Category: food
Eat a Rainbow
Healthy eating is as simple as filling your plate with a rainbow of color! Red – Tomatoes, watermelon, guava Benefits: Lycopene: antioxidants Orange – Carrots, yams, mangoes, pumpkins Benefits: Beta-carotene: immune system Yellow-orange – Lemons, oranges, papayas, peaches Benefits: Vitamin C: detoxify harmful substances Green – Spinach, kale, collards Benefits: Folate: builds healthy cells Green-white [...]
Go Greek or Go Home
NPR recently released a story on the Greek yogurt identity crisis happening in our grocery aisles and shopping carts. With the help of cornstarch, agar agar and/or milk protein concentrate, imposters have started to invade our dairy shelves. We’ve trusted the USDA and FDA to provide us with correct information on nutrition labels and assure [...]
Health Benefits Of Spinach
No matter how many vitamins you take, you still won’t receive all the health benefits of spinach. That’s because spinach contains more health giving elements than vitamins and minerals, it has other phytonutrients not contained in multiple vitamins. In fact, there are at least 14 different flavonoids contained in the leafy green vegetable that can [...]
FDA approves Qsymia by Vivus
The first few times I read this I thought it said Virus. That about sums up my credibility as a health news reporter, but that won’t stop me from filling this post full of judgementalism and negativity. After all, that’s what news is about, no? Vivus shares are rallying yet again, continuing their big surge [...]
Genetically Modified Organisms | Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug was a scientist. His work on genetically modified organisms has saved over a billion people from starvation so far. Most were a different race from him. He didn’t want the praise. He didn’t want the money. He didn’t want to be worshiped. His only motive was human compassion. And you’ve probably never heard [...]
10 Amazing Benefits of Using Apple Cider Vinegar | Infographic
Apple Cider Vinegar has been highly regarded throughout history. In 400 B.C. the great Hippocrates, Father of Medicine, used it for its amazing health qualities. Internal Benefits: Rich in enzymes & potassium Support a healthy immune system Helps control weight Promotes digestion & ph Balance Helps soothe dry throats Helps remove body sludge toxins External [...]
