If you will keep these always in stock in your kitchen – and eat them on a daily or almost daily basis – you will be providing your body with some very important nutrients as well as adding to the taste and enjoyment of your food in a truly healthy manner. Cruciferous vegetables – kale, […]

Be freshly showered without any fragrance products, wear light-colored loose clothing, avoid excessive movement and heat Eat garlic, but not bananas, during mosquito season Take one Vitamin B1 tablet a day April through October; add a B Complex vitamin each day during high mosquito season Use citronella products – soap to shower with, essential oil […]

5 MORE WAYS TO NATURALLY TREAT CONSTIPATION 1. Food Combining Foods digest differently. If you have a weak digestive system, combining certain foods at the same meal can result in incomplete digestion, with constipation as one of the consequences. Try following these rules for a few days: Eat fruit all by itself, at least an […]

1. Check your Vitamin D level (“25 hydroxy-vitamin D”) At least 50% of people today seem to be low. Aim for having your level approximately in the middle of the reference range (not at the lower end), and see how you feel. Supplementation may be needed; choose a quality product that uses Vitamin D3. 2. […]

1. Sugars, in all its many forms (white, brown, raw, corn syrup, rice syrup, maple syrup, molasses, honey) This includes foods and beverages to which these sugars were added – check your labels! In the beverage category, look at sodas, fruit juice drinks, powdered lemonades, sweetened wine and alcohol beverages. With foods, of course anything […]

1. Drink more water There’s a rough formula to follow in order to fulfill your body’s daily requirement for water. Take half of your body weight, as expressed in pounds, and drink that number of ounces of water each day. For example, someone who weighs 160lbs should drink a minimum of 80oz (2.5quarts) of water […]

Oil pulling is an ancient Ayurvedic practice dating back thousands of years. When the oil used is coconut oil, its special antimicrobial properties result in a very effective technique, although good quality sunflower or sesame oil can also be used. The high lauric content of coconut oil makes it an especially strong inhibitor of a […]

The average adult today spends 9 to 10 hours per day sitting. Even if that same adult does the recommended daily 30 minutes of exercise, or more, it would not begin to offset the harmful effects on health prolonged sitting incurs. Diabetes, altered glucose metabolism, cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, poor digestion, anxiety, and depression are […]

Many of us are inspired to eat clean and live a healthy lifestyle. Unfortunately people often fail to follow through on their health goals. Two of the biggest obstacles people face when trying to eat healthy are lack of time and not having the right ingredients on hand. Having a well-planned shopping list can help […]

Among the worst habits, in terms of a healthy lifestyle, is sitting down for prolonged periods of time. It is inarguable that exercise is good for a number of reasons. But now researchers are taking the issue a step further by saying that in addition to including exercise in their daily routine, people need to […]