Every single day choices are thrown at us around every corner regarding what to put into our bodies. There are fast food choices around every corner, vending machines in every office, and hours of Netflix and snacks waiting for us when we get home. It seems most parents intend to have their children on healthy […]
Marshmallows are loved by many and are often considered to be a staple for things like camping trips, holidays, and of course hot chocolate. However, they are not always the best decision and the processed variety are extremely unhealthy and bad to eat on a daily basis. One single regular marshmallow contains 4 grams of […]
A former reporter from Indiana known as Carrol Krause was diagnosed with ovarian cancer back in 2014. She wrote a blog right before she passed and boy did she have a lot to say! This blog titled ‘Stories by Carrol’ told of her good times and her bad times throughout her last days. A few […]
Ginger is one of the most plentiful health benefiting plants we have here on earth. It can do everything from reducing inflammation to boosting your immune system. Ginger is a known anti-parasitic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral medicine. This plant has been known to ease pain, improve your cardiovascular health, and relieve your asthma symptoms. One can […]
Acids are mostly used for home cleaning and certainly your stomach is not your kitchen sink. The modern diet, which is greatly influenced by today’s hyped up media and enslaving consumerism, is very acidic. Has there been any ad on TV, in magazines or on the internet that encourages buying vegetables and fruits? No, because […]
The next time you find yourself in the honey aisle of your grocery store, debating between a pricy premium artisanal honey and the store-brand nectar contained in a plastic bear, you might want to think twice before choosing based on price. That’s because a searing investigation of the honey market by Food Safety News found […]
Almost all of our apple juice comes from China, in the past two years apple juice concentrate from China has been over-running our markets here in the US. Over 70% of the apple juice consumed here in the US comes from the People’s Republic of China, this is important because the government has acknowledged that […]
If you take the time to examine your personal buying habits closely, it is extremely obvious that those habits are based on decisions, informed or not. Often times we are forced to reexamine out habitual choices in the light of new information or based on negative experience, this is one of those times. If Starbucks […]
By now it should be no secret that aspartame is not a healthy substance, it does a lot of harm to the body and nothing good. Due to popular demand, the chemical was removed from PepsiCo Diet drinks, but one year later it is being added back in. Pepsi removed the sweetener “in response to […]
McDonald’s will shut down 500 stores this year in an effort to boost profits. Even as the world’s biggest fast food chain moves its headquarters to a $250 million 608,000-square foot complex in Chicago’s West Side in the spring of 2018; 500 will weaker-performing locations will close. McDonald’s spokeswoman Becca Hary confirmed the announcement, released […]