What Bats, Shade and Coffee Have in Common
Whether you’re into an old-fashioned cup of joe or artisan pour-overs made with almond milk and topped with a sprinkle of herbs, there’s no denying coffee has grown into a full-scale art form. Some coffee growers have attempted to keep up with the demand for more coffee by employing growing techniques that aren’t good for the environment. However, a...
New York to Divert 180,000 Tons of Food Waste from Landfills with Innovative Anaerobic Digester
We all do it: When dinner’s over someone invariably has left scraps on their plate. Most of us simply scrape those scraps into the trash can. Multiply that by 115,000,000-plus households across the U.S. and factor in all of the restaurants that do the same thing, and we’re talking about tons of food waste. Earlier this month, New York...
Your Restaurant Order May Contain Spit with a Side of Pubic Hair
We have all seen movies and television shows in which angry restaurant staff do vile, unspeakable things to a customer’s food. Adding spit, human excrement, and even special ingredients like fuzzy alley creatures to the menu — these have all been portrayed in motion pictures and TV series. The bad news is, the movies aren’t telling lies. The...
There are Toxic Fats in Your Coffee Creamer
Do you go by the motto “everything in moderation”? What about trans fats, GMOs and gut-ruining carrageenan? These nasties aren’t safe to consume in any quantity! Yet millions of us are pouring them into our coffee every morning. That’s right — that innocent, sweet-looking coffee creamer is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. But it’s found in the dairy case next...
6 Alternative Health Myths Busted
In the never-ending battle between alternative and mainstream medicine, a variety of myths abound. From simple to far-fetched, myths about alternative health are well known and well distributed across social media, and even in the offices of medical personnel. However, as we move towards integrative health care, we’ve been able to bust many of the myths about alternative health. We...
What Is the Pegan Diet?
It is not strictly paleo or vegan, it is pegan. This new diet is the perfect blend of the best things about both paleo and vegan eating, without all the restrictions. Some of the greatest difficulties in following either diet is missing grains if you are eating paleo, or lacking protein if you try to eat strictly vegan. "I wanted...
17 Reasons to Eat More Onions
When my kids were little, they would always ask why I cried so much when I cut onions. I used to tell them that it was because they made me so happy. I know that it didn't make much sense to them at the time, but now that they are a little older, they totally understand the value of...
Is E. Coli the Special Ingredient in Your Burger?
Bacteria may be the secret ingredient in your burger, turning your meal from delicious to dangerously toxic. A recently released Consumer Reports study uncovered the fact that a large quantity of the packaged ground beef you purchase in the supermarket contains at least one type of harmful bacteria. This is alarming, since America buys 4.6 billion pounds of...
Consumption of Probiotics Shown to Lower Unhealthy Cholesterol
High cholesterol is a common problem in our society. On its own, it may be benign, but high cholesterol is often found to correlate with increased risk of heart disease, clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), high cholesterol, or hypercholesterolemia, contributes to approximately 40 percent of heart attacks suffered in the Western...
Hormones Not Only Affect Your Health, They Also Determine Your Body Shape
You may be aware that unexplained changes in mood, energy, and sleep could be signs of a hormonal imbalance. But did you know that hormones also determine your body shape? Which body type are you? Hormones are powerful things and when they are imbalanced they can affect not only our health, but they can also determine our body type. There are...
