Monthly Archives: August 2014

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Dragon Fruit: The Scaly-Looking Food with Amazing Health Benefits

Dragon fruit may have an "edgy" name with an equally bold look to match, but the health benefits it provides are well worth enjoying.

By | 2015-12-19T01:52:24-05:00 August 29th, 2014|Food, Resyndicated|Comments Off on Dragon Fruit: The Scaly-Looking Food with Amazing Health Benefits

Nearly Half the Children Born in the Last Decade are at Risk of Diabetes

Obesity, which is often an early entry into diabetes, has soared over the last couple of decades as well. What's changed the most over the last few decades? The amount of added processed sugars in fast foods, processed foods and beverages that have supplanted real food.

By | 2015-12-19T01:52:40-05:00 August 26th, 2014|Kids, Resyndicated|Comments Off on Nearly Half the Children Born in the Last Decade are at Risk of Diabetes

Spicy Shocker: You Will Not Believe What’s in Conventional Spices

Many of us use spices in place of salt to reduce our salt intake. I learned a long time ago that spices were at the top of the list of foods we should choose to eat organic because of their high concentration of pesticides. However, as if pesticides weren’t enough of a reason to buy organic spices, I recently learned that there are others reasons to buy organic spices as well.

By | 2015-12-19T01:52:51-05:00 August 25th, 2014|Food, Resyndicated|Comments Off on Spicy Shocker: You Will Not Believe What’s in Conventional Spices