Spirulina and Chlorella: Nature’s Perfect Food
Spirulina and Chlorella are two of the world’s most perfect foods - tiny, ancient and unbelievably powerful. These two foods can supercharge your health; providing incredible levels of nutrients while helping prevent a number of common ailments. Spirulina and chlorella are one-celled micro-algae, 2-10 microns in size - about the size of a human blood cell. They are ancient in...
Have You Met These 4 Difficult People?
The walk-in medical clinic was about to close for the day when Susan Biali got a call from one of her longtime patients. Could she please hang in a bit longer? The caller was feeling very ill and needed to see her immediately. An exhausted Biali waited for the patient to arrive. When the woman sauntered in she was...
Tomatoes Lower Risk of All Arterial Diseases
"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" may have spun a healthy yarn about the virtues of stubborn independence, but as far as tomato recipes, that's not one we'd recommend. But we do love to cook with juicy, ripe, red tomatoes, and our menu suggestion for today is tomato surprise. What's the surprise? Well, for a long time we've told...
Lime Chicken Breast Picante Delivers Healthy, Tasty Explosion in Your Mouth [Recipe]
Organic Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts are my go to source for fast protein. I always keep a bag of frozen in my freezer for last minute meals. They thaw out in cold water pretty quickly and you can add any spice or ingredients you like. I love this recipe, the fresh salsa combined with Dijon mustard, dill and lime...
Obesity: It’s Not About Primarily Avoiding Calories and Fats
The rates of obesity in the US are staggeringly high and they are only getting higher. But is there a way to predict if a person might become obese at a very early stage of life? Well it looks like there is. According to a recent study, high birth weight, rapid weight gain and having an overweight mother who...
Broccoli Slashes Risk of Prostate Cancer by 25%
When Dana Carvey auditioned for "Saturday Night Live" (in 1986!), he won a slot on the show with a satirical impression of a rock star singing "Choppin' Broccoli." Little did he know that power ballad could one day become the theme song for the war on prostate cancer. So, move over lettuce and tell potatoes the news (with apologies...
Shed Some Belly Chub This Holiday Season With These 5 Fun Steps
The holidays are approaching and you're probably looking for a way to either lose weight before the new year or, in the very least, avoid gaining weight during this festive (re: high calorie) holiday season. During this time of year, most of us either go to one extreme or the other. We either want to be healthy and maintain the...
$42/Year in Dark Chocolate Expenses Could Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
A recent study in the journal BMJ found that consuming dark chocolate can help prevent cardiovascular disease over the long term, and may even be a cost-effective way to do it (about $42 a year). "It's the flavonoids," explains Dr. Eric Rimm, associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. "Specific flavonoid compounds in dark...
Intense Aerobics Improves Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
As Green Bay Packers' coach Vince Lombardi once said: "Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect." Today, neurologists can explain exactly what the coach was on to. When you practice learning something new - playing the piano, dribbling a basketball or using your computer mouse with your opposite hand - you're building new neural pathways in your brain. The...
Eat These 5 Foods to Increase Your Risk of Getting Cancer
So many of us just eat today what we are used to eating. Sadly, and quite commonly, it is our downfall, literally. We can claim ignorance, but our bodies take what we eat and the consequences are what we get. So let’s knock down one of the biggest problems – ignorance. This article is not meant to be comprehensive,...
