Tag: antioxidants
Acai – Purple superfruit
Acai berries have become popular with the spread of acai bowls and smoothies available. This dark purple berry comes from Brazil and is considered a “superfruit”. Technically, they’re not a berry because they have a pit like an apricot, so… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
Beets – benefits that beat poor health
Most people often forget about or don’t even consider including beets as part of a healthy diet. It hardly makes the list for the grocery store maybe because they aren’t front and center in the produce section and popularity hasn’t… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Chocolate – consider the type before you take a bite
Oh, who doesn’t like chocolate? Any excuse to eat some and then have a little more seems to make reasonable sense. Any occasion will do for chocolate consumption in some form or another. Luckily, there actually have been proven health… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food
Pickles: Crunchy cravings
Pickles are a food that people either love or hate. Some can eat them straight out of the jar. We hear about pregnant women craving them. Besides their high sodium content, there are actually health benefits to eating these cucumbers.… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food
Beans: A little goes a long way
The musical fruit. Beans are a very healthy type of food that is affordable and versatile. Different types are enjoyed by different cultures. Beans are classified as legumes and grow in pods that have beans inside. These pods come from… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Nutrition, Weight Loss
4 Ways to Get More O2 in Your Blood
Did you know that oxygen is perhaps the most important substance for healthy functioning of the body and possibly even anti-aging? When your blood is infused with good old 02, many mechanisms come into play which all equate to better… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health
Dandelion Tea Great For Detox and Preventing Cancer
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), is unfortunately usually known for being a pesky weed, which people commonly remove from their backyards (and often spray with herbicides). However, humans have been using dandelion in food and teas for its medicinal properties for most… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Personal Care
12 Most Effective Cholesterol Lowering Foods to Add To Your Diet
Probably you are familiar with a popular statement regarding the connection between cholesterol levels and heart health that says ‘in order to prevent heart disease you have to maintain high HDL (“good”) cholesterol and low LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels.’ Studies… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
29 Best Detoxifying Vegetables
Detox (detoxification) is a naturally occurring and ongoing process that happens 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And with exposures from many types of toxins and stress in the modern world, the body has a lot of work… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
