A cruciferous vegetable loathed by many children, broccoli can take some getting used to. But the sooner your palate learns to enjoy its taste, the better, because you don’t want to miss out on this vegetable’s remarkable health benefits. An astounding 30 percent of all cancers are connected to what a person eats. This is […]

Cancer is one of the most prevalent maladies to plague modern society. Luckily, as with most illnesses, cancer is a mismatch disease – meaning it is a product of culture rather than biology; and there are plenty of steps you can take to stymie this nasty killer. One of the best ways to thwart cancer […]

What’s the master weight loss hormone? Insulin. Learn to control your body’s insulin response and your body will stop being inclined to store fat, according to best selling author and researcher Gary Taubes. Insulin’s job is to remove sugar from the blood. Released by the pancreas, insulin sends blood sugar to the fat cells, where […]

Whether conventional medicine is unaware or just doesn’t want to admit that they don’t know how to cure Ebola, let alone any virus, remains a matter of debate. Blood plasma has proven to be just as ineffective at treating the virus as vaccines. The only definite way to eradicate Ebola is to strengthen the body’s […]

Everyone loves sweets. However, just because our bodies tend to crave sweets doesn’t mean we should indulge our sweet tooth at every opportunity. Nature tuned our ancient ancestors’ palates to enjoy sweet food because it was a rare, ample source of energy at that time. Most fruit in the wild is actually quite bitter, with […]

Don’t judge a book by its cover. By the same token, don’t judge a particular food by its label. Although many food items tout themselves as being “healthy,” “low in calories,” and “organic,” many products are laced with hidden chemicals known to cause ill health. While it’s not always easy to spot these ingredients, some […]

A review from the Cochrane Collaboration — an independent organization advocating the accessibility of systematic healthcare reviews — has recently uncovered clinical evidence showing the lack of effectiveness of anti-viral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza. Until recently, these documents were only available to manufacturers and regulators. After a four-year effort, however, researchers are now able to […]

Reporting live from her Food Babe post, Vani Hari, the clean food activist who has been repeatedly and viciously attacked for her efforts to better our food supply, educated followers on how to deal with Internet trolls. “Gangs of trolls,” as she calls them, “watch us like a hawk. They watch everything little thing we […]

The superior food quality standards placed on organic food in the U.S. are under attack by corporate representatives from Big Agra who have crept their way onto the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). In recent years, the board has lost its transparency, favoring and even granting, anonymity to large-scale producers in violation of organic standards, […]

Yacón is a South American plant often cultivated for its edible roots, which can be juiced and made into syrup. The high fructooligosaccharide content of yacón has recently gained much attention, especially from health-conscious consumers. The fructooligosaccarides in yacón act as prebiotics, which support healthy intestinal flora. They also function as a type of soluble fiber […]