Fat. Just say the word and notice the emotions it evokes. The word can have very negative connotations in modern society. Fats have a bad reputation, both for making people fat and for being bad for their health. Foods labeled as “low fat” or “no fat” are promoted as being healthy. There are, however, healthy fats. Healthy fats include avocado, chia seeds, egg, walnuts, olive oil, oily fish, olives, and dark chocolate. Despite this bad […]
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Using Food and Culinary Herbs to Heal Disease Over two thousand years ago, the famous Green physician Hippocrates said, “Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.” This is still good advice and we should be using food as medicine. After all, one of the primary ways you can maintain good health is through nutrition. Many ailments are nothing more than deficiencies of the vital nutrients and phytochemicals found in food. All plants, including medicinal herbs, contain nutrients – carbohydrates, proteins, […]
Boost up your Immune System with Herbs and Nutrition They can help your body fight off any type of infection! Every time some type of infection is discovered, many people get scared. This isn’t surprising. The news media often plays upon people’s fears of disease, reminding them of historical pandemics like the Spanish flu epidemic, which occurred over 100 years ago. Fears are also fueled by movies and TV shows depicting humanity being devastated by some plagues. Films like The Last Man on Earth, The Andromeda Strain, The […]
Roller coasters can be great fun, but they would be a nightmare if you could never get off. If you had to stay on for hours, day after day, you would wind up stressed, exhausted, and desperate for escape. Unfortunately, every year millions of people get on the blood sugar roller coaster and can’t get off, and this roller coaster ride also leaves them feeling stressed and exhausted. And, even worse, it leads to major chronic and degenerative diseases. […]
There is no doubt that controversy exists between traditional medicine and holistic medicine. The traditional side says herbs aren’t tested and are unsafe. The herbal side says they have been used for thousands of years and are safe. Regardless of your viewpoint, no one should be forced to take a pharmaceutical or an herb. Everyone should be able to try and choose which works best for them. Regardless of which way you are leaning, educating […]