Category: nutrition

Eating Disorders Can Begin as Early as Age 9

More young children may struggle with eating disorders than previously thought, a new study reveals. Data on nearly 12,000 U.S. children between the ages of 9 and 10 that was collected as part of a federally funded study found that 5% had engaged in binge eating, researchers reported. Another 2.5% had taken measures to avoid…


What Fat Better (Or Worse) When It Comes to Diabetes & Obesity?

It seems the discussions about dietary fats never end. Although it’s been determined that trans fats should be avoided at all costs, there is somewhat of a gray area when it comes to other fats, including healthy fats and which ones are better than others. In a recent study from the University of California, Riverside, for example,…


Immune-Boosting Supplements in a Nutshell

It seems it’s more important than ever to be sure we do all we can to boost our immune system and ward off infection. While it’s true that a healthy immune system relies on a variety of factors, including nutrition, exercise, stress management, sleep, environmental pollutants, and genetics, we all can also turn to some of the…


8 Foods, and Other Methods to Relieve Cancer Pain, Chronic Pains

Pain is a common symptom of cancer patients. According to surveys, about 30 percent to 50 percent of cancer patients have pain problems, and more than 80 percent of terminal cancer patients experience pain. Most cancer patients must continually rely on painkillers or morphine. However, even with legal prescriptions, these drugs can bring many uncomfortable…


Scoopable Frozen Treats

If your heart skips a beat at the sound of the ice cream truck, and your eyes widen at displays of round tubs of ice cream, frozen yogurt, gelato, and sorbet at your supermarket, it must be ice cream season! There’s nothing like a frozen treat to make you feel like a kid again, taming…


Astaxanthin – the Ultimate Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Aging Nutrient

By Derek Henry, Holistic Health Coach for Healing the Body At the root of every disease process is inflammation, a first defence process used by the body in order to try and heal itself. The problem is that when your body is in that state chronically it creates an overactive immune system, which brings crippling pain with it….


How to Improve Your Energy and Live an Active Lifestyle

The past few years have taken a toll on so many people and their energy—physical, emotional, and mental. We are suffering from emotional stress, fear, anger, unexpected lifestyle adjustments, feelings of uncertainty, loss, and losing control–you can probably add your own items to the list. For many people, it is time to take inventory, adjust…


Your Medicine is in Your Pantry

Food has been the medicine of humanity since the dawn of time. Many herbs that we associate only with seasoning our food are, in fact, potent herbal medicines. The distinction between herbal food and herbal medicine is actually quite subjective. There is a wide area of overlap with the two categories. If you think of all the…


Food and Drinks Are Getting Sweeter. Even If It’s Not All Sugar, It’s Bad for Our Health

Humans have an evolutionary preference for sweetness. Sweet foods, like fruit and honey, were an important energy source for our ancestors. However, in the modern world, sweetened foods are readily available, very cheap and advertised extensively. Now, we are consuming too much sugar in foods and drinks – the kind that is added rather than…


What You Need to Know About Melatonin

This 3 billion-year-old antioxidant eats vitamin C for breakfast. In fact, there’s a large host of studies that found if you give it to induced heart attack victims, you can reduce the amount of damage that occurs in the heart by as much as 40%. In this interview, Russel Reiter, Ph.D. — a world-class expert…