On this planet, all life comes from the sun. The sun shines its rays down on plants and plants photosynthesize, using the sun’s energy for the growth of plant cells. Animals and people eat the plants, absorbing the life-giving nourishment and energy stored in the plant’s cells. People eat the animals as well, transferring the […]
Living Naturally
What’s So Bad About Canola Oil?
I used to be a canola oil girl. I believed it was a healthy choice for a cooking oil, and even recommended using it all over my cookbook. Now I know better. As I live and learn and mature, I reserve the right to change my mind as new information comes to light. Such is […]
Unreal Candy; Familiar Candy Made Better
The biggest problem with Halloween, in my opinion, is the amount of crap that my kids come home with. Today’s candy is rife with nastiness like high fructose corn syrup, food dyes, and chemical additives. Unreal Candy is “candy unjunked” TM. Unreal Candy has no: GMOs High Fructose Corn Syrup Trans-fats (partially hydrogenated oils) Artificial […]
Why A Healthy Diet is Important to Your Health
The human body is an amazingly complex machine where vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients often play the role of key catalyst for the performance of our senses, our movements, and even our thoughts. Human beings evolved to derive these nutrients from the food that we eat, and we have seen that eating a nutritionally deficient […]
The Dairy Dilemma
Please enjoy a guest post today by Tracy Stevens of Intuity Wellness regarding selecting the healthiest type of milk for your family. Thanks Tracy! “Milk Does a Body Good.” Does it? That’s what the ad campaign in the 1990s told us. But it does definitely depend on the body and the choices you make. Milk […]
