Did you know that our society is in the midst of a health craze? Any way you turn there is information about being healthier. Eating healthy foods is obviously one of the best ways to improve your health. However when people hear those two words they think of boring, bland foods that are widely available as a natural food co-op. read full article…

If you’re like a majority of people you’re on a health kick to enjoy life more. Of which one problem that you may face is giving up all of those sweet cookies for a healthy cookie. For sure you may not believe that any cookie without tons of sugar can be good. read full article…

Omega 3 fatty acids are essential for physical and mental well-being but the modern diet is often very deficient in omega 3 fatty acids with the balance between omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids being extremely high. read full article…

When you have no time to cook your own food, what do you do? The answer is obvious, of course. You go out to your local fast food outlet (in deference to your kids’ preferences), you go out to the food strip at the mall, or you order take out. It is convenient and you can eat your fill at these joints. What’s not so obvious, however, is what such a practice is doing to you and your children’s health. read full article…

Recent studies done at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health reveal that the chemical in cocoa beans has a biochemical effect similar to aspirin in reducing platelet clumping, which can be fatal if a clot forms and blocks a blood vessel, causing a heart attack. Diane Becker, M.P.H., Sc.D., a professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health says that these findings are not intended as a prescription to eat large amounts of chocolate candy. read full article…

Mention organic foods to a room full of people and chances are a majority of them will turn up their noses, expecting for the food to be revolting. Why is this? Why do many individuals automatically assume that just because food is organic that it doesn’t taste just as good as non-organic? Well, one reason why people do this is they simply aren’t educated about what exactly organic food is. read full article…

Children everywhere in the world have an on-going love affair with junk food such as hamburgers, pizza, candy, soda and salty foods like potato chips and french fries. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find a single child who has these same strong feeling for the healthy food that they need such as grains, vegetables, fruits and foods reach in nutrients such as meat, beans, fish and nuts. read full article…

You have probably witnessed that eating a healthy breakfast can save you from cravings later during the day and can actually assist your effort in loosing the excess weight you have been carrying around for some time now. But, as time has lately been considered a luxury not many people have during the day and read full article…

The grocery store can be a pretyy hazardous place when you’re trying to stick with a healthy diet. It offers both the healthy foods you need as well as the opportunity to buy all kinds of unhealthy foods. read full article…

With the recent outbreak of e-coli traced back to bagged spinach of all things, the FDA now suggests consumers thoroughly wash all bagged produce (including salad) before consuming it to avoid the extreme diarrhea e-coli bacterial can cause. read full article…

We Americans love our food and drinks, don’t we? It seems like with every turn of your car’s steering wheel, there’s a McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s, Hardees, KFC – well, the list of fast food restaurants could go on forever. The point is, they keep popping up all over the place because of consumer demand. We want read full article…

Tomatoes are made out of water and vital biological substances. The tomato is a plant belonging to the Solanaceae or nightshade family, native to Central and South America, from Mexico to Peru. Because tomatoes are low in calories, they are considered an excellent and nutritional type of food for people that wish to read full article…

Are you eating enough vegetables? The new food guidelines issued by the United States government recommend that all Americans eat between five and nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day.

Now this may sound like a lot, but it really isn’t. Despite that, an amazing number of people do not eat enough vegetables and fruits every day. Fortunately, read full article…

I read an interesting article on the Internet the other day that was written by an agriculture graduate student at Tufts University entitled ‘A ‘Modified’ Debate over GMOs.’ The piece attempts to answer the common questions that are raised about genetically modified foods, but points out that these questions remain largely unanswered because of the debate over biotechnology that continues to rage on. read full article…