When I first learned about the raw food diet, it took me years to figure out how to do it properly. Then it took me even more years - making mistakes and compromising my health - until I started experiencing the benefits I was looking for from the start! Let's face it, if you're going to bother changing your diet at all, there's got to be a reason for doing it. I would bet you want to improve your health and energy, right? But why take years to...more
Organic produce is one of the fastest growing food retail sectors in the country.Health scares such as BSE and foot-and-mouth, plus fears of GM crops/food and synthetic dyes and ingredients such as Sudan1 have led to considerable growth in the organic and the healthy food market as worried consumers seek out more healthy and natural products.Recent research by market analysts nVision suggests four in ten adults now choose organic options on a...more
How to nurture our bodies with the right foods : There is a very important connection between how we nurture our bodies and how we heal, recuperate from injury and even what diseases we contract over our lifetime. There are certain foods that can prevent disease, and there are other foods that can support and strengthen our body systems as well as bolstering up our immune system against disease and infection. You have to think of food as not only fuel for our brain and muscles, but also the fuel that recharges or kick starts our immune system and heart. The food that we eat contains the nutrients that are necessary for the cells of our bodies so that they can perform tasks assigned to them by the unique design of our body.When our cells do not have or lack the correct nutrients they will not be able to function, and thus perform poorly or maybe stop functioning all together. The results from poor nutrition can often times be the cause disease or make the recovery time very much longer than it should be.Eating so called "super foods" or just using nutritious, natural foods as a remedy or medication is be coming a very popular way to handle health challenges of our stress filled...more