If you pay attention to the news, you probably hear all sorts of conflicting things about the healthiness or unhealthiness of caffeine. Every time there is a new study, the news tends to report the most sensational details without taking the full results into account. Hence, the public perception about caffeine can be rather confused. [...]
For many people who seek to live a natural lifestyle, there is an unfortunate side effect of all those nutrient-rich meals-lots of gas. And because flatulence is not the most enjoyable topic to talk about, many natural-health advocates do not even realize that this is a common problem among people whose diets are centered around [...]
Sometimes it seems as if every aspect of modern life conspires to turn us against our natures. So many of us are disconnected from the natural world around us, and we too eagerly go along with the soul-crushing and physically unhealthy trends of the times. But it is possible to live a better life, even [...]
By Marc Courtiol Becoming a vegetarian seems like it should be simple. You just stop eating meat, right? That is of course true, but if you want to do it right-in a way that is healthy and sustainable-it is important to think about how to make the transition. After years of eating one way, the [...]
By Marc Courtiol For all types of natural-health enthusiasts, the single greatest challenge in maintaining this lifestyle is finding the motivation to keep it up day in and day out. Staying at the peak of one’s health requires everyday commitment and daily effort, even in those moments when we feel we would rather do anything [...]
By Lisa Pecos If you pay attention to trends in natural health, you are probably aware of the raw food movement. But for those who have never heard of it, it is simple: The raw food diet, sometimes known as raw foodism, is the practice of eating nothing but uncooked and unprocessed foods. The diet [...]
By Marc Courtiol In the world of natural health, the word “detox” refers to the process of ridding the body of toxins and other potentially harmful substances. Over the past few years, the idea of detoxing has become immensely appealing to many people, even if many of the purported detox methods have not been medically [...]
Jamell Andrews For conscious eaters, there are many disturbing things about the modern food industry. And while there is much that needs improvement, the one thing that sets all natural foodies’ teeth on edge is the horrendous treatment of animals in today’s corporate farms. Many consumers are fed up with the food industry’s way of [...]
If you have been to the natural foods section of the grocery store lately, you may have noticed the growing abundance of nondairy milks, including soy milk, rice milk, and milks made from various nuts. While most people are perfectly happy with cow’s milk, there are a number of ways in which the alternative milks [...]
One of the most difficult health conundrums in modern life is figuring how to deal with the abundance of food that is available to us at all times. From an evolutionary perspective, our bodies are designed to consume food when we have it, because we never know when food is going to be scarce. For [...]