Throughout the course of our lives, we all face hardships that are unique to us, many of which we don’t share with many people. Sometimes, these moments damage us to the point where we have a hard time seeing the silver lining. Other times, they provide us with an epiphany, [...]
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Naked Nutrition is one of my favorite new nutrition brands I’ve tried in recent months, in large part because of their willingness to experiment and improve on their product formulas. Makers of grass-fed whey protein bars, protein cookies and electrolyte drinks, Naked Nutrition has gotten much better about adding organic [...]
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The mid-90s brought a huge change in agriculture through genetically engineered crops. The use of GMOs led to a huge increase in the amount of pesticides used. Demand for organic food has increased, but organic still makes up just 5% of all farmland in the U.S. Meanwhile, organic farmers [...]
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Over the course of my holistic health journey I have learned an awful lot of information through trial-and-error. I’ve tried the vegan diet, long-term juice cleanses and fasts, fasting, which can do something incredible for healing the immune system, the Bulletproof Diet (learn more here), and several others protocols. Overall, [...]
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It’s well known and understood that Americans are staring down an epidemic of chronic diseases in today’s day and age, and diabetes is one of the most fearsome and prevalent of all of these diseases. About 37.3 million Americans currently have some form of diabetes according to the CDC, or [...]
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When I first started getting into the world of organic “superfoods,” I was a broke 23-year-old kid fresh out of college who had no idea where to start. It all began after reading the classic book The Hundred Year Lie about chemicals in our food supply and continued when [...]
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The top producer of pork in the United States, the Smithfield Corporation of Smithfield, Virginia, is well known for its line of sausages, roasts, ribs, bacon and more. These types of processed meats are favorites among United States customers, where they are widely consumed with Sunday breakfasts, at diners and [...]
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This goes without saying, but tap water is generally not your best bet when it comes to drinking the healthiest water you can find. Mainstream bottled water brands generally aren’t the best idea either, considering some of the chemicals like PFAS that have been found in them recently. As far [...]
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As the industrialized world has became more ‘sanitary’ in all ways from the overuse of toxic chemical hand sanitizers to the pasteurization of food and dairy products, many original, old world traditions have been lost along the way. It’s unfortunate because many of these foods offer health benefits the likes [...]
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Activists, government officials, organic advocates and everyday people have expressed concern over neonicotinoids over the past decade, but bee deaths are still a serious problem with no end in sight. Neonicotinoids are pesticides that have been coated with a thick outer layer of toxic, synthetic pesticide chemicals, and are found on [...]
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