The topic of GMO’s ( Genetically Modified Organism ) has been highly debated for years and is extremely divisive and usually one sided depending on the source of information. Example: I recently read an article in the mainstream publication “Scientific…

It was with less fan fare than a back page story that the new GMO guidelines were signed into law by President Obama on July 29, 2016. Advocates for clearer food labeling worked hard for some time to bring this…

There is an abundance of nutritional options available that can help one achieve improved levels of health. Of all the possible therapies, some here today gone tomorrow, and all the varieties of supplements and isolated nutrients there is still one…

Fermented foods have been universally consumed worldwide for thousands of years and therefore the human digestive system has evolved in part to rely on such foods for good health. Every culture has its own variants of these foods such as…

For thousands of years vinegar has been made and used by people and there are many ancient texts that refer to it. Vinegar is a liquid that contains acetic acid and is produced by a process of fermentation that increases…

Just about all of us struggle with unwanted weight gain. Especially as we age and our hormones change, our metabolism slows down and we sometimes become less active. For some people they can reduce their calorie intake, choose better foods…

Sprouting is the practice of germinating seeds for consumption of which they can be cooked or eaten raw. This process initiates a chemical and biological change in the seed that brings about dramatically improved nutritional quality and significantly reduces anti…

1.Increase Nutrient Absorption: The metabolic activity of a resting dormant seed is significantly increased by soaking and further increases with germination and sprouting. This increase in activity makes for more bioavailable nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, enzymes, sugars, fiber, protein,…

It’s been said that if Onion is Queen then surely Garlic must be King. Garlic and Onion both belong to the genus allium and in turn alliums belong to the Alliaceae family. Both contain an abundance of healthful nutrients. The…

The ancient Egyptians worshiped Garlic and Onions. There is evidence that pharaohs and other important figures were buried with Garlic and Onions in their tombs. In ancient Greece, athletes ate large quantities of Garlic and Onions. It was believed that…

Data from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that for conditions like stroke, influenza, and pneumonia death rates have dropped significantly in the last 60 years. For heart disease the number has been cut by two-thirds. But for cancer…

The most reliable cure for cancer is not to get it in the first place. This doesn’t mean we need to live our lives in a bubble or in fear. Everyday things like getting a healthy dose of sunlight, the…

The story of wool starts long ago when humans first began to clothe themselves in animal hides. Humans would have experimented with different types of hides from many different animals. Eventually humans experimented with the hide of the first sheep.…

Wool is extremely durable. Wool can be bent back on itself as many as 20,000 times without breaking. For cotton that number is 3,000 times, silk 2,000, and rayon even less yet. Wool can be stretched up to 30% of…

Back pain is one of the most common reasons why people see a health care practitioner. It is estimated that at least half the U.S. population suffers from back pain at least once per year and as much as 90%…

If injury to the spine is involved it is wise to seek medical intervention. It’s also helpful to consider the advice of a qualified Chiropractor along with your traditional doctor. A Chiropractor many times can be helpful in successfully treating…

It seems that Americas’ Drug War has taken a bit of a turn; a turn for the worse in the direction of prescription drugs. While we as a society have been focused on the illegal recreational Drug War, the legal…

Legal drugs include: Pharmaceutical drugs such as Oxycontin, Vicodin, Xanax, Soma, Lipitor, Chantix, Nexium, Prilosec, Methamphetamines, over the counter medication such as painkillers and allergy antihistamines, etc, alcohol, nicotine and the most widely used drug in the world is caffeine.…

Here are some ideas for making it through the winter months a little easier: Embrace the season. Find some reason or reasons to get out and enjoy the winter months. Take up skiing, go hiking, ice skating, sled riding, or…

The winter months are typically challenging for the better part of the population, especially for those in the northern latitudes and in areas with a significant percentage of overcast days. Most anyone would proclaim that they feel comparatively better in…

Aaaah Chocolate. Chocolate is one of the world’s most popular foods. Any well-appointed dessert table will have its share of fine chocolates. And any self-respecting man would have to consider chocolate as a gift to his sweetheart. But who would…

The most prized type of chocolate is that of the Criollo trees which is the variety originally consumed by the Mayans. But because the tree is not as hardy as recent hybrids it is the least common. This chocolate has a…

Any parent knows all too well the challenges of raising kids, especially in these modern times. Today’s kids live in a far different society than past generations. It seems every aspect of this modern culture is vying for control and…

Raising healthy children of all ages in today’s modern world is as challenging as ever. There once was a time when the average family struggled to put food on the table, although the food they were putting on the table…

In the year 1800 in Aveyron, France a young boy naked and with numerous scars on his body walked out of the woods. Local townspeople took him in and it was determined that he was a feral child of approximately…

If you ever wanted to explore a topic that is highly provocative and can send you on a journey of discovery, Hormesis could be it. Hormesis is a Greek word meaning “rapid motion, eagerness” from the ancient Greek Hormaein “to…

Chew your food and slow down. Thoroughly chewing your food greatly assists the rest of the digestive process and slowing down gives your system a chance to keep pace. Avoid large meals that can overload the system. Instead, eat smaller…

Eating is only the first step in the digestive process. The actual eating of food is the easy part, but to actually receive nourishment and benefit from food requires a little more consideration. Let’s explore the digestive system and its…

Does Candida thrive because of a weak immune system? Or does Candida cause a weak immune system? The answer is both. Candida thrives in a host with a weakened immune system and a digestive tract that is out of balance…

Yeast is classified in the Fungi family with as many as 1,500 species currently described. Yeast is typically single celled organisms although some can exist as multi-cellular. The word yeast comes from Old English roots meaning boil, foam or bubble. …

Today’s standard food supply is so lacking that it can be difficult to get adequate amounts of all the necessary nutrients to sustain energy and long term health and disease resistance. Much of the soils that crops are grown in…

It has become popular lately to speak poorly of the practice of taking supplements. In a nearly cyclical fashion, some study will pop up suggesting that a specific supplement or multi-vitamin has no real health benefit and may, in fact,…

The most obvious use for coconut oil would be in cooking. Coconut oil can be used successfully in just about any recipe that calls for oil or butterfat as an ingredient. Coconut oil has a unique flavor and many feel…

Coconut oil is from the Coconut Palm which is close cousin to the Oil Palm from which comes Palm oil. The Coconut Palm is considered to have originated in the tropical regions of the Americas whereas the Oil Palm is…

Herd Immunity (aka, community immunity and population immunity.) refers to passive, indirect protection from infectious disease when a large percentage of the population is immune. This overall immunity helps protect those within the population that are not immune. The higher…

A vaccine is a prepared biological substance that, when introduced into a person, helps the body develop active acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains a weakened or killed disease causing micro-organism or one of its parts…

Our pH is literally affected by everything we do, every chemical and toxin we encounter, everything we put in and on our bodies and everything we eat. Just the act of breathing, the digesting of food and physical activity produces…

pH, which stands for potential of hydrogen, is the measure of acidity and alkalinity. The pH scale itself measures how acidic or alkaline (basic) a substance is. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14 with a pH of 7…

Maintaining a healthy weight is typically a challenge for anyone. Although some people seem to be able to eat whatever they want as much as they want and not gain any weight. This is not necessarily a good thing and…

With spring in the air it’s only natural that many of us will start thinking about dropping a few pounds. No doubt the best place to start is with diet. Consequently we might wonder why we are compelled to eat…

Food Allergy self test: Wait at least a half an hour after eating any food. When you are in a relaxed state of rest, take your pulse counting the number of heart beats in one minute. Then eat a food…

An allergy is the result of a malfunctioning immune system attacking an otherwise harmless substance. The highly complex immune system is the bodies’ main defense against infection and does this mainly by using white blood cells to fight the invaders.…

There are some 20,000 different species of bees in the world. The common honey bee as we know it is not indigenous to this hemisphere. It was brought to the Americas by the first Europeans. Although early Mesoamerican civilizations used…

Honey is produced by what is commonly known as the honeybee. Bees consume nectar from flowering plants and, through a process of partial digestion, transform this nectar into honey. The honey is then deposited back at the hive in wax…

To be odor free without the use of deodorants you need to consider the whole picture and that means you will need to consider the following: Probiotics promote healthy bacteria that live in and on the body. In fact, there…

Here is a subject that should prove to be interesting and even a little controversial. Well then, let’s get started. Body odor is the result of bacteria, unfriendly bacteria to be precise. Here is how it works. Odor causing unfriendly…

When we consider the success of the human race it is none other than extraordinary. Look where we are and where we have come from. Coast-to-coast highways, space programs, computers, internet, cell phones, satellite communications, etc. the list goes on…

…So Grows The Tree Go for a walk in the woods and take a close look at trees, all kinds of trees. Sooner or later you are bound to notice some trees that have a strange unnatural look and growth…

Here is an example of a five-day juice Fast that can help change your life. It’s an all-liquid diet. In this Fast you will consume two quarts, more or less, of juice a day spread out over breakfast lunch and…

Just as we might undertake a whole house cleaning in the spring, the New Year is a great time to think about a total body cleanse. A home over time collects all manner of dust, lint, cobwebs, little bits of…

Greek Physician Hippocrates ( 5th century BC ) is widely considered to be the Father of Modern Medicine. He was known for advocating that the patient is their own best doctor and they alone have the power to heal and…

In simple terms, the main task of the Human immune system is to identify those things that belong in the body and those things that do not and are otherwise harmful, and then neutralize or destroy the foreign invaders. The…

Simply stated raw foods have more nutrients then cooked foods and even more nutrients and health benefits than processed foods. Those following a raw food diet seek out organic foods for good reason. Organic foods are what most term as…

Raw Foodism, a.k.a. Rawism, or The Raw Food Diet, is the practice of consuming unprocessed and uncooked food as a large percentage of the diet. Although the Raw movement has become more and more popular in recent years and seems…

The Human body, just like all life on Earth, has evolved over time to live in a world of microbes. We get our first dose of microbes when we are born and pass through our mothers’ birth canal. Newborns continue…

We tend to be of the mindset that bacteria are bad and the world around us should be sterilized so as to wipe them out. The fact is, bacteria are an integral part of our lives and in many ways…

When Genetically Modified crops were first introduced back in the mid 1990’s it sounded as if the worlds’ food and hunger problems were about to be answered. These crops would be drought resistant, produce higher yields with less cost, have…

The topic of GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organisms) has been highly debated for years and is extremely divisive and usually one sided depending on the source of information. Example: I recently read an article in the mainstream publication “Scientific American”, a…

Data suggests that since the 1950’s incidence of Celiac Disease has quadrupled and an estimated 1 in 100 people in this country are now dealing with the condition. In so much as these numbers are possibly being driven up by…

Gluten from Latin meaning “glue” is a protein found in cereal grains such as wheat, barley and rye and is also found in other related grass species such as: spelt, triticale, kamut, bulgur, couscous, durum, orzo, semolina, panko etc. Gluten…

An estimated 20 billion dollars a year is spent in this country on weight loss products. Additionally, more money is spent on gym memberships, weight loss surgery, books and so on. There is always some quick fix silver bullet being…

If you are looking for a simple way to improve overall health and wellness take a look at lemons. This little yellow fruit is packed with many healing substances such as vitamins: C, and B, minerals: calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium…

It is generally understood that if we take a plant from the sunny window sill and put it in a dark closet it won’t be long before the plant is no more. We can water it and feed all we…

You’d have to be living in a cave and off the grid to not have heard all the buzz surrounding Vitamin D lately. For some time now Vitamin D has been emerging as one of the most important nutrients for…

For years it was thought that if you wanted to lose weight you needed to cut your overall dietary fat intake. Low fat and fat free items could be found in aisle after aisle at the local grocery store. Diet…

For many years, even decades, the prevailing wisdom has been that fat in the diet in any form is bad for us. And to this day that notion is still alive and well. There are still many who adhere to…

Hemp is a commonly used term to describe members of the Cannabis plant family. Cannabis Sativa is the variety grown for industrial purposes and the Cannabis Indica variety is more commonly associated with recreational and medical use.  Although there are…

Many feel that Hemp is illegal to grow in the U.S. mainly as a result of influence by wealthy newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. Hearst launched a propaganda campaign against Hemp in the early 1900’s as part of what was…

All living things are engaged in a struggle for life.  Everything from the smallest bacteria, fungi and viruses to larger organisms such as plants, animals and Humans are constantly evolving and adapting in order to carve out a living. Larger…

Bacteria are single celled microorganisms that are neither plant nor animal. They typically live in colonies that reproduce rapidly depending on the favorability of the environment and available food supply. They are among the first life forms on Earth and…

I first learned about Aronia while browsing through a field guide on wild edible plants. The listing was actually for Chokeberries. Initially I was not overly interested until I was exploring another reference on medicinal plants and it offered an…

Aronia is a deciduous shrub of the Rosaceae family that is native to Eastern North America. The fruit from Aronia, also known as Chokeberries, is small (about the size of a raisin) and grows in clusters. It is highly astringent,…

An allergy is the result of a malfunctioning immune system attacking an otherwise harmless substance. The highly complex immune system is the bodies’ main defense against infection and does this mainly by using white blood cells to fight the invaders. …

Recently the national drug store chain CVS announced that they will remove from their shelves and no longer offer all tobacco products. This announcement was made with much fanfare and media attention. Through their propaganda, they state that they are…