Zinc is in every cell of our bodies, it’s a component in 300+ enzyme reactions – more than any other mineral, it aids in the absorption of vitamin A, is necessary for hormones (thymus, insulin, growth & sex hormones – especially the male reproductive system). It’s stored mostly in muscle (65%), and is thus a […]

Make Your Food Work for You. Science tells us that the presence of vitamin C can help your body absorb iron from the foods we eat by up to three times as much! Iron enhances oxygen transport to all tissues of our bodies that depend on a constant supply, and is necessary to support proper […]

Virtually anything and everything we are exposed to must go through the liver for processing, metabolizing, detoxing, or eliminating. Thus, the liver can become bogged down with prolonged increased workload, and lead to poor performance of its many important functions in the body. Signs of slow liver function include: acne, oily skin on the nose […]

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, […]

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 […]