Relaxation breathing for kids
What does this drawing have to do with relaxation? Well, It’s one thing to use deep breathing techniques or visualization to calm down when you’re an adult. It’s quite another…
Reduce, reuse & recycle to minimize food waste
1. Reduce While the super-econo-sized bag or carton of food might have a more economical price per unit, you’re not saving any money if much of it goes bad or…
6 tips to be your own health advocate
The Latin root for the word “doctor”, docere, means “to show, to teach, or to cause to know“. Notably, the word doctor does not have any root-meanings of “dictate, command,…
What is margarine and why is it bad for you?
What is Margarine? Margarine was created in the early 1800s as an inexpensive substitute for butter. Early margarines were made from animal fat. In the 1900s, chemists discovered how to…
Why Choose Grass-Fed Beef Over Grain-Fed Beef?
Remember the good old days in the healthy eating game? That halcyon era when all you had to do was look for suffixes like “-free” and “-fed?” It helped if…
Genetically Modified Food: 4 Reasons to Avoid GMOs
What is genetically modified food? GMOs or Genetically Modified Organisms. Farmers and ranchers have been practicing genetic engineering for thousands of years. Selective breeding of animals to encourage desirable characteristics…
5 Ways to Avoid GMO Foods
We’ve already discussed 4 reasons to avoid genetically-modified organisms (GMO) or GMO foods. Today we cover how to avoid GMO foods, since there’s no way to know if you’re eating genetically-modified food…
How to Sleep Better: 6 Natural Sleep Remedies to Get a Better Night’s Sleep
People underestimate the importance of a lot of things, but sleep isn’t one of them. Still, most of these poor wretches would rather rub the dark circles under their eyes…
Chocolate Covered Coconut Cups: No Baking Involved!
These delicious little chocolate covered coonut cups are an easy way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Best of all, they require no-baking, and set with just a bit of time…
Good Fats vs Bad Fats for Good Health
Good fats: going beyond unsaturated fats In the battle of good fats vs bad fats, people often have a very black and white idea of which fats belong to each…