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Dried herbs are used like any typical spice: a sprinkling here or a small dash there. However, fresh herbs are often eaten in higher quantities, and bring vibrancy, complexities, and intense flavor to each dish. Aside from amazing flavor, fresh herbs are also known for their healthful benefits. Luckily, due to  the higher amount consumed, you’ll get the most out of those benefits. Our Favorite Fresh Herbs: Basil, Cilantro, Mint, & Chives    Each of these delicious, green herbs provide unique health benefits that may have you sprinkling them on your meals with a heavy hand. BASIL Basil is known...

When thinking about vitamin C, you probably just pictured a glass of orange juice or the common-cold prevention medicine. What you may not know is that an orange doesn’t even meet the recommended daily intake percentage and the idea that an “Emergen-C” pack can prevent a cold is an unproven claim. Vitamin C is an essential vitamin, meaning your body can’t produce it on its own. Your food choices serve as the best source to meet your daily recommended intake: 75 mg for women and 90 mg for men. Vitamin C is something we're familiar with, but do you know...

With Father’s Day right around the corner, we want to honor the men in our lives for everything they do. We rely on our fathers and partners for strength, fortitude, and wisdom. We think each one is our own personal SuperMan, and to ensure his superpowers don’t fall to the wayside, we want to talk about the importance of understanding men’s health. Men put the needs of others before his own, simple as that. There’s a cultural script that emphasizes the idea that men should be self-reliant and the ultimate caregiver, or else they are viewed as weak. When this...

Summertime is here and with it comes sun, vacations, and time spent outside enjoying the season! Oh, and A LOT of sweating. Sweating is a great way to detox the body, but it’s necessary to replenish the fluid that has just been lost. So if there is one thing to remember during these hot months, it’s the importance of staying hydrated. Drinking enough water is one of the foundation blocks for maintaining good health. Being properly hydrated normalizes your body temperature, supports joint health, protects your spinal cord, and rids toxins from the body. Every part of your body, from...

At DEFINE foods, quality is our top priority. For this reason, our meals are crafted with local, organic produce because we want to use the absolute best ingredients. Often, these ingredients can be found at your local farmers market. From nourishing yourself with the freshest produce to interacting with your local community, there are so many reasons to enjoy your local farmers market.  Here are some of our favorite reasons to check out your farmers markets! Eat with the Season Eating seasonally rebuilds the connection between nature and ourselves. The food found at farmers markets are all seasonally grown. The...