To me, there are two sides of “healthy eating.” One side is about making sure that you’re getting the proper nutrients – vitamins, minerals, protein, calcium, iron, and all the rest. But the other side has to do with the idea of environmental health: when we eat healthy, we’re not only concerned with our own health, but that of the world around us.
Home Probiotics – Making Your Own Yogurt
We’ve read about probiotics. They’re good for us, they help us digest, and they can even be beneficial in healing illnesses (like urinary tract infections) and restoring the body’s natural systems after a course of antibiotics. One of the best ways to get your probiotics is simply by eating some yogurt.
Juice Fasting for Health, Clarity, and Detox
In recent years, there’s been an increase in media coverage of periodic fasts – how they can increase your life span, help you lose weight, give you more energy, and offer other health benefits. When done right, fasting is a clarifying, interesting journey – but the process can seem intimidating, overwhelming, and downright torturous if you don’t do it correctly and safely.
Is Fruit Juice Always Good for You?
There are plenty of drink myths out there – what’s good for you and what’s not are easily confused as drink companies label their empty calorie-laden, corn-syrup filled liquid candies with labels like “antioxidant” and “all-natural.” But it’s healthy to choose fruit juice, right?
Fennel: A Sweet Remedy for Digestive Distress
Fennel, with its mild, sweet, and pleasant licorice flavor, helps to freshen the breath after all those onions and spices. Also, fennel has some other very useful food-related effects: it can help to relieve bloating and gas, stimulate the digestive system, and aid in general food absorption.
The Truth about Hoodia Weight Loss
Thanks to America’s obsession with its ever-fluctuating percentages of body fat, Hoodia, specifically hoodia gordonii, hit the market running when it was introduced several years ago. But few stopped to consider: what does hoodia actually do? Where does it come from, and what is its history?
The Best Health Insurance is the Food You Eat
Do you think a pound of bacon with a side of beef and french fries soaked in hydrogenated oil is actually going to keep you healthy? If so, you’re dreaming my friend. The food we eat is a corollary of the health in our lives.
The Revival of the Acorn
An acorn, derived from the oak tree, is more like a grain than a nut. Native Americans such as the Cherokee, Apache, Pima, and Ojibwa harvested acorns regularly and used them as an insurance food, in case food supply became scarce. They made acorn flour for bread. Acorns have been said to be more nutritional than wheat and corn.
My New Crush on Dates
Dates (Phoenix dactylifera) are definitely my new favorite fruit. So sweet, sugary, and soft, dates are a fruit lover’s dream come true. I started eating them about a month ago and every time I have one, I say to myself: “How was I living without dates before!?”
What is the World Saying about Genetically Modified Food — Safe or Deadly, You Decide
Some people are absolutely and vehemently against the production/consumption of GMO’s and others seem to wholeheartedly support them. But at the end of the day, most people have no idea what “Genetically Modified” means, having no impact on their buying habits at all.
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