There are some misconceptions with health information about organic foods. Are they safer? More nutritious? More expensive? Tastier?

Standing at the grocery store with a red delicious apple in your hand you cant tell the difference between conventionally grown and organically grown. Both apples are firm, shiny and red. Both have vitamins, fiber and are listed as heart healthy foods. What makes them different?

Organically grown simply refers to the way farmers grow and process the products. Organic practices encourage soil and water conservation and reduce pollution. Farmers …

Why are low carb snacks important?
Snacking is frequently blamed for weight gain. As a matter of fact, snacking properly on high protein and low carb snacks might help save you from unwanted calories.

Here are ideas for healthy snacking and high protein, low carb snacks.
What Are Snacks?
Snacks are like mini meals that help us get through the day. They do not need to be heavy or they’ll have the opposite effect. Eating at regular intervals helps increase your metabolism.

That is what is required to help incinerate unwanted fat from the body. Your metabolism is similar to …

by Dee Braun

I am notoriously horrible at maintaining good nutrition practices. Oh, I KNOW them.

I know I should follow them, but there’s always something else to handle, some place to go, a phone call to answer, an email to respond to – the list goes on and on.

(And I didn’t even mention laundry, dishes, letting the dogs out, meetings, and oh, yeah, taking a bath!)

The thing is, I’m educated in both natural healing modalities and the principals of good nutrition. I’m mom to six children (my ‘baby’ just graduated!) and I know full well how …

Our bodies are always in a state of flux, trying to reach a balance. When we are out of balance we are more likely to experience illness, pain and other ailments. One clue to what may be going on inside your body can be found in your hair.

Who would have thought that your hair could tell you anything other than when it’s time to get your roots done? Well, hair can be used to detect deficiencies in the body, mostly mineral and vitamin deficiencies. There is a test called hair mineral analysis and it can …

There has been so much literature on the news and in the papers about carbohydrates. Some say they are bad, some say they are good, but all they are really doing is confusing us all. What is the truth about carbs and how does it affect the brain?

Have you ever felt sluggish, foggy-headed, confused or irritable? All of these conditions can be attributed to a brain that doesn’t have enough power to work well. Brain power is not just important to do school work or your job, but also to help your body to function …

Fish oil seems to be the new cod liver oil (which, incidentally, is type of fish oil) – a relative cure-all. But do you need to take it? Why should you take it? First and foremost, realize that for the most part it is better to get the nutrients that you need by eating a healthy and well-rounded diet. It is better to eat fish than to take a fish oil supplement.

Of course, this is not always completely reasonable – you may not want to eat fish every single day. Another thing to consider is …

With all of the information floating around the media today about the importance of nutrition more and more people are turning to supplements and vitamins to make up the difference of their fast processed food diets. But do our children also need vitamins supplementation to make up for the differences in their diet?

Experts do not agree on this subject. According to a American Academy of Pediatrics, a diet based on the food pyramid. It will provide adequate amounts of all vitamins which a child requires for appropriate growth and development. However, …

Vegetarian diets are not just for health nuts anymore. Research has been shown to improve the health of people eating vegetarian diets as well as giving them more energy and to help with weight loss.

And vegetarian diets aren’t boring either. In the past years agriculture has advanced in the quality and variety of foods that weren’t available 50 years ago. Although we are creatures of habit the next time you go to the grocery store take a look around. Look past the apples, oranges and bananas to the star fruit, mangos …

One of the main benefits of liquid vitamins, apart from the fact that some people find them easier to take, is the fact they are absorbed more easily by the body.

They get assimilated into the blood stream immediately and have a considerably higher rate of absorption than pills and capsules.

Generally the strength of the ingredients in liquid vitamins are up to five times more concentrated that those in pills, so while you might be paying more for them you will also be getting more benefits from taking them rather than pills.

The main problem with vitamin …

Magnesium is a chemical elements in the ninth most abundant element in the universe as measured by mass. It is also a macro mineral, which means that our food must provide us with hundreds of milligrams of magnesium and every day in order for our bodies to work optimally. Magnesium is found mostly in the bones but also, about 25%, is found in the muscles. Like all other minerals that cannot be made in the body and must be taken in from our diet in order for us to remain healthy.

About two …