How to prevent cancer by eating good food and avoiding chemicals

What does your body need from food to help keep cancer at bay? Nutrients. So many packaged foods, fruits and vegetables included, have been stripped of vital nutrients. Look for locally grown and organic produce, and look for things in their whole and complete state (i.e. not processed). These can be foods like apples, potatoes, celery and even chicken legs. Focus on cooking at home with ingredients like these, as you don’t know what restaurants are cooking with.

Jewelweed Leaf: Nature’s Antihistamine

Jewelweed is a common weed, marked by its bright orange flowers, often found growing along the edges of creek beds and lawn borders. This plant has long been recognized as a natural remedy for dermatitis: Poison Ivy, Oak, Sumac, bug bites, and eczema. The juice from Jewelweed has been used by Native Americans in the Appalachian region for […]

5 Common Bad Cooking Habits and How to Fix Them

The following article was written by Benjamin who writes for Online Cooking Schools. You can read more of what he’s got to say on the Cooking Schools Blog. These days it is likely that you are bombarded with so much information about how to create and maintain a healthy lifestyle that determining the right diet for […]

Senior Citizen Safety and Health Tips

The following article is written by Marie Clark who also writes for Elder Kind. If you want to have more energy for the things that you love to do and reduce your odds of getting diseases like diabetes, colon cancer and osteoporosis then all you need are exercise, physical activity and a balanced diet to start living […]

How To Reduce The Toxins In Your Bedroom

The following article is written by Thomas from Luxury Organic Mattress. Thomas is fascinated with creating green homes and writes about healthy options for mattresses and bedding. He compares organic wool, organic cotton, natural latex and natural memory foam mattresses. The bedroom is often overlooked as a source of toxins in the home. There are harmful chemicals […]

Good Food For Eye Health

The following article was written by Dr. David Cronauer, a graduate of Wilkes University Pennsylvania College of Optometry affiliated, accelerated program, is affiliated with Replace My Contacts, provider of discount contact lenses on more than 150 brands, including Air Optix Aqua, Acuvue Oasys, SofLens Multifocal, and many more. Dr. Cronauer focuses vision related problems for head injury and stroke […]

Lose Weight With The Mediterranean Diet

The following is a guest post by Peter. He writes about mediterranean diet and other modern ways of healthy living. Introduction Once you decide it’s time to lose weight and do a bit of research on what you can do, you’d find that there are a lot of diets to choose from. All of them […]