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How To Make Cold Brew Coffee

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A big thanks to Olivia for this guest post about how to make cold brew coffee! Olivia is an avid traveler, has a quest for adventure, and a coffee junkie. She co-writes at Fourth Estate Coffee and Pretty Home . She lives to travel and explore and can never say no to a well made cup of coffee. You guys know how much I love my morning cup of iced coffee, so I was especially excited when she offered to contribute to CNC. Everyone has a different take on how to make cold brew coffee (here’s how I make my morning iced coffee ), so here’s another method for cold brew from Olivia. I hope you enjoy it!  Cold press coffee, also commonly known as cold brew coffee can be easily misunderstood for iced coffee and other such caffeine-based/blended drinks that are poured over ice. In order to make a cold brew coffee, we don’t simply add ice to the coffee. How to make cold brew coffee? Cold-brew coffee calls for a different method of extraction. To make cold brew coffee, you require f...

Dear Mark: Vitamin K2 and Microworkouts

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For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering questions about vitamin K2 and microworkouts. The last two posts on both topics garnered a number of good questions. What’s the best dose of vitamin K2? Should statin users taking vitamin K2, since statins inhibit vitamin K2 activity and production? Can vitamin K2 prevent or reverse arterial calcification? Is butter an adequate source of vitamin K2? What about vitamin D—does it synergize with vitamin K2? Regarding microworkouts, what if you can only do a couple pull-ups at once? Should you alternate muscle groups when doing microworkouts? Can microworkouts work with normal gym workouts? How does one do microworkouts in an office? Let’s find out: What’s the recommended dose of vitamin K2? There’s no official RDA for vitamin K2. For vitamin K in general, it’s 0.09 mg. As some of the commenters have alluded, very few medical professionals have vitamin K2 on their radar. I wonder if the RDA is sufficient. Up to 45 mg per day of MK4 has...

Here are the 55 ingredients in a Chick-fil-A Sandwich. Should you eat them?

Lucky Ducks

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Hi from Duck, North Carolina! We’re here on the Outer Banks for a week with Thomas’s side of the family: his parents, John and Eileen; his brother, Clay, and his wife Melissa and their son Nash. Our house is pretty awesome with a super cool ocean-view pool. We’ve been alternating beach/pool/pool/beach since we arrived. The ocean has been great, and the sun shining. We’re soaking up the last few rays of summer before school starts  next week!    The post Lucky Ducks appeared first on Kath Eats Real Food . from Kath Eats Real Food https://ift.tt/2YNK1MI

Cranberry Walnut Salad Recipe

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This cranberry walnut salad is the perfect, balanced salad in the flavor department. Some crunchy nutty flavor from the walnuts, some softer sweet flavor from the cranberries and some zing from the… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry https://ift.tt/2MZZcvm