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Monday 21 Jul 2008

Healthy snacks may not be so healthy

Time.com reported on an important Canadian study, which looked into hundreds of products marketed to children, many of which make nutritional claims on the packaging. “Most parents already know that sugary sodas and greasy potato chips are not the healthiest food choices for children. But what about the hundreds of other widely available and kid-friendly packaged [...]

Friday 18 Jul 2008

New foodscout homepage and books we love

We’ve made a couple of changes to foodscout this week! Our home page now features a “food of the day.” Each day, one of our many nutritious foods will be featured on foodscout with a picture and summary of its health benefits and abundant nutrients. Our most recent blog posts will also be featured [...]

Sunday 06 Jul 2008

Dark Field Microscopy - A quick, effective, and interesting health check

For those of us who are doing our best to improve our health, it’s difficult to know how healthy we really are. There are hundreds of tests to check for disease when you are showing symptoms, but not much guidance for relatively healthy people. Dark field microscopy is a technology that allows you to look [...]

Wednesday 25 Jun 2008

A Treatment for TMJ that works

A few years ago I was suffering from Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorder, or TMJ. TMJ refers to acute or chronic inflammation of the joint that connects the lower jaw to the skull and typically results from habitual clenching and grinding of the teeth. My case had not yet progressed to the level that [...]

Wednesday 25 Jun 2008

New food added - Buckwheat

We have added one more food recently. Buckwheat, the fruit seed that behaves like a tasty, gluten-free grain, is abundant in too many nutrients to list. Studies have also shown it to be beneficial for lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, stabilizing blood sugar, and helping with weight-loss. Check out the new buckwheat page [...]

Friday 13 Jun 2008

Forced creativity through CSAs

As I mentioned in a recent post, we have joined a Community Supported Agriculture program through which we receive a box full of produce every week. We have no control over what comes in the box. They just give us whatever the farm is growing. This has been absolutely fantastic. The box is [...]

Wednesday 11 Jun 2008

Finding fluoride-free water

In the previous article, we looked at reasons why fluoridated water, which is very common throughout the United States, is a public health problem.  In this post, we will find out how to get water that is free or nearly free of fluoride. Information about water purification systems is everywhere, but is surrounded by a considerable [...]

Monday 09 Jun 2008

Why be concerned about fluoridated water?

Like most people in the United States, I was raised to believe that adding fluoride to the water supply was a critical part of combating tooth decay. Fluoride is added to virtually all of the public water supply in the U.S. but a growing number of organizations are now demanding that this practice be stopped. There [...]

Saturday 31 May 2008

Community Supported Agriculture

Buying local is relatively new positive trend, particularly for produce. Buying local helps support small farms, reduces your carbon footprint, and delivers fresher produce. Many natural food stores now label their local produce, but unfortunately, it isn’t always readily available, especially if you buy organic. Now is a great time to look into Community [...]

Tuesday 27 May 2008

Lower your toxic load

Toxins from more than 55,000 regulated chemical dumps enter into our food supply each year (not to mention the estimated 200,000 illegal chemical dumps in the U.S.). These toxins eventually find their way into the food supply. Ingesting and absorbing toxins lead to disease by interfering with the way your body was designed to work. [...]