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Genetic Engineering
What is Genetic Engineering?
In the recent years man has improved in his quest for scientific knowledge. He has gone far and beyond and has reached the depth of what some may consider madness, but others know as cloning.
Of course why should we worry, right? He’s only cloning an animal, which has nothing to do with [...]
High Fiber Foods
What Are High Fiber Foods?
You already know you should be including foods high in fiber in your diet and if you’re like many of us, you’re probably sitting there thinking about how much you hate bran.
Fiber, also known as bulk, is found in Mother Nature’s plants. There are two types of the well-known nutrient. They [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup
What Is High Fructose Corn Syrup?
Most of us are pretty conscious about what we let our kids eat and what we won’t let them eat, but even those so-called good for our kids products may be doing more harm than good! So the next time you go shopping, take some time to read the labels [...]
Artificial Sweeteners
What Are Artificial Sweeteners?
If you’re diabetic, you’re probably praising the idea of a sugar substitute. But did you know that substitutes like artificial sweeteners may actually do more harm than good?
These sugars are chemicals used in replace of the sugar (sucrose) found in everyday use. They are known as food additives and can copy natural [...]
Processed Foods
What Are Processed Foods?
If you’re in a hurry to pick something up for a quick meal at the grocery store, what’s the first thing you grab? If you find yourself lingering towards a prepackaged food like a TV dinner because it’s easy to prepare, you could be setting yourself up for all sorts of nasty [...]
Migraine Headaches
About Migraine Headaches
Facing your day with a headache is never fun, but facing your day with a migraine is even worse! If you suffer from migraines, you’re certainly not alone. As a matter of fact, migraines affect more than 29 million people and that number could actually increase in the next several years!
A migraine headache [...]
All About Caffeine
All About Caffeine
You sit down and pour yourself the usual cup of coffee every single morning before you start your day just to wake yourself up. Then by lunchtime you find yourself purchasing a soda from the vending machine to keep you going through the rest of your workday.
By the time you get home, you’re [...]
Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency
What Are Some Symptoms of Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency?
If you’re not getting enough vitamins and minerals, you may very well be setting yourself up for all sorts of problems if you haven’t already. Take a good hard look at yourself. Have you noticed anything unusual about yourself? Are you more tired than usual? Does your [...]
Vitamin Supplements
What Are Vitamin Supplements?
All vitamin supplements are not the same. Manufacturers want us to believe that their product is the best, but many vitamins simply don’t contain the essential nutrients needed for everyday living.
Most manufacturers single out vitamins to customers who believe they only need a specific one.
Unfortunately what many of us don’t realize is our [...]
Homeopathic Medicine
What Is Homeopathic Medicine?
Everywhere in the news we see people addicted to over-the counter medications and prescription drugs. Sometimes those faces get lucky and spend time in a rehab center where they’re able to get help with their addiction while others are not as lucky. It’s tragic what a man-made medication can do to a [...]
Vegan Certified
What Is Vegan Certified?
In today’s society, going to the store can be very frustrating, especially if you’re a vegetarian. It’s easy to walk into a store and ask for foods that are vegan certified, but if an employee has no idea what that means, he or she may mistakenly lead you to organic products which [...]
Probiotics
What Are Probiotics?
If you’re like me, you’ve probably never heard of the term probiotics. Probiotics are live bacteria that are found in the digestive system. It is harmless bacteria that are beneficial to our body’s intestines since it fights against the development of bad bacteria.
There are around 400 types of the bacteria in our digestive [...]
Synthetic Vitamins
What Are Synthetic Vitamins?
When you walk into a drugstore or head down the vitamin isle of your local supermarket, you probably notice that there are a wide variety of cheap vitamin products on the shelves. A great thing if you’re on a budget, right? Wrong. More than likely, that so-called cheap vitamin is not even [...]
Certified Organic
What Does “Certified Organic” Mean?
Everywhere you look you will find foods that contain the words, “certified organic” on their packaging. If you’re anything like me, you may be wondering just what the heck those words really mean.
For the farmers, this simply means the foods must be grown using resources that give back to our environment [...]
Naturopathic Medicine
What Is Naturopathic Medicine?
More and more of us are turning away from over-the counter medications and more towards Mother Nature when it comes to what ails us. We’re finding that not only is Mother Nature safer than some medications, its also less expensive. Even some doctors are becoming aware of our needs by offering their [...]
Free Radicals
What Are Free Radicals?
Have you ever had an experience in life where you’ve been in danger and fought to get out of that dangerous situation? Well, so has your body. As a matter of fact your body does it everyday when the atoms known as free radicals combine and then bounce around wildly, destroying everything [...]
Nutritional Health Supplements
What Are Nutritional Health Supplements?
With so many nutritional health supplements on the market today, it’s hard not to become confused when it comes to trying to figure out what’s what in this competitive world and whether they are even really worth taking.
Despite the big bad world of today’s health market, many people do not know [...]
What Are Whole Foods?
In today’s dietary world there are two main types of food: processed and/or refined and whole foods. Processed and refined foods have ingredients added to them such as sugar, salt, or fat. Whole foods, on the other hand, haven’t had anything added to them. They are in their original state. Here is some valuable information [...]
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Hello!
This is a really nice blog you've got. I love the color scheme! ;)
Lewis