Pecans boast an ORAC score (a measure of anti-oxidant activity) higher than even wild blueberries. Furthermore, studies have shown that a handful of these tasty treats can also help delay age-related cognitive decline. Try tossing them with cayene and rosemary for a super healthy snack...
The primary ingredient in this delicious smoothie is coconut, and if you have not yet jumped on the healthy coconut train, it's time to get reading - we have two great articles on the benefits and wonders of cooking with and using coconut oil. 1 to...
New Chapter was the first company in the world to produce a full line of whole food complexed vitamins and supplements certified to be made with organic ingredients. The company was founded with the belief that the natural purity of organic ingredients is better for people and better for the environment.
There is no doubt that you should be taking your multi-vitamins each day. Due to the decreasing quality of our soils and the increasing amount of pollutants, we are eating plenty but we are still starving and multivitamin supplements can be a great way to get the extra vitamins and minerals that are lacking in everyday foods.
The good news is that given proper natural nutrition, the human body has an amazing ability to heal itself.
However before you reach for your supplements, bear in mind that not all multivitamins are derived from natural nutritive sources like plants, fruits and vegetables. Many are synthetically-derived, laboratory simulations of real vitamins, including some common ones like vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and vitamin E (dl-tocopheryl acetate). These are the same types of "vitamins" used to enrich many processed foods, and they simply do not assimilate well into the body because they are not truly natural.
Real vitamins are the living ones derived from whole foods and that are maintained in their natural states. These contain the necessary cofactors and enzymes which help the body to process and use them, and they provide the most benefit to the body.
What You Need to Know About Isolated Compounds vs. Whole Food Supplements In a Nutshell
Supplements made with isolated nutrients are probably the least effective way to present the body with what it needs. A multivitamin with many isolated ingredients crammed into a capsule is no better. It may be tempting to think that the supplement that is best is the one that delivers the highest milligram amount of a nutrient. But the reality is that a small amount of a nutrient in whole food form is many times more effective than a large dose in isolated form. As food forms of nutrients are slowly digested and absorbed, nutrients become available to be utilized over a period of several hours. Much of the large dose of an isolated nutrient is wasted because the body can only use a small amount at one time.
Legend has it that Cupid dipped his love arrows in honey before aiming at unsuspecting lovers, and since honey was valued highly and often used as a form of currency, tribute, or offering this Don Juan sure knew what he was doing. Honey is in...
Keeping with the real chocolate vibe, I found this absolutely fabulous simple recipe on the Soaring Superfoods website and I was not the least bit disapointed with the results. The best thing about making raw food is that the preparation is so simple. Almost all...
Chocaholics around the world can take heart from new research which shows that the health benefits of epicatechin, a compound found in cocoa, are so striking that it may rival penicillin in importance to public health. In fact, researchers from Harvard Medical School say that epicatechin...
Serves 4 I love the recipe because of how easy it is to make and was intrigued that avocados could work so well in a chocolate pudding of all things. Enjoy! Ingredients: 3 avocados 6 tbsp cocoa powder 1/4 cup raw honey 1 tsp pure vanilla extract Kalahari desert salt Instructions Puree avocados, cacoa...
As with many other superfoods Chia was considered more valuable than gold to the Aztecs. Considering that it outperforms even Flax seeds in its omega-3 content and in price, & that it is an almost complete food, providing essential protein, fats and...
Soil Aromatherapy Press has published just the dandiest article on using essential oils to fight the germs this winter that we are re-publishing, with their permission of course! All the oils mentioned have links to where they can be purchase on our online organic and...