When it comes to rewarding personal hobbies, it’s hard to top gardening. Working in a garden gets you off of the couch and into the sunlight, and the fruits of your labor are far more nutritious than most fare sold ...
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Getting More Fiber into Your Diet
If you’ve walked through the cereal aisle at your local supermarket recently, you might have noticed that many cereals take pains to advertise their high fiber content. The reason for this strategy is obvious – cereal producers are simply trying ...
Read More »You Are What You Eat: Food and Your Immune System
In most cases, the results of our dietary choices are blatantly obvious to others. Health-conscious people usually exhibit a trim, cut physique with little in the way of flab or noticeable body fat. In contrast, those who habitually feast on ...
Read More »The Possible Benefits of Probiotics
Admittedly, the term probiotics doesn’t seem all that appealing; it sounds dangerously close to “antibiotics,” a type of medication that brings to mind particularly nasty illnesses, such as pneumonia and sinus infections. Not to mention that antibiotics carry along a ...
Read More »Celiac Disease: A Brief Overview of a Troubling Condition
Some of the frustrating illnesses seem to feature the same traits: there is no known cause, no known cure and a seemingly endless list of symptoms. One such condition that meets all three criteria is celiac disease, a digestive disorder ...
Read More »Eating Green While Saving Green
It’s no secret that eating organic food has become a nationwide trend in recent years. While the health benefits of organic food are well documented, many consumers are still reluctant to buy organic products due to their relatively high prices. ...
Read More »Is There Arsenic in Our Apple Juice?
One of America’s most well-known doctors, Dr. Mehmet Oz, recently announced to viewers on The Dr. Oz Show the findings of an independent study on arsenic levels in apple juice. The study involved three dozen samples from five different brands ...
Read More »Is Our Food Really Getting Weaker?
We hear it all the time, the soil is depleted due to over farming, we learned how to genetically modify food, but it’s not as nutritious. Is this really true? From our live stock to our poultry to our vegetables, ...
Read More »Cholesterol and Eggs: What Is Best for Your Diet?
If you are like many Americans, you have probably heard a lot about cholesterol and eggs during your lifetime. Often times, the messages regarding the health effects of eggs might seem confusing and contradictory, leading to much frustration on the ...
Read More »Constipation: It’s No Laughing Matter
There is staggering number of people who suffer from constipation. Each year, Americans alone spend more than $1 billion dollars on over the counter laxatives. What causes constipation? Let’s start with a ‘food flowchart’. Once we eat food, it combines ...
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