Improve Life for Someone Else: Buy These Foods Fair Trade
Many Americans aren't aware of the Fair Trade symbol, or understand what it means. A Fair Trade label indicates that farmers have been paid a fair price for their harvest, and that workers who were involved labored in safe conditions. It also means that working families were able to keep their kids in school and that the money earned was...
Consuming ‘Good Salt’ Can Reduce Blood Pressure Levels
A study conducted out of the Wageningen University and Research Centre revealed that an increased intake of "good" potassium salts could contribute significantly to improving blood pressure on average across the population. This type of salt is not the type of salt found in processed foods or in your salt shaker (sodium-based), it refers to potassium, which is sometimes...
Stressed Out Older Men Likely To Die Earlier, According to New Study
There is no way to avoid all stress, it's just a part of life, but it's been proven time and again that too much stress can have devastating effects on our physical health and overall well-being. Recent research from Oregon State University now reveals that older men leading high-stress lives, from either chronic everyday events, or due to a...
4 Delicious Things to Do with Garden Tomatoes
If you've been growing your own tomatoes, you may be amazed at how quickly you can go from impatiently waiting for the first taste of that ripe fruit to suddenly wondering what in the world you're going to do with all of them. Tomatoes ripen pretty much all at once, which means at this time of year, you may...
Pumpkin Season is Here: 3 Fun and Delicious Recipes
Pumpkin is a favorite of the autumn season. Around this time, these beautiful orange gourds start showing their faces everywhere. Baking and decorating with pumpkins can be lots of fun, however, there are lots more uses for pumpkins than pie and Jack O' lanterns. Pumpkin also has some amazing health benefits that you don't want to miss. High in fiber Fiber...
The Perfect Pushup and Why You Should Do a Few
The good old fashioned push-up is one of the best exercises we can do for our bodies. We often think of the push-up as an arm workout, however, it works much more than our arms. Some of the benefits of doing push-ups include: Core strength When performing a push-up, your core is responsible for keeping your spine straight. Without a straight...
6 Cancer-Causing Foods You Need to Stop Eating
It can be challenging to eat all healthy foods 100 percent of the time, particularly when on vacation in places where nutritious fare is difficult to find. Sometimes, we may want to indulge in an occasional treat. However, there is a big difference between indulging in a snack that contains a little too much sugar and eating foods that...
Keep Your Mind Sharp – Be Spontaneous
Many people say they don't like spontaneity - they'd rather follow a strict routine and plan things out, preferring no surprises along the way. However, being spontaneous simply means being a person with an open, natural and uninhibited manner. Doesn't that sound like a good thing? Being more spontaneous means less stress, since much anxiety comes from worrying about what might...
You Can’t Survive Without these Nutrients: How Best to Get Them
The body is an intricate and delicate network of systems, which requires a balance of nutrients to keep it going. We all know that we need to eat to live - however, many of us do not know the details about what each type of nutrient does. Without the following four categories of nutrients, we could not live. Here...
Want to Quit Smoking or Chewing Tobacco? Chew Hemp Instead!
We all know about the dangers of cigarette smoking; it's one of the worst things that you can do to your body. But the fact is, one in five Americans still smoke despite of this, and it's responsible for nearly half a million deaths, as well as roughly 41,000 deaths that result from secondhand smoke exposure, according to the...
