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Corporate Farming vs. Organic in the Wheatgrass Benefits Debate

Corporate farming has inundated the food industry with genetically modified foods, pesticides and chemical fertilizers, growing crops that are being turned into processed foods with high amounts of chemical additives, forcing us to eat a synthetic diet devoid of nutritional value that our bodies have great difficulty processing.

A healthy solution is adding the benefits of wheatgrass to your daily diet because organic wheatgrass juice powder helps give you back all the vital vitamins and minerals which are very difficult to find in conventional foods today.

It’s a fact that the main component in wheatgrass powder is chlorophyll which is highly beneficial for your good health because it helps to cleanse and detoxify your body.

Every day your body is bombarded with a vast array of harmful chemicals, heavy metals and cancer-causing agents that causes premature aging, prevents healing and is harmful to the proper functioning of your entire body. Read the rest of this entry »

New USDA MyPlate Food Guidelines Image

The new federal government’s evidence-based nutritional guidance to promote health, reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity through improved nutrition and physical activity is a giant step forward with the new MyPlate from the Food Pyramid it has been promoting for the last five years which has been responsible for too much of the obesity and disease in our children and adults alike.

This shift has come about thanks to such organizations as Organic Consumers Organization, Center for Science in the Public Interest, and the Environmental Working Group, all in spite of the vast multi-million dollar lobbying campaign to protect the Food Pyramid by major food processing corporations.

Our government was forced to face the fact that more than one-third of children and more than two-thirds of adults in the United States were overweight or obese, and that we are the sickliest developed country in the world!

As a result, the 7th edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans places stronger emphasis on reducing calorie consumption, placing a heavier emphasis on vegetables and fruits, and increasing physical activity. Read the rest of this entry »

Not all Sweetners are Sweet!

Consider the meaning of the term “degenerative disease”.

The body is breaking down, degenerating and consequently malfunctioning and falling apart.

When something is malfunctioning and falling apart, common sense would dictate the first place to look.

Look to the materials from which it is made.  If the materials from which something is built or made —- including living systems —- is of poor quality, there should be no surprise that malfunction and breakdown —- degeneration —- results.

Poor quality includes refined and junk food —- the wrong type of supplements made with synthetic cheap imitation vitamins and inorganic minerals, food that contains insufficient nutrients, toxic bleach, food additives, pesticides, preservatives, trans-fats, etc.

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Healthy Restaurant Diet Tips

Eating out, in our fast paced lives, has become a way of life and in some cases, a necessity.

But restaurant food is the downfall for the many people who want to eat healthy and/or lose weight.

So how do we meet our needs and still remain healthy?

Make healthy choices and be conscious of portion control!

The better choice needs to be to never eat food prepared in a fast food restaurant.

What to do:  Here are some easy tips and suggestions when ordering in some of our favorite ethnic restaurants:

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What Salt is Best for You?

Question: Do we need salt in our diets?

Answer: Life is not possible without salt for humans, animals, and even plants!

It is impossible to achieve your optimal health in a salt-deficient environment.  In fact, a recent study found that a higher salt intake was tied to longevity.

The common belief that salt is bad for your heart and blood pressure is a complete fallacy.

Only people with congestive heart failure need monitor their reaction to higher intakes of salt.

And for everyone — it is imperative that you eat the right salt!

Salt in usually referred to as sodium chloride. These are the two main electrolytes found in all salt products, however, there is a vast difference in quality and effectiveness.

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Canola Oil a.k.a Rape Seed Oil

For a long time, I have been telling people to avoid canola oil at all costs.

Some people took this advice seriously and others did not.  Some people totally disagreed with my advice while extolling the virtues of canola oil as a very healthy fat which only demonstrated how successful the canola industry has been in selling this poison to the public.

Twenty-five years ago the FDA banned the use of canola oil in infant formulas.  The FDA knew back then that canola was bad for babies and now it is suddenly ok for everyone else.  Why was it banned?  Because canola oil very effectively retards growth!

Animal studies proved that canola oil depleted vitamin E and increased the rigidity of membranes, which is a major factor in causing accelerated aging as well as being a trigger for degenerative disease.  Lipitor™ , many other drugs, as well as phthalates from plastic water bottles, also deplete vitamin E, a critical nutrient.

The depletion of E will cause chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes since more and more people are ingesting canola oil in processed foods, baked goods, salad dressing, fried foods, and candies.

Almost every place you turn today you will find canola oil, so aggressive and successful is their marketing.

In the U.S. and Canada, no human studies have ever been conducted with canola oil.

Canada does not want these studies as it is their largest export product.  Canola oil is Canada oil.

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High Fructose Corn Syrup could be named "Corn Sugar"

A rose by any other name is still a rose.  High fructose corn syrup by any other name is still high fructose corn syrup and still a very unhealthy product.

High fructose corn syrup has caused more diabetes and obesity in both children and adults than any other product.

Why the name change?  So the powers to be can deflect the negative press this particular sweetener has received over the years.  It is blatant deception!

By calling it Corn Sugar, they are betting you will think of it as regular sugar or beet sugar and the bad press will be forgotten.

Why is this so important to you? If you have spent any time taking a look at food labels you almost certainly have noticed one particular ingredient listed which appears almost universally in bakery, packaged foods, and soft drinks, and that ingredient is high fructose corn syrup.

High-fructose corn syrup came into wide-spread use in the 1970s, and was given that name to differentiate it from common glucose-containing corn syrup, as outlined by a study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

High-fructose corn syrup is manufactured by high temperature chemical processing and utilizing enzymes in order to change the glucose in the corn starch into fructose.

Food, bakery, and soft drink manufacturers buy high fructose corn syrup because it is cheaper than sugar and easier to handle and are not concerned with the negative effective effects this sweetener has on your health.

Unlike fructose from natural sources such as fruit which provide the body with energy, the fructose from high fructose corn syrup does not supply energy as the body is unable to properly metabolize this unnatural form of fructose causing undesirable health effects on the body.

Additionally, the corn used in this process is usually from genetically modified seeds and has been sprayed with pesticides. Read the rest of this entry »

Discover the nutrient benefits of soaking raw almonds!

Discover The Health Benefits of Soaking Almonds

Almonds are considered, by nutritionists, to be the healthiest, most nutritious nuts of all.

Almonds are a rich source of protein containing fiber, omega-3 and 6 fatty acids, vitamin E, magnesium, calcium, and zinc.

Almonds are also difficult to digest because of an enzyme inhibiting substance in their brown coating.

The enzyme inhibitor is there to keep the almond more intact until it is ready to sprout into a tree.

For humans, the inability of the nut to release its enzymes interferes with the digestive process makes digestion more difficult, and creating the loss of nutrient value of the almond.

Solution? Soaking eliminates the problem.

The key to maintaining the nutrient value is to only use almonds that are raw.

The eating and soaking process are practically useless if the almonds are pasteurized or roasted since both processes destroy the almonds healthy enzymes.

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