Category: nutrition

Avoid Hair Loss With a Simple Change in Your Food Choices

Thinning hair has long been linked to the aging process.  The older you get, the more likely you will experience at least some hair loss.  Of course, it can also occur thanks to genetics, various medical conditions, and even chronic stress. But, now a study is linking hair loss to obesity, or rather the high levels…


9 Great Uses for Lavender

A friend of mine calls lavender the “Swiss Army Knife” of essential oils because you can use it in so many ways. I prefer to think of it as the perfect way to start and end my day. From fresh lavender bouquets to dried lavender petals to essence of lavender oil, Mother Nature has created…


Cooking For Healing: Dandelions

Herbs and spices were used by ancient cultures to heal the body, mind, and spirit. Roughly 80 percent of people worldwide still use traditional or ancient medicine and more than 80 percent of pharmaceuticals are derived or developed from natural products, including plants. In this series, we will explore the healing power of herbs and spices…


6 Impressive Benefits of Vitamin C

Vitamin C is a strong antioxidant that can boost your antioxidant levels. Although many think of Vitamin C as just helpful to fight off the common cold, there is much more to this crucial vitamin! Here are a few of the benefits of Vitamin C: #1 Prevents and Beats the Common Cold The common cold is…


Lavender, A Basic Primer

In a 2014 study on the potential medicinal uses for Lavender, it was stated that lavender traditionally has a variety of therapeutic and curative properties, ranging from inducing relaxation to treating parasitic infections, burns, insect bites, and spasm. There is growing evidence suggesting that lavender oil may be an effective medicament in treatment of several…


Green Detox Smoothie Recipe

Our bodies are born with the ability to detox naturally. However, there are foods that are excellent at supporting this detox process as well as having amazing nutritional benefits as well. This detox smoothie contains some of those helper foods like celery and cilantro as well as aloe which is great for helping with digestion and absorbing the most nutrients we can from…


Are Sulfites in Wine Bad for Me?

Anytime you come down with a headbanger after a glass or two of wine, it’s easy to blame the much-maligned sulfites in the drink for why you feel beaten down. But this preservative has for the most part been bestowed an undeserved bad rap. First, a little background. Sulfites are chemical compounds, or more precisely,…


Groundbreaking Conference Reveals Health Risks of Seed Oils

Medical doctors, researchers, and other experts spoke on March 3 at the “Future of Fat” virtual summit, the first-ever meeting dedicated exclusively to the harmful effects of oils made from vegetables or seeds, including canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, and sunflower oil. Such oils have been linked to heart disease, diabetes, weight…


Soybean Oil May Cause Irreversible Changes in Your Brain

Your choice of cooking oil can make a profound difference in your health. I’ve often warned against the use of soybean oil. Not only is partially hydrogenated soybean oil loaded with trans fat, which has been linked to heart disease, it’s also a source of an omega-6 fat called linoleic acid (LA), which is highly…


My Darling Clementines

Clementines are a hybrid between the sweet orange and the mandarin. The Folklore Legend says clementines were named after Father Clement Rodier, a monk in Algeria who was believed to have discovered the fruit, but some scholars believe this tiny citrus originated in China, thousands of years ago. Clementines were brought to the U.S. and…