Choose Fatty Oil Over “Junk” Diet Foods
Does a person actually have to eat tasteless, chemically induced foods in order to lose weight? Reduced fat, low fat, low sugar, light and diet special foods line the grocery shelves, enticing those who are anxious to shed a few pounds before bathing suit season arrives. However, is the search for weight loss and long term health to be...
Vitamin K2: The Vitamin So-called Healthy People Throw Out
Vitamin K2 has been called the forgotten vitamin. For almost a century, this remarkable nutrient has been seemingly ignored in America, even by those who claim to be super healthy. Do you ever eat an omelet without the egg  yolk thinking you are doing yourself a favor? Well, don't be so quick to toss out that yolk, it contains...
The 5 Worst Meaty Slimes For Your Health
New research regarding processed meats is in, and the results are unsavory. Harvard University scientists recently found that eating a mere 1.8-ounce serving of any form of processed meat per day results in a 42 percent higher risk of heart disease and a 19 percent higher risk for type 2 diabetes. In a large survey conducted this year of...
Big Pharma’s Strategy to Create Customers Not Cures
Physicians are busy professionals, if they are not seeing patients, they are in surgery, making rounds or catching up on dictation. Few have time to sit down and review the latest drug studies. However, they usually take time to eat lunch, often times provided by a local drug rep who wants twenty minutes of time to push a new...
Is the Cost of Toxic Beauty Products Really Worth It?
We slather, we lather, we dab, and we smear, all in an effort to feel softer, look younger and smell better. But what exactly is the true cost of our vanity? Never mind the price tag, it is the ingredients in the products that could be costing us much more than our paycheck. Mounting research is making it exceedingly clear...
Our Toxic Health Habits Hurt Our Planet Too
The health of our environment directly parallels our own health as a species. Our everyday practices, habits and choices – both positive and negative – affect the quality of our air, water and food, and therein largely determine the quality of our lives. It is no secret that much of our air is polluted by carbon emissions, our ozone layer...
Is Candida Crippling Your Body?
Yeast, also known as Candida Albicans, is a type of fungus that is present in all human bodies. The fungus is found on both the skin and mucus membranes, and in small amounts it is harmless to the body. However, when the growth of yeast increases dramatically, the results can be absolutely devastating. Did you know that yeast overgrowth...
3 Foods That Could Stop Your Mood Swings
Did you ever notice that when you haven’t eaten in a while, your mood is greatly sacrificed? Some people experience this feeling more than others and it can actually cause fits of rage, anxiety and even depression. Eating the right foods doesn’t only provide your body with the proper nutrition, it actually helps promote brain health and can make a...
2 Nasty Reasons Your Workplace is Toxic
Perhaps you do the best you can; eat a healthy diet, exercise and use only Certified Organic products in your home and on your body but.......... you work each day, for 8-10 hours, in a place where toxic substances may be lurking. Millions of workers are put at risk daily because of an overload of toxicity in their workplace. They...
Organic Lifestyle? Why It’s Still Important to Cleanse & Detox
No matter how healthy a lifestyle you try to lead, in today’s world, exposure to some poisons is unavoidable. Phthalates, hormone-disrupting chemicals and hidden antibiotics are being discovered in surprising places. Many food additives once considered safe, such as carrageenan, are showing harmful properties as new studies are performed. As there is no way to keep away from all...
