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A Beginner’s Guide to Eating Smart
We’re much smarter about the food industry now than 15 years ago. Before eye-opening exposés like Super-Size Me and Food Inc…before we knew that perfectly sweet strawberries year-round came with a price tag more than $2.99 per box, diseases like… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
5 Ways to Increase Magnesium Levels
Magnesium simply does not get the “press” of elements like calcium or iron and yet it, too is an essential nutrient for maintaining a healthy body. Many adult, though they do not realize it, are quite deficient in this mineral… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine
6 Dangerous Truths about Processed Foods
The reasons for America’s love affair with processed foods are obvious. They are inexpensive, accessible and simple to prepare and serve. This convenience is particularly attractive to hard-working parents or to the elderly who live alone and do not want… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, News, Personal Care
5 Best Apps to Help You go Gluten Free
Dealing with gluten sensitivity makes life a lot more difficult. Not only do you have to be careful about what ingredients are used in the food you eat, you also have to make sure items are prepared without having contact… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Personal Care, Weight Loss
Chokeberries, a weight control superfood, now rebranded under name of “Aronia berry”
Chokeberries, known for their dark purple-black hue and remarkable antioxidant properties, have undergone a rebranding effort in an order to shift from its less appealing “chokeberry” name to one that reflects its genus, Aronia melancorpa (1). Now referred to as… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, News, Nutrition
Bette’s Story
A month before my first birthday, on our way to Grandpa and Grandma’s house for Christmas, a drunk driver smashed head-on into my parents’ car. Built in the days before seat belts were mandated, our old car had none. My… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Doctor writes “park prescriptions,” urges patients to experience the health benefits of walking
While many doctors may tell a patient that they should lose weight to help their overall health, it’s virtually unheard of that they write a prescription to do so, let alone provide them with a specific exercise regimen that takes… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, Health, News, Weight Loss
Healing Leaky Gut
Science is beginning to show us what ancients seem to have known: that the gut is the seat of our health. It is a dynamic biosphere full of probiotic activity and vitality that supports our overall health. We’ve learned that… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Nutritional Medicine
Updates on Menopause
Decades ago we were told we had to little estrogen causing some of the miseries of menopause. Now the latest research says we are also deficient in progesterone during menopause ! It’s progesterone that promotes the formation of new tissue… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Food, Gardening, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals, Recipes, Science, Science & Tech, Weight Loss
