Lose Weight and Stay Fit Without a Fad Diet

If you are worried about the excess holiday pounds many of us are still carrying around. There are a few easy, natural things you can do to shed them, and none of them requires any unhealthy fad diets. Read more

Red Lentil Soup

Red lentil soup is a quick and easy splash of sunshine and cheerful orange color to brighten your winter days. It is so easy to cook, is high and protein, does not require previous soaking and it falls to a wonderful creamy mush as it cook. Perfect for when you don’t have enough time. Read more

Pomegranate - one of the most promising of health foods

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Renowned herbalist James Duke, a former ecologist with the USDA, has published (in the April, 2008 issue of Alternative & Complementary Therapies) an exhaustive review of the scientific literature on the pomegranate. His conclusion: it is “one of the most promising of health foods” with “a dozen known anti-inflammatory phytochemicals and some 3 dozen antioxidants.” Read more

9 Ways to Buy Organic Food Wisely

The current economy is making us all second-guess every purchase we make, including what the food we buy. A report by Nielsen Company, a market research firm, reported that organic food sales in the US rose only 4 percent in the four week period ending October 4th, compared to 20 percent a year in recent years.

But you do not need to give up on organic, just be more careful with your organic spending and focus on the area where you can get the bet value for money. Stick with these nine strategies and you will soon see your organic dollar stretching farther. Read more

Pumpkin, Apple and Leek Soup

Pumpkins are sweet, earthy and overflowing with healthy vitamins and beta-carotenes. Here they are combined with leeks, apples and cider to make a spicy, hearty soup, perfect for warming us on cold autumnal days. Read more

6 of the Best Foods for Maximizing Muscle Growth

Muscles do everything from helping you move and digest your food, to pumping nutrients throughout your body. So it is very important to keep them in good shape. We do this not only through exercise, but also through a diet that is rich in foods that aid muscle growth.

“Our heart, brain, skin and other organs are in a constant state of remodeling with tissue being built and broken down,” says Nancy Rodriguez, a registered dietitian and director of sports nutrition programs at the University of Connecticut. “Muscles offer a significant supply of amino acids to ensure these vital parts stay strong.” Read more

Pesticide Free Gardening

One of the most common pesticides are Glyphosate and/or Roundup which is harmful to aquatic insects, have widely varying half-lives in soil, and have been associated with damage to the nervous system, reproductive system, respiratory system, and skin. Roundup usage is probably endangering the health of the person using it and damaging the very crops they are trying to protect. Although Roundup will most likely bind to the soil particles where it is applied and stay there for months or years, it can also migrate from those particles to adjacent soil or water, where it will damage seeds, worms, ladybugs, etc. Depending on your method of application, it may await you in your salad. In Monsanto’s own tests, Roundup was found on lettuce five months after it was applied. Read more