If you follow trends in natural health, you are probably well aware of the homemade juicing craze that has been sweeping the health world over the last decade. And there is good reason for this trend. Consuming fruits and vegetables in juice form has some proven health benefits, and for many people there is a [...]
In today’s fast-paced, high-stress world, energy is too often in short supply. Modern life seems designed to drain us of our inner resources, and many people feel so sapped at the end of the day that they do not even have time to pursue personal interests. This can be incredibly frustrating at times. For example, [...]
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 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 [...]
The human metabolism is a tricky thing. It harnesses aspects of many of the body’s systems through a complex network of chemical processes, all toward the single goal of keeping the body running. That is the biological side. Outwardly, we experience good or bad metabolism through many signs both obvious and subtle. Good metabolism is [...]
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 [...]
What if there were a natural substance that had no calories, was sweeter than sugar, and did not cause any of the health problems associated with sweet foods? What if, moreover, this substance actually had health benefits, containing numerous beneficial minerals and antioxidants? Many people might assume that this magical sweetener was too good to [...]
Vegetarianism is not for everyone. One can choose to eat healthily and naturally while still eating meat, and vegetarians do not necessarily have an edge when it comes to eating well. In fact, it is possible to be a vegetarian and eat nothing but junkfood. But there is no doubt that a well-planned vegetarian diet [...]
By Marc Courtiol Getting motivated for exercise is one of the most difficult parts of any weight-loss program. In a perfect world, losing weight would be easy to achieve with minimal effort, but shedding pounds requires long-term commitment and consistent effort on a day-to-day basis. But if you are one of those people who has [...]
Stress and weight gain are connected in several different ways. For one thing, stress can cause us to be too busy to exercise. With so many demands on our time due to work, family, and social obligations it is no wonder that so many of us find ourselves putting exercise near the bottom of a [...]