Posted by Vicki on Thursday Apr 8, 2010
Filed under :Basic Nutritional Requirements, Effects of Diet and Environment, Whole Food Nutrition
Our health is our most important asset. And with our busy lives, even given the resources we have at hand, it is sometimes difficult to maintain good health. But it is even more difficult if we need to recover it, once we experience disease, or more....
Posted by Vicki on Tuesday Mar 9, 2010
Filed under :Whole Food Nutrition
By Alex Zorach of RateTea.net
The internet is filled with websites making claims about how tea is good for you–especially green tea and white tea. The science of tea is young, and the health effects of tea are not fully understood, but more....
Posted by Vicki on Sunday Feb 28, 2010
Filed under :Basic Nutritional Requirements, Whole Food Nutrition
Phytonutrients are powerful antioxidants that are indicated by the colors of fruit and vegetables. They work synergystically with one another as do vitamins, minerals, and enzymes.
Tens of thousands of known phytonutrients have been studied so more....
Posted by Vicki on Monday Feb 8, 2010
Filed under :Basic Nutritional Requirements, Whole Food Nutrition
I recently hosted a Blog Talk Radio that I thought I would share here, on mind-body wellness and nutrition – We covered topics from the reasons for the emotional connection to health and our body’s ability to absorb nutrition, repair more....
Posted by Vicki on Thursday Dec 10, 2009
Filed under :Whole Food Nutrition
Being a lifelong chocoholic, I have often joked that chocolate is nutritious food, since it is from a bean (a vegetable), and by this I validated my habit.
But although I would have loved to title this post “The Healing Properties of more....
Posted by Vicki on Wednesday Nov 18, 2009
Filed under :Food Warnings, Whole Food Nutrition
Please sign this petition to prevent COMPLETE industrialization of our national food supply and imminent adoption of the WTO Codex regulations which will restrict the use of nutritional supplements.
HR 875, S 425 and related bills in essence, are more....
Posted by Vicki on Tuesday Nov 10, 2009
Filed under :Basic Nutritional Requirements, Digestive Health, Whole Food Nutrition
Did you know that you can promote or inhibit good digestion with certain combinations of foods? Were you aware that the way in which you ingest certain foods can actually waste nutrients and even affect your health in a negative way?
It is true, more....
Posted by Vicki on Tuesday Sep 8, 2009
Filed under :Effects of Diet and Environment, Food Warnings, Whole Food Nutrition
Olive Oil is thought to be one of the most healthy oils, but while that may be true, it is still harmful to have too much of the wrong types of fats (e.g., oils) in our diet. The right balance of fat and the right types of fat are essential to more....
Posted by Vicki on Wednesday Sep 2, 2009
Filed under :Basic Nutritional Requirements, Whole Food Nutrition
This is a great video of Dr. Joel Fuhrman talks about why diets that don’t work, and explains what proportions of which foods you should eat to get the most nutrients. In other words, which foods are the most nutrient dense and therefore more....
Posted by Vicki on Sunday Aug 9, 2009
Filed under :Food Warnings, Whole Food Nutrition
Debate has gone on over the years about the value of eating organic foods over the typically grown produce, meat and dairy products. Organic typically means produced without toxic agricultural chemicals and synthetic fertilizers, and where meat more....