Tag: superfoods

Six Little-Known Superfoods That Deserve Wider Recognition

Six Little-Known Superfoods That Deserve Wider Recognition

Upon hearing the word “superfood,” a number of fruits and vegetables will probably enter your mind. The title has consistently been attached to the blueberry, for instance. There’s also the almond, the sweet potato, the avocado, kale, spirulina, chlorella, and… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
Do you know what’s in your fish oil supplement?

Do you know what’s in your fish oil supplement?

Millions of Americans and Canadians take fish oil supplements on a daily basis, in hopes of maintaining good cardiovascular health. In 2013 these supplements generated $1.2 billion in sales in the U.S., which goes to show that it’s in high… 0 Shares | | Posted in Environment, Fitness, Food, Health, Health, Medicine
Sacha Inchi Oil: The Top 5 Health Benefits of this Superfood

Sacha Inchi Oil: The Top 5 Health Benefits of this Superfood

Sacha Inchi oil, while it may be something you’ve never heard of or haven’t yet incorporated in your diet, is a superfood well worth getting to know. It’s been cultivated in the Amazon and Andes for nearly 3,000 years, health… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Weight Loss
A Heart Surgeon’s Viral Confession: Natural Food Is the Answer

A Heart Surgeon’s Viral Confession: Natural Food Is the Answer

Around 237,000 people now have Dr. Dwight Lundell’s confession on their Facebook walls. His essay, headlined “Heart Surgeon Declares On [sic] What Really Causes Heart Illness,” was published on a website called Tuned Body in December. Over the past week… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Medicine, News
One Son’s Struggle to Keep His Aging Parents Young

One Son’s Struggle to Keep His Aging Parents Young

My parents, in their sixties, complain about muscle and joint pain each morning when they climb out of bed.  They say their first steps are painful and halting with tingling in their feet and hands.   As they walk around the… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine
America’s health craze for fish oil is wiping out the world’s rarest shark

America’s health craze for fish oil is wiping out the world’s rarest shark

Another day, another round of headlines about China’s butchering of rare species. Today’s bloodbath bulletin concerns whale sharks, which feed on phytoplankton and can grow up to 40 feet (12 meters)—about the length of four station wagons. The shark is… 0 Shares | | Posted in Environment, Fitness, Food, Health, Medicine, News, Politics & Government, World
Fighting Fibro with Phyto

Fighting Fibro with Phyto

A light bulb went off in sixty-year-old Sues’ head when her twenty eight year old son was diagnosed with fibromyalgia.  Finally, a name was given to the condition that had plagued her family for generations.  Sue had memories of her… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine
School – Flu’s Favorite Subject

School – Flu’s Favorite Subject

“Schools are a virus hotbed as the temperature drops in this extreme cold,” observes Suanne Davidson, a 6th grade middle school teacher.  “Kids arrive each day homes throughout the entire community; each bringing unique pathogens into a single environment that… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Environment, Food, Health, Home, Lifestyle, Medicine
Understanding Omega 3, 6, 9 Fatty Acids and EPA & DHA

Understanding Omega 3, 6, 9 Fatty Acids and EPA & DHA

You’ve probably heard the terms “fatty acid” and “omega 3″ before, but do you know what a fatty acid is or why your body needs it? What about the different types of fatty acids, what foods you can naturally find… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Antioxidants 101

Antioxidants 101

Antioxidants, substances that help prevent the damaging effects of oxidation on cells throughout your body, are plentiful in many foods, primarily fruits and vegetables. Because there are beneficial interactions between antioxidants and other components of foods, health authorities say that… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Food, Health