Category: Food as Medicine

5 Food-Medicines That Could Quite Possibly Save Your Life

Some of the most powerful medicines on the planet are masquerading as foods and spices. While they do not lend themselves to being patented, nor will multi-billion dollar human clinical trials ever be funded to prove them efficacious, they have been used since time immemorial to both nourish our bodies and to prevent and treat disease. So…


Tips to Save Money on Real Food

Did you make a New Year’s Resolution to eat more healthy meals this year? Did you ask yourself how it’s going to happen with an already tight budget and prices on the rise everywhere you look? Today I’ll give you four tips so you can save money and still feed your family high integrity, nutrient-dense…


Saffron, Sunshine Spice to Keep Your Brain Healthy

The exotic spice saffron, long-honored and known for being the most expensive spice in the world because of the labor involved in harvesting it, also is known for more. Saffron has potent powers for supporting and promoting brain health and boosting mood.  What Is Saffron? Saffron is harvested by hand from the saffron crocus or Crocus…


Organic Milk – Behind the Industrial Curtain Part 2

Organic Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CAFO) Dairies should not be allowed! But they do exist. In our country. And in our supermarkets. Here are the cold, hard numbers I uncovered after hours of searching through USDA Organic data reports. In 2016 the state of New York had 471 organic dairy farms and produced 38 million gallons of milk.(NY has more organic dairy farms than any…


Following a Mediterranean Diet Could Reduce Alzheimer’s and Diabetes by up to 50 Percent

Did you know that the chances of developing cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer’s increases when an individual’s insulin levels decline? The similarities between diabetes and Alzheimer’s are so great that many researchers have been referring to Alzheimer’s as diabetes type 3. A recent study found that type 1 diabetics were 83% more likely to develop dementia…


Higher Intake of Avocados Associated With Significantly Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

There are plenty of ways to reduce your risk of heart disease, including diet and exercise.  In fact, surprising to many people, eating fat-rich avocados can actually help to reduce the risk of heart disease.  Avocados taste amazing and clearly benefit the human body, as detailed below. A recent study shows people who consume two or more…


Eating More of This Food May Lower Heart Disease Risk, New Study Suggests

There are plenty of ways to reduce your risk of heart disease, including diet and exercise.  In fact, surprising to many people, eating fat-rich avocados can actually help to reduce the risk of heart disease.  Avocados taste amazing and clearly benefit the human body, as detailed below. A recent study shows people who consume two or more…


Turmeric Extract Strikes to the Root Cause of Cancer Malignancy

A turmeric study published in Cancer Letters is paving the way for a revolution in the way that we both understand and treat cancer Titled, “Targeting cancer stem cells by curcumin and clinical applications,” U.S. researchers evaluated the primary polyphenol in the Indian spice known as curcumin for its ability to target cancer stem cells (CSCs), which…


Reverse Insulin Resistance With These 8 Foods

Over 80 million Americans have insulin resistance that can lead to diabetes.  And you could be on the road to diabetes for 10 years or more and never even know it.  Here’s what happens. The hormone insulin directs your cells to open up and take in glucose from the blood.  With insulin resistance, your cells…


Research: Radiotherapy Causes Cancer, Blueberry Kills It

Research confirms radiotherapy drives invasiveness within cancer, as well as the power of natural substances to strike to the heart of cancer malignancy.  An important study reveals both the abject failure of conventional radiation treatment for cancer, and the very real possibility that blueberries contain a curative compound far more effective than anything modern cancer…