Are You Making These Common Juicing Mistakes? I love green juice so much that I would marry it if I wasn’t already married. When I see families, especially children, drinking green juice, my heart melts on the floor, but when I see people drinking juice in a less than stellar way and making common mistakes, … Read more
Fish oil contains EPA (eicosapentanoic acid) and DHA (docosahexanoic acid); both are omega-3 fatty acids. These long-chained fatty acids have been shown to have many positive effects. As a part of the cell membranes, fatty acids help form a physical barrier to keep out viruses, bacteria and other foreign molecules. They also regulate the traffic … Read more
My mother was a nurse who raised us to believe that diet was the most effective way to impact your overall health and wellbeing. I didn’t think much of it until I had kids myself; how plain it was to me then. Watching my daughter go through her younger years, falling over, crying, and melt … Read more
Okay, so we’re always hearing about this metabolism thing and how you need to boost it to lose weight, or keep weight off, or eat more tasty food but not get any chubbier. But what is metabolism? Metabolism is the breakdown of chemical reactions in your body. In other words, it’s what happens to your … Read more
Now that you know the latest and greatest ways to look good and feel great as you age, remember to incorporate these top 10 time-tested tips, proven to help slow the effects of growing old and prevent chronic inflammation. These tips can help prevent heart attacks and stroke caused by inflammation. 1. Calorie restriction More … Read more
Juicing is a very effective way to pack a lot of essential nutrients into a low-calorie satisfying drink. Juicing is becoming one of the more popular fads right now. Whether it is being used as a diet or a cleanse; juicing is a hot topic right now. The most important thing to know about juicing … Read more
The most common type of anemia is iron deficiency anemia. Women of childbearing age and young children are most susceptible to iron deficiency anemia. It takes a long time for this type of anemia to occur. Infants whose mothers had poor iron status during pregnancy are likely to be anemic, as are babies not breast-fed … Read more
Did you know that the nutritional properties of bananas change as they ripen? Have you noticed that the taste of bananas change as they ripen? Now, have you ever wondered when the right time to eat a banana is? Should it be all green, mostly green, mostly yellow, or yellow with black spots starting to … Read more
Dialysis is a surrogate for the crucial function of filtering waste from the blood that is usually gone by our kidney. Without this technology, toxic wastes build up in the blood and tissues and cannot be filtered out by the ailing kidneys. This condition is known as uremia, literally meaning “urine in the blood.” Eventually … Read more
To keep running, your body requires certain vitamins and minerals to function optimally and keep you healthy. We often hear about the big ones like calcium, potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin D, but the mineral magnesium is just as essential for overall wellness—and it’s one that too few people are getting enough of in their … Read more