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jillbcooks 3/6/2010 7:27:00 PM
Last year after getting an annual physical and health check up, the nurse who took my vitals called me to follow up on my blood test results. She was very professional and kind, but also very funny. She told me that I won a prize—that they had never seen someone before with a lower amount of Vitamin D. She called in a prescription for powerful Vitamin D, which I took once per week. I hadn’t realized until after taking the vitamin just how run-down I actually had been feeling. Learn more about Vitamin D.
Vitamin D is manufactured by the body by a...
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Salmon, vitamins, fudgy brownie trifle, vitamin D, chicken sandwiches, maple mustard spread, lemon and parmesan
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jillbcooks 4/13/2009 2:07:00 PM
Passover is also known by another name, Hag ha-Aviv, which means Festival of Spring. The timing of the holiday shifts, as it is based on the vernal equinox and the cycles of the moon and the Hebrew calendar. If the month of the holiday (called Nisan, and Passover begins the 15th of Nisan) arrived and spring had not, an additional month (called an intercalary month) would be added to the calendar to delay the coming of Passover until it was truly springtime.
One way to celebrate Hag ha-Aviv is by eating fresh, seasonal foods. This helps counterbalance the heaviness of some other traditional Passover foods like baked goods without leavening agents. Pass...
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spring, Matzoh, Nectarine Salsa, Passover, Salmon