Schizandra Berries: A Potent Medicinal Berry for Detoxification, Cancer Protection and More
Schizandra berries aren't like blueberries, blackberries, or superfruits like goji and acai berries. Its name sounds rather exotic, or like something you'd see on a tour of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, but it's actually a sweet, sour, salty, bitter and pungent berry that isn't eaten, but rather taken as medicine. It's been used for more than 2,000 years in...
Bananas: A Key Ingredient in 8 Traditional Home Remedies
You likely already know that bananas are remarkably healthy, and that they are a great source of potassium. You may also know that they are a great source of other minerals, such as copper, magnesium, and manganese, as well as B-vitamins and vitamin C. However, are you aware of the many traditional home remedies that include bananas? Bananas grow in...
How to Choose the Healthiest Cheese: Don’t Eat These Types
Americans love their cheese. In fact, the average adult consumes over 30 pounds of the stuff each year. While it’s true that cheese may be a contributing factor to the current state of America’s poor health, this staple of many a meal, appetizer and snack doesn’t have to be a no-no. Cheese is an excellent source of protein, and...
Why You Should Put the Lid Down Before You Flush and Other Healthy Bathroom Habits
There are lots of healthy bathroom habits you probably follow every day, like washing your hands and flossing your teeth, but there are some that many people develop that may actually be harming their health. Are you guilty of any of these bad bathroom habits? Letting mold build up on your shower curtain. Because mold and mildew thrive on dark,...
The #1 Thing We Need More of In Our Lives
Life continues to get more and more hectic, moving at a faster pace than ever. These days, many people bring work home or already work at home, making it difficult to get away and just breathe. Even when we aren’t busy earning a living, we may be talking to friends all over the world, playing video games or actively doing...
Beware: Over 4,000 Chemicals Used in Food Packaging Industry
A commentary recently published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health sheds light on some of the chemicals that can lurk in our food packaging, and the hazards that may come with exposure to them. The authors state that science has not yet determined how these chemicals impact humans on a long-term basis, which is especially troubling as so...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Eating Healthy at Work
Do you find it hard to eat healthy at work? Whether it’s the makeshift kitchen you’re sharing with other colleagues or the fact that eating healthy isn’t the popular thing to do at work, today we’ll cover the “Do’s and Don’ts” of making your workplace a healthy, nourishing environment for you. If you’re a stay-at-home kind of gal or...
New Studies Give Us More Reasons to Believe in the Cancer-Fighting Properties of Green Tea
The extensive health benefits of green tea have been known in Asian countries such as China and Japan for thousands of years, and are now coming to light in the West, as well. Among these benefits are potent antioxidant and anticarcinogenic properties. Recent research has added further weight to the cancer-combating potential of green tea. Green tea leaves come...
FDA Proposes Altering Nutrition Labels to Include Added Sugars
For the first time in many years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing some changes to the nutrition labels found on foods. Some of these proposed alterations may be quite helpful to shoppers, namely a line to set added sugars apart from natural sugars in a product. The new line on the label for added sugars may...
Processed Carbs Cause Wrinkles: Heal Your Skin with Probiotics
You spend hard-earned money on countless salves, creams and lotions promising to turn back the hands of time that have seemingly marched across your face. Or perhaps wrinkles aren’t your problem (not yet anyway), but scratchy, itchy and often embarrassing scaley patches known as eczema keep you covered up while everyone else dons their summer bathing suits. Millions of men...
