Here is a recipe for Spiced Nuts–delicious and easy to make!! Recipe makes enough to share if you can part with any! And there is NO gluten, grain, sugar, soy, or dairy. Hope you enjoy this as much as we do! Spiced Nuts
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Preventative Medicine–Exercise and Everything We Eat
Here is yet another article summarizing the impacts of our diet and lifestyle choices. What we eat DOES make a difference–eat a diet which contains mostly VEGETABLES and INCLUDES healthy naturally-raised meats/poultry/fish, fruit, seeds, and nuts. Note–grains are not on my list of recommended foods–use them as treats only.
Controversy over Vit. E and Selenium for Prostate Cancer prevention
Dr. Ingrid Pinchot has published a wonderful article summarizing how Vitamin E (as gamma-tocopherol) can be protective against prostate cancer. She also goes on to report the flaws of the recent study which denies the benefits of selenium and Vitamin E (for example, the research used synthetic alpha-tocopherol despite research […]
Tart Cherry Juice may help Insomnia
If you suffer from insomnia, you may want to try drinking tart cherry juice! Great anti-oxidants for your overall health, too!! Read more here.
Osteoporosis–new methods of evaluation
Using bone-mineral-density measurements to assess osteoporosis and risk of fracture is known to be quite flawed. There are several problems inherent with current screenings: 1. First, the goal is to correlate “bone mineral density” with “bone strength”–but this measurement (often called a DEXA scan) measures primarily the cortical bone which […]
Seven Foods to avoid . . .
Experts were interviewed for their list of foods that they would never eat. These include milk raised using hormones, conventional apples, grain-fed beef, canned tomatoes, non-organic potatoes, farmed fish (which includes “fresh Atlantic”), and microwave popcorn. Read what the experts in these different fields have to say about each of […]
More information on the dangers of hidden gluten.
This is another article summarizing some of the dangers of gluten consumption and the hidden sources of gluten. Please read more here. And avoid gluten in your diet. Stick primarily to vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and naturally-raised meats, poultry, and fish.
What Our Babies Learn in the Womb
This is an interesting article on how our babies begin their learning while still in the womb. If you are pregnant, continue to eat healthfully, and include spiritual and mental “nutrition”, too. For your health and that of your baby! 🙂
Spice Up Your Life!!
Love this article which reviews some of the health benefits of spices. Read on and spice it up!!
Encourage your children to get outdoors.
Recent research indicates that low Vitamin D is associated with childhood obesity. Encourage your children to play outdoors to receive natural source of Vitamin D–they will tend to get more exercise, too. Cod liver oil is another great source of Vit. D.
