶמאָה – chem’ah) from pastured cows because it is a rich source of Vitamins A, D, and K2, as well as many other nutrients. The color of the butter…