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Out With The Old, In With The Raw
September 10, 2009You don’t have to go full throttle, punk rock raw vegan to reap the benefits of nutritional health. Incorporating more whole foods into your diet is the first step. Here are a few quick recipes to get you started…
How To Read and Understand Food Labels
September 09, 2009Do you read the Nutrition Facts food labels when you shop? People look at food labels for different reasons. Here are the basics of deciphering food labels, consolidated into ten quick-reference tips.
Deceptive Techniques of Food Labels, What You Read is NOT What You Get!
September 08, 2009If it comes in a bag, a box, a bottle, a can or other container, it may have started out as food, but somewhere all along the way it met the manufacturing process. Some ‘foods’ like glow-in-the-dark candy goo sold to children obviously aren’t food and are highly manufactured products, but a great deal of…
Documentary THE COVE Exposes Secret Slaughtering of Dolphins
September 05, 2009The Cove exposes an atrocity of unimaginable brutality. The dolphin slaughter depicted here is committed yearly and without knowledge of the general Japanese public, even though they could be buying highly-toxic mercury-laden dolphin meat disguised as fish from their local supermarkets.
Get To Know 5 Superfoods
September 04, 2009Many are aware of some of the health promoting properties of certain herbs and spices. The challenge is to get them into our daily diets. One way is to consume ‘functional foods.’ A functional food is any food product claimed to have a health-promoting and/or disease-preventing property beyond the basic nutrition. Here are 5 AMAZING Superfoods…
Top 15 Houseplants for Improving Indoor Air Quality
September 03, 2009While it’s a well known fact that plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen through photosynthesis, a NASA/ALCA study showed that many houseplants also remove harmful toxins. The best houseplants to buy are…
Disturbing Glimpse into the Cruel Chicken Industry – Warning: Graphic Video
September 02, 2009Thrown, dropped, mutilated, and ground-up alive. This is the shocking reality faced by hundreds of thousands of chicks each day at the world’s largest egg-laying breed hatchery – Hy-Line International in Spencer, Iowa. New hidden camera footage obtained at this facility during a Mercy For Animals undercover investigation gives a disturbing glimpse into the…
The Perfect Amount of Omega-3 for Your Health
September 01, 2009New research in the FASEB Journal identifies the ‘Goldilocks dose’ of DHA that is ‘just right’ for preventing oxidative stress in men. A team of French scientists have found the dose of DHA that is ‘just right’ for preventing cardiovascular disease in healthy…
The Effects of Sodium on Your Health
August 31, 2009The salt, or sodium, in your diet directly affects your blood pressure levels. Generally, the higher your daily salt intake, the higher your blood pressure. However, because each person is unique, your body’s response to reducing salt in your diet may reduce your blood pressure to a different degree than someone else. Still, eating
Research Confirms, Sugar Feeds Cancer
August 29, 2009Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah have uncovered new information that sugar feeds tumors. The findings may also have implications for other diseases such as diabetes. Amazingly the results stated…
Organic or Not? Check the Label
August 28, 2009The USDA has established an organic certification program that requires all organic foods to meet strict government standards. These standards regulate how such foods are grown, handled and processed. Any farmer or food manufacturer who labels and sells a product as organic must…
Top 10 Organic Food Buying Tips
August 27, 2009Whether you’re already a fan of organic foods or you just want to shop wisely and handle your food safely, consider these tips when buying organic food:
Bananas: Organic vs Conventional. There is a Difference!
August 26, 2009Deciding whether to buy organic or conventional bananas is a toughie. Organic ones are more expensive (usually at least 30 cents more per pound), and I’ve noticed that they seem to bruise more easily – anyone else notice that, too? The major difference between the two are that conventional bananas are…
How To Enhance And Preserve Brain Power As We Age
August 25, 2009Cognitive decline is an inevitable consequence of aging, but are there activities and products that can make a difference? What is the truth? Is decline inevitable, or is there a possibility of retaining our faculties if we exercise them? And which kinds of exercises and products are effective, and which are merely hype?
Herbs ‘Can Be Natural Pesticides’
August 19, 2009Common herbs and spices show promise as an environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional pesticides, scientists have told a major US conference. They could become a key weapon against insect pests in organic agriculture, the researchers say, as the industry attempts to satisfy demand. The best herbs to use are…
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