Purslane or Portulaca oleracea is an annual succulent plant commonly found in backyards all across the United States. While the U.S. Department of Agriculture labels it as a weed, it is actually a powerful superfood, with a wonderful taste (even many restaurants have started to use it!). Many nutritionists [...]
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The United States boasts many of the most popular food companies in the world, but that doesn’t mean they are necessary good for human health in any way, shape or form. Many U.S. products are chock full of ingredients that have been deemed harmful in independent studies including artificial colors, [...]
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Minerals are essential for a healthy body. They are 100% necessary for the proper functioning of your bones, heart, muscles, and brain. More specifically, they are essential for making enzymes and hormones. Some minerals, such as Zeolite, are excellent for detoxifying the body as well. Its unique, “cage-like” structure allows [...]
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The popularity of “superfoods” has exploded in America as health food stores and organic food markets have swooped up business from larger grocery chains. Everyone’s looking for the next big thing in the world of superfoods, but is it possible that arguably the best (at least among leafy greens [...]
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Recently I had the opportunity to try some organic wine from a company that has endeared itself to me quite a bit over the past few months, Ettore Organic Winery in Mendocino, California. I chose the Merlot, a red wine that retails for 35 dollars on the company’s website, not [...]
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Most tea drinkers are fond of caffeinated varieties such as green tea, matcha, and black tea, but caffeine-free herbal teas have unique healing properties. Chamomile tea is the number one most popular herbal tea in the United States, but further down the list is a tea renowned for its [...]
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The controversial farming chemical glyphosate was first discovered in 1950, and became widely used in the United States in 1974. In 2015, chemical applications hit a major roadblock as it was revealed by the IARC, the top cancer research body of the World Health Organization, that glyphosate was classified as [...]
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For millions of kids across the country Kellogg’s Froot Loops have been a staple part of their morning diet. But are Kellogg’s Froot Loops really safe, and should parents strongly consider boycotting them until the company finally listens to activists and removes all the unnecessary junk? It’s common knowledge that [...]
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Alfalfa is one of the world’s staple crops for feeding livestock, and it also happens to be one of the most nutritionally dense superfoods in existence for human beings as well. Taking an alfalfa supplement or eating alfalfa sprouts each day can help to reduce unhealthy cholesterol, cleanse the body [...]
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Chocolate is hard to hate. While it is true that 10% of the population does not particularly like it, the rest love it so much that the average American eats 12 pounds of chocolate a year, and a European eats 15 pounds. Every single day, 1 billion people [...]
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