8 Easy Steps to
BETTER NUTRITION
Written by Denise Sloan Smart, Barton HealthCare System
The building blocks to good health seem so simple: eat right and exercise. When coupled with regular physical exercise, a healthy diet can help prevent diseases, increase your stamina, ease stress and enhance your quality of life.
But sound nutrition is more than a “diet” [...]
A Powerful Do-It-Yourself Tool
To Optimize Your Health and Wellbeing
By Andreas Moritz |
Book Review by June Milligan, M.Ed., CCHt |
For me, the most startling information in this book was the size and number of stones that could be blocking your liver ducts without your knowledge. I was amazed that hundreds of stones consisting of congealed [...]
By Christine Pinney Karkow, ACE and AFAA Certified Personal Trainer
Getting the right amount of protein is vital to good health. Our bodies break down the protein molecules that we eat into amino acids, the body’s building blocks for all body tissue. Most people need about .8 grams of protein per kg of body weight (1.37 [...]
Where’s
The Beef?
Natural beef in bulk… What cuts of meat are found when buying a half of a cow?
• 4-5 rib steaks (boneless 1.5 inches thick)
• 4 bone in chuck roasts (2 inches thick)
• 2 cross rib roasts (3-4 lbs each)
• beef back ribs (cut in 2 packages)
• beef shank 1.5 [...]
From the EWG.org
Why Should You Care About Pesticides?
There is growing consensus in the scientific community that small doses of pesticides and other chemicals can adversely affect people, especially during vulnerable periods of fetal development and childhood when exposures can have long lasting effects. Because the toxic effects of pesticides are worrisome, not well understood, or [...]
A Liver-Healthy Vegetable
By Bill Nickerson
The artichoke (Cynara scolymus), is as old as human civilization itself; artichokes were cultivated by the ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians. It is native to the Mediterranean region, an area of the world with one of the lowest rates of chronic disease and one of the highest life expectancies. It is [...]
By Virginia Parsons, MS, CCHT, CTLC
How often do you find yourself rushing out the door early in the morning and forgetting to eat breakfast? You’re not alone. Breakfast is one of the most frequently skipped meals in America. However, it might be worth your time to pause and understand just what happens to your body [...]
By Kurt Grange, PhD, ND
Soy. You cannot get away from this supposedly protein rich “health” food. It can be found in almost every aspect of a typical North American’s diet of fast, processed and packaged products including crackers, cookies, breads, baked goods, canned foods, soymilk, soy burgers, soy energy bars, soy ice cream, soy cereal, [...]
