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Healthy Heart: Have You Fallen for These 3 Lies?

Healthy Heart: Have You Fallen for These 3 Lies?

We’ve been told for years that high cholesterol causes heart attacks, fat, particularly saturated fat, is the enemy so we should eat a low or no fat diet and that salt raises blood pressure. What did we do? We cut… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Nutrition
GM-What? GMO

GM-What? GMO

GMO. Genetically Modified Organism. Huh? Yes, it can be a mouthful and even more difficult to possibly try and understand. I originally set out to write this article as a brief, yet simple, synopsis of what GMO’s are and how… 0 Shares | | Posted in Biotechnology, Chemicals, Environment, Farming, Food, Food, GMOs, Health, Health, Nutrition, Personal Care, Politics & Government, Water, Weird, World
How To Shop For Cheaper Fresh, Organic Foods

How To Shop For Cheaper Fresh, Organic Foods

These days, we are stuck in some sort of race to find the cheapest, best and most organic food possible. Why? Because the media seems to destroy shelf foods talking about pesticides and how bad it is to eat meats… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food
3 Ways To Improve Your Health Right Now

3 Ways To Improve Your Health Right Now

If you are like so many people, you want to know how to improve the quality of your health Right Now. As Kris Carr says, our health is mainly influenced by what we eat, drink and think. Here are three… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Environment, Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Gardening, GMOs, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Water, Weight Loss
Increase Heart Health with Arginine

Increase Heart Health with Arginine

Arginine is an amino acid that increases heart health. Arginine makes nitric oxide (NO), which relaxes the blood vessels. Arginine has also been used to treat congestive heart failure, recovery from heart attacks and cardiovascular diseases, asthma, herpes, altitude sickness,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Food, Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine
February is National Heart Health Month

February is National Heart Health Month

Heart Healthy Living   We live in a fast paced, convenience-centered society. Technology has advanced to the point where everything is accomplished faster and more efficiently. However, this new standard of living does not seem to be optimal for health… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Food, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Weight Loss
Calm menstrual trouble with blackstrap molasses

Calm menstrual trouble with blackstrap molasses

Blackstrap molasses may sound funny when said aloud, but it provides great relief for those suffering from menstrual troubles such as heavy bleeding and uterine fibroids. In fact,  blackstrap molasses should be a staple in every woman’s pantry.  But what… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
No More Confusion About B Vitamins And Heart Health!

No More Confusion About B Vitamins And Heart Health!

Among the many indicators for heart disease risk, high homocysteine levels is one of the more reliable ones. In 2006, in a study of women and heart disease, women who had a high level of the amino acid homocysteine were… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine
Fitness Trends 2015

Fitness Trends 2015

Every fall the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) ACSM’s surveys thousands of fitness professionals around the world in order to assess what the most important fitness trends will be for the coming year. In the November/December issue of the… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Let Food Be Your Medicine? Part 2 Whole Grains Naturally Gluten Free

Let Food Be Your Medicine? Part 2 Whole Grains Naturally Gluten Free

In my last blog post I discussed the Hippocratic Theory of letting food be medicine for the body. I also focused in on various fruits and vegetables showing the array of vitamins and minerals that naturally occur which our bodies… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, GMOs, Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Home, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Recipes, Water