I love squash for several reasons: they are high fiber and packed with nutrients they’re a great source of complex carbohydrates, especially important for people who are sensitive to grains they have both anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties the above two qualities make them important in areas of cancer prevention and cancer treatment the above two […]

The “development of cognitive enhancers from plants possessing antioxidants has gained much attention due to the role of oxidative stress-­induced cognitive impairment”. New study shows that the antioxidant properties in ginger improve cognitive function. http://ow.ly/EvQk300yo9M We know that free radicals cause damage to cells. We know that antioxidants mitigate free radicals.   So simply put, […]

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What is a free radical? Essentially it is a highly reactive, uncharged molecule having an unpaired valence electron (it pains me greatly to say this, given how much I loathed chemistry in nutrition school and swore it was the most needless information that I would never call upon to use!) Keep reading, it gets clearer […]

Don’t throw out your steamed-veggie water! We all know the wealth of health benefits of vegetables, right? But did you know that some of it (specifically the live enzymes that help us digest our food and a large percentage of the many vitamins and phyto-nutrients) get leached out into the water when we boil or […]

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is needed in the stomach to break down our food and help absorb its nutrients. Symptoms of low HCl, or an underactive stomach, are excessive gas, belching or feeling very full after meals, halitosis, acne, and nausea after taking supplements. Low HCl will reduce absorption of nutrients from the foods we eat […]

Did you know that as little as 1 gram of trans fatty acids (TFAs) per day raises the risk of cardiovascular disease by 20% !!! Most fast food meals that are deep-fried contain at least 5g of TFAs?!                         Trans fats are also in […]

I know, we’ve all heard the many songs praising vegetables. But do we really know why?  What exactly are all of the specific ways in which they improve health and decrease disease risk? Among the many tremendous benefits, vegetables: * provide the broadest range of nutrients of any food group * are rich sources of […]

We all have a multitude of good and bad bacteria living in our colon. When this balance is off (more bad ones than good ones that protect us) we can see a variety of health issues that range from intestinal troubles to lowered immunity. The number one culprit for destroying our healthy bacteria is antibiotics. […]

Inside our noses we have cilia, tiny hairlike cells of the nasal mucosa that grab onto and remove dust and pathogens from the air as it flows through our nasal cavity.   The cilia move the mucus down the nasal cavity to the pharynx, where it can be swallowed. Sounds gross, but it’s actually very […]