How to Cook Your Food Without Losing Priceless Nutrients Did you know that heat from cooking can breakdown 15 to 30 percent of vitamins in your vegetables? Boiling steals another...
Foods to fuel your brain, increase your mental performance and sharpen your memory Although each of us is a person made of parts, there is a single part of our body that defines...
When we think of our health, we don’t tend to think of our health in separate parts. We usually eat with our eyes. “Look, a pretty donut!” But, we fail...
We have been told that our genes are responsible for everything from how we look, to what foods we like, to whom we marry. The old concept of “fate,” “determinism,”...
What you eat can literally turn the dial-up or down when it comes to your thyroid. This little butterfly shaped gland controls your body’s metabolism and it is very particular...
One of the biggest issues over the past hundred years since the discovery that specific nutrient deficiencies can cause disease is whether we should be taking vitamins every day. The...
Are Vitamins Really a Waste of Money? An editorial published in the Annals of Internal Medicine say that yes, they in fact are a waste. The editorial is titled,...
Food...Glorious food! We love food! We live for food! Food is ubiquitous and besides that, it’s EVERYWHERE!! Food is such a wonderful thing! It gives us pleasure. It gives us...
What is Xylitol Xylitol is a sugar alcohol considered less potent than actual sugar. It is found in fruits such as plums, strawberries, and raspberries. Xylitol is used as a...
Once rarely diagnosed, bipolar disorder has exploded in the last 15 years. Over 5 million Americans are currently diagnosed with bipolar disorder and childhood cases have skyrocketed, increasing over 40...
Everyone has heard something about the dangers of “gluten,” yet few people really know what it is. Most people know it has something to do with wheat products, but seem...