Nitrites In Food
Nitrites are considered a dangerous food additive and the main reason many people avoid cured meats. As a result, a number of ‘preservative-free’ cold...
6 Tips To Decrease Your Food Waste Now
It's astonishing to think about: more than 40 percent of the food the world produces never gets eaten, while billions of people continue to...
Are Vegetables Healthier Raw or Cooked?
Cooking is, essentially, the first step in the digestion process. It does some of the work our bodies would normally have to do: warm...
6 Healthy Sports Drink Alternatives
Like all seductive marketing, sports drink ads make us believe that by consuming a bottle of their neon-hued product, we too may end up...
Make Your Own Food Coloring and Skip the Artificial Colors
Kids love color because they enjoy foods with their eyes before their taste buds. Bright greens, pinks, oranges, and purples are appealing to our...
Healthy Snacks: Ideas For Children
Snacks can be a healthy part of a child’s life. Children have fast metabolisms and high energy needs, and snacks can effectively provide the...
3 Reasons to Stop Drinking Diet Sodas Right Now
The manufacturers of sodas with artificial sweeteners market, brand and label them as “diet” beverages. One consumer group thinks that may violate federal laws...
Probiotics: How to Maximize Their Effectiveness
Probiotics are live microscopic organisms found naturally in fermented foods, such as sauerkraut, miso and tempeh (fermented soy). These “good bacteria” adhere themselves to...
Health Benefits of Umeboshi Plums
A diet high in acidic foods, as is prevalent in North America with so many meals consisting of refined sugars and red meat, is...
Eating Right For The Seasons
Just like we change our clothing for the season, we need to change our food too. Traditional healing systems such as Ayurveda and Traditional...
