I rarely buy meat at the grocery store. For years now our family has raised our own chickens or pigs for butchering, or hunted deer in the forest. There are many benefits to raising your own meat, for your health and otherwise. But I’d like to share just five of them with you here. 1. [...]
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Green drinks are all the rage. All the beautiful, cool, successful folks are uploading photos and recipes to their social streams. And I’m one of them; converted and utterly convinced about this magic elixir. It wasn’t always the way … I first heard about green drinks by way of that ever optimistic, ever gregarious life [...]
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I’ve seen wild roses in abundance along many country roads. Most people only think of the rose as a fragrant flower; and in the wild, a pesky weed. But I’d like to share not only fragrant ways to use the roses, but healthful ways to use the rose hips. Source of Vitamin C The rose [...]
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Kombucha is a fermented tea drink that dates back to ancient times. If someone offers you Kombucha, they also will probably offer a long list of health benefits to convince you to drink it. Their claims, however, lack a substantial amount of scientific evidence. Not because the evidence isn’t there, but because little testing has [...]
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The organic route to a healthier and more sustainable way of life is reached by many different paths. Every organic enthusiast I know comes at it from a different perspective, and an organic lifestyle can often make it a complicated choice to maintain and advocate. What I wished I’d know when I started … The [...]
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When I read this story of Bruce Flett, I was shocked. This man spent the greater part of last year suffering with dementia as a result of an infection in his heart and a valve replacement. Flett was unable to dial the telephone, use the computer, talk clearly, or even take care of his own [...]
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Eggs are associated with Easter; from chocolate covered Easter eggs to hard boiled eggs that are painted and decorated by children, it is hard to avoid eggs at Easter time. Real eggs (as oppose to the chocolate-covered variety) have many nutritional benefits but they also carry some risks for particular health problems. Eggs need to [...]
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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 [...]
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If you suffer from bulging or lumpy veins in your legs, don’t despair. Roughly half of all middle-aged Americans have varicose veins—mostly women. Although that is little comfort when your legs are in discomfort, there are natural measures you can take to relieve the pain and even shrink the veins that cause it. Varicose veins [...]
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The phrase, “everything in moderation,” never really applied to my life until I decided to become a clean and more conscious eater. I have had my days as slave to the diets that dictated what I could and could not have and once felt the chains of counting of calories shackling me to a life [...]
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Migraines are an extremely debilitating condition; migraines occur most frequently in women between the ages of 20 and 45. In general, three out of four migraine sufferers are women too (source). If you are looking for a natural way to treat migraine, you might want to consider magnesium. Several clinical studies have shown that magnesium [...]
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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 [...]
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