By Heather Callaghan Bernando LaPallo is a well-known supercentenarian who turned 113 this year – but only looks as though he could just barely start the retirement process. Retire, he won’t – even though he has vibrantly lived since 1901. He writes books and speaks…
By Heather Callaghan Each day a person gets about three opportunities to up their nutrition in order to sustain them for that day and carry them through to the next. Some of us, for various reasons, cannot overhaul our food lifestyles overnight. Sometimes the availability…
By Heather Callaghan The inside of a healthy body has a thriving ecology and a thriving economy in its own right. No less could be said for your blood alone. A factory of 19 billion tiny capillaries, for instance, have the ability to repair you…
by Natural Blaze It’s true that there seems to be a superfood of the week … almost every week. But do all of them offer the benefits that proponents claim? Could some of them even be a risk to your health? We came across the…
by Jeff Roberts As a kid growing up in a lower-middle class family in northern Canada, the idea of eating leafy green vegetables such as kale would have likely grossed me out. Meat and grains constituted the majority of our family meals, and I trusted…
by Dr. Scott Graves Recently, the ice bucket challenge for ALS has spread wildly across social media and the Internet. The purpose of the ice bucket challenge is to raise awareness about ALS and to donate for research to finding a cure for this awful…
by Dr. Victor Marchione When you were very young, you likely got the bulk of your nutrition from breast milk. This milk was highly digestible, high in nutrition, and gave your developing body what it needed to grow. But as you grew, you likely began…
by Dr. K.J. McLaughlin Everyone I talk to wants to lose weight it seems. From a professional perspective, more people I have seen want and need to lose the excess pounds they have gained throughout the years. This is an important health concern that so…
By John Summerly A wave of viral and bacterial infections is sweeping across the Northern Hemisphere and people are taking longer to heal from an array of symptoms within the respiratory system. If you are resorting to conventional medicine to address these infections with antibiotics,…
New research has uncovered an underutilized berry that could be the new super fruit, the buffaloberry. A new study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), found that buffaloberries contain large amounts of lycopene and a related acidic…
by Margie King You may know microgreens as the delicate, colorful garnish on your overpriced and undersized meal at an upscale restaurant. Yes, they’re visually appealing but aren’t they pointless decoration? Some aficionados have claimed superfood status for these tiny edible greens produced from vegetable,…
By James Maskell Almost every major news outlet this October has covered some aspect of what is now commonly referred to as “Pinkwashing”. By partnering with the well funded and influential breast cancer charities, product companies rake in the money and little of it actually…
By Margie King For modern cooks, rosemary is best known as the perfect herb to pair with a good roast chicken or lamb. But as with other herbs, it also has powerful and ancient medicinal properties. Modern science is catching up to what the ancients…
By Daisy Luther The lower your income is, the more difficult it is to be particular about what you feed your family. This probably isn’t an earth-shattering revelation to anyone, but if you feel like experimenting, try to buy a week’s worth of healthy food…
By Daisy Luther The Nature’s Vitamins series Sometimes the sources for elemental nutrients are, quite literally, right in your own back yard. This couldn’t be more true than for Vitamin C. Vitamin C is a vital nutritional component for a healthy diet and is the…
By Catherine J. Frompovich In Part 1 I discussed some of the more commonly-associated information regarding food allergies, at least information that many ‘holistically-inclined’ eaters may be familiar with. What I talk about in Part 2 is information that probably very few eaters know. The information revolves…
By Sayer Ji Research on garlic indicates that it may provide an ideal low-cost and safe alternative to drugs and vaccines in reducing the three most common causes of death in the world.In a world mesmerized by the false promises of pharmaceutical industry marketing copy,…
by Natural Blaze Garlic is well known as a natural health remedy that has long been used to treat various ailments. Natural sleep remains the best way to enhance immune system function, but garlic has a surprising amount of health benefits. It is extremely easy…
By Natural Blaze Boosting your immune system is a topic that often comes up as winter sets in. Adults and children start to get the sniffles. The yearly discussion about flu shots starts up again with all the arguments for and against. Magazines run articles…
By Natural Blaze As rates for cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes continue to climb, many people seem to be searching for a magic bullet to have optimal health overnight. It is this fantasy that Big Pharma preys upon with its ever-increasing array…
