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January

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, collards, endive, grapefruit, kale, forced rhubarb, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, shallots, squash, tangerines, turnip
Fish & Meat – Goose, lobster, scallops

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February

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, chard, celery, chicory, endive, forced rhubarb, grapefruit, kohlrabi, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, spinach, swede, turnip
Fish & Meat – Mussels, halibut, guinea fowl, lobster

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March

Fruit & Vegetables – Artichokes, avocados, bananas, beans (green & wax), beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, endive, grapefruit, leeks, mint, mooli, nectarines, parsley, pineapples, onions (bermuda), oranges, radishes, rhubarb, rutabagas, …

(NAPSI)-A common misconception may be keeping many Americans from losing the weight they want: People often think they have to make substantial changes to their diets to cut calories. However, the expert editors at Shape and Men’s Fitness magazines say it only takes a few small changes in one’s daily routines to live a low-cal lifestyle.
More good news is that it may be easier than you think to make healthy changes to your diet without sacrificing your favorite foods and drinks. For instance, try these calorie-cutting tips:

The nonprofit Environmental Working Group studied 47 fruits and vegetables and ranked them according to contamination.
You can get the iphone app of this list or a .pdf at their web site.
Use the list when you shop to determine which organic produce you should be buying.

The Wells Fargo Consumer Price Index, released Tuesday, showed that overall, nonseasonally adjusted prices fell 2.6 percent in November. The Utah decrease outpaced the national nonseasonally adjusted decline of 1.9 percent and the 1.7 percent decline after seasonal adjustment. The 1.7 percent decrease was the largest amount on record going back 61 years, as energy costs posted nearly double the decline of the previous month.
Transportation costs led the way in Utah, falling 13.4 percent in November, reflective of gasoline prices. Nationally, gasoline prices fell 9.9 percent.
Transportation accounts for 15.7 percent …

If the word “lunch” has become synonymous with “sandwich”, it’s time to get out of your rut! There are lots of low carb lunch possibilities.
Salads
We’re all familiar with the old fashioned chef salad –cut up cold cuts, cheese, and hard-boiled egg on a green salad (usually iceberg). But meal salads have become much more popular in restaurants and at home, in a variety limited only by the imagination.

Low carb “meal salad” tips:
* Use lots of dark green salad greens, which are much richer in nutrients than the traditional iceberg lettuce.
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