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Kermit Said It Best, “It’s Not Easy Being Green!”

Living on a farm, you have control over what you raise. If you raise cows you can make the decision to let them grow on their own without stuffing them full of hormones. You can choose not to inject your cattle with unnecessary antibiotics and use alternative methods to insure the health of […]

St John’s Wort Benefits and Side Effects

What is St John’s Wort?
Extracts of Hypericum perforatum L. (St John’s wort) are now successfully competing for status as a standard antidepressant therapy. Because of this, great effort has been devoted to identifying the active antidepressant compounds in the extract. From a phytochemical point of view, St John’s wort is one of the best-investigated medicinal […]

B Vitamin Hype: With Ambitions of Fighting Acne, Rosacea and Tumors, What Can This Vitamin Really Do

Vitamin B is no small time player in the high stakes game of the beauty. Just take the case of pellagra for example. Pellagra is a life threatening skin disease characterized by dementia, diarrhea, and dermatitis that results from a niacin (B vitamin) deficiency. In the early 20th century in the United States pellagra plagued […]

Salt Sensitivity: A Medical Condition With Big Risks

The human body needs salt in order to function. How much salt is enough? The American Heart Association recommends 2,3000 milligrams of salt a day for healthy adults. That’s ONE TEASPOON of salt. People who are extremely salt sensitive should eat less.
Many Americans are eating way too much salt and putting […]

Reverse Heart Disease With A Heart Healthy Diet

The condition of your heart is definitely linked to a heart healthy diet.
A heart healthy diet begins with the types of food on your plate and the ability you have to maintain an ideal body weight.
In addition to weight loss, the following heart healthy diet ideas are important for the maintenance of heart health and […]

Relational Nutrition Study

Simply, Nutrition is studying the unique relationship between the states of health and disease and diet. Particularly the study of food. Nutrition is so important because lack of neccessary nutrients can allow viruses and diseases to thrive which can lead to illness and even death.
Nutrition is mostly based in the middle of the two extremes; […]

Making Healthy Choices Through Nutrition

Choosing and sticking to a healthy diet seems to be very hard for lots of people. Healthy eating really seems to be so much of a chore. There are many reasons why this is the case, with boredom being at the top of the list. So, how to keep to healthy eating habits and make […]

Magnesium and Calcium

The human body needs magnesium for the metabolism of calcium, vitamin C, sodium, potassium and phosphorous. It contains approximately 21g of magnesium. Adults require between 300 to 400 mg per day and pregnant and lactating women need a little bit more. Magnesium is vital for effective muscle and nerve functioning, it is known as the […]

Five Reasons Why the Mediterranean Diet is a Healthy Choice in the 21st Century

If you are a person who has been on the hunt for a solid diet plan, you may feel overwhelmed much of the time. In the 21st century it is nearly impossible for a person to turn on a television set or open a newspaper without being bombarded with advertisements for a variety of […]

Why Do You Need Raw Juice Therapy?

When I was a kid, my mom used to make me different kinds of juices like orange, tomato, and carrot juices. I always like them until now as they do increase the appetite.
But, I wasn’t sure about the benefits until one day, when I got older; I saw my aunt consumed so many juices everyday.
I […]