By Real Farmacy Do you have limited space to grow so you figure you must limit yourself to herbs and the like? Well wait until you learn the method explained below. You won’t believe how many potatoes you can get out of a tiny area by…
By Organic and Healthy Begin your day with a natural cleanse of your body by getting rid of all the waste from the day before – with fruit! Get those natural sugars you need! You need to jump start that metabolism of yours on a…
By Marco Torres Due to current levels of soil depletion, genetic modification and pesticides, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today. But what’s the nutritional difference between a carrot in 1950s and one…
By Bill Sardi, OMNS Vitamin C supplements may be needed to quell the rising problem of insulin resistance among grade-school aged children.[1] The advice that fruits and vegetables provide sufficient amounts of vitamin C is being questioned in a newly published study. Diabetes is of growing…
By Mae Chan Mangoes may very well be the king of all fruits. They fight cancer, alkalize the body, aid in weight loss, regulate diabetes, help digestion, clean your skin, and make the perfect snack. Here are 17 healthy reasons why you should be eating…
By Gaye Levy Anyone who loves to garden, especially those who wish to be able to provide wholesome foods for themselves and their families and live independently enough to survive economic or natural disasters will need to know what to do with all of the…
By Daisy Luther If you’re always looking to save a dime and reduce waste, here’s something that most people throw away which has an abundance of uses. The humble banana peel. The classic cartoon prank of putting it on the floor for folks to slip…
By Daily Superfood Love I’m always on the hunt for new foods that might not be something you eat every day (or even consider buying). Expanding food knowledge, developing new recipes, and boosting nutritional intake are all great motivations…but they also have to be delicious!…
By Organic and Healthy A balanced diet is essential for good health, but sometime striking the balance between healthy foods and foods food that will fill you up is tricky. Sweet potato is a great food in that it is low calorie and full of…
By April McCarthy Much of human health hinges on how well the body manufactures and uses energy. For reasons that remain unclear, cells’ ability to produce energy declines with age, prompting scientists to suspect that the steady loss of efficiency in the body’s energy supply…
By Brianna Acuesta The alkaline diet is based on evidence that suggests that acid-forming foods prevent the body from healing properly and the diet replaces those foods with alkaline options. Acid-forming foods leave an ash in your body as your system works to metabolize the…
By Amanda Froelich This bodybuilder healed his severe cystic acne by adopting a vegan diet, eating more vegetables and drinking a gallon of water a day. Every year, Americans spend well over $1.4 billion to clear up skin conditions such as acne. Though many allopathic…
By April McCarthy Higher intake of citrus fruits like oranges and lemons can help keep you healthy as well as prevent harmful effects of obesity-related heart disease, liver disease and diabetes, a study has found. Citrus fruits protect the body through their antioxidant properties (via…
By Heather Callaghan Papaya [puh-PIE-yah] – here’s a fruit that could save you some money on supplements. It’s delicious, versatile and it does so much for your body. Papaya is easy to prepare, sweet but low on sugar and so yummy when paired with other fruits. Personally,…
By Daily Superfood Love The benefits of white mulberry (Morus alba) have been well documented for (literally) several thousand years. Native to Asia, the white mulberry has been successfully introduced to countries all over the world. It’s good for both humans and cattle with versatile…
By Christina Sarich South Africa — Orange peels and avocado skins could solve one of the worst droughts South Africa has seen in years. A 16-year-old schoolgirl from Johannesburg has developed a polymer from two unlikely substances which could help store water reserves in soil, with…
By Christina Sarich United States — Wal-Mart, America’s biggest food retailer, will start selling ‘ugly’ fruit in order to help reduce food waste. While some prattle on about how there are food shortages requiring our use of genetically modified organisms, more than 40 percent of…
By PAUL FASSA As a kid, watermelon was a summer picnic feature. Many simply dove in and spit out the pits while others, myself included, took the time to remove the pits from chunks of watermelon then enjoy the cool sweetness without the distraction of…
By Pamela Bofferding Pineapples are delicious and nutritious—they’re great when used in smoothies, muffins, or baked goods (find even more recipes here). They provide 105% of your daily value of Vitamin C, they’re high in Manganese and Thiamin, and studies have shown that three servings per…
By Heather Callaghan If organic produce was easily accessible and the same exact price as “conventional” produce that uses heavier duty pesticides – you’d pick organic, right? But that’s not the current food system reality and there’s a good chance you live in a food desert or have…
