February is American Heart Month, which is a great reminder that we all need to focus on making healthier choices for our heart. Cardiovascular disease impacts 1 in 3 adults and is the number one cause of death in the U.S. The good news is that minor dietary changes can have a huge impact on […]
21 Foods That Boost Metabolism to Lose Weight Fast
With the New Year upon us, many of us are thinking of ways we can lose weight or just get healthier overall. Thanks to our recent indulgences, some of us are left with sluggish metabolism and pants that fit a little too tightly. With the adoption of New Year’s resolutions, you might be on the […]
Alkaline Foods List | Alkaline Diet
Detailed and Comprehensive Acid Alkaline Foods Chart pH Ratings 5 Steps to Boost Your Health & Body with Our Alkaline Foods Chart 1) When you are preparing the foods for a meal, look at a particular category of the foods and select more foods in the alkaline category. 2) This alkaline food chart is only […]
20 Super Healthy Weight Gain Foods for Babies and Kids
One of the most important bonding sessions between babies and mothers is during feeding. Not only when breastfeeding, although that’s obvious, it’s also when feeding baby solids. And this beautiful journey of introducing new foods to baby needs to be enjoyed by both mother and baby. Unfortunately, the joy often gets marred by a big […]
The Best Foods to Cleanse and Prevent Clogged Arteries
The arteries are the plumbing system of our body – they carry blood rich in oxygen and nutrients to every cell. Just like a house with bust plumbing is doomed, so too is the body if we let the arteries get clogged and hardened. Food high in saturated fats, processed sugars and chemicals, smoking and […]
Halal Foods and Creeping Sharia – CultureWatch
Is the ready availability of halal food and halal products in the West just a harmless aspect of multiculturalism, or is it an indication of something much more sinister? That various groups in Australia and elsewhere might want to avail themselves of special and specific foods is one thing. But if this is part of […]
Human diet causing ‘catastrophic’ damage – Lancet
A major report on healthy diets and food systems commissioned by the Lancet Medical Journal has called for a comprehensive shift in how the world eats. The EAT-Lancet Commission involved a three-year collaboration between 37 scientific experts from 16 countries. It concluded that our food systems are faulty and a major contributor to climate change, […]
The EPA’s latest bad idea: Spraying streptomycin on our citrus fruits | Commentary – Orlando Sentinel
As a scientist and former cancer researcher, I’m the family pusher when it comes to fresh veggies and fruit. And like millions of other American families, my family loves citrus fruits. Oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, you name it. Nathan Donley (Courtesy photo) So I found it disturbing that, under cover of the final days of last […]
Rainbow Natural Foods is closing after 42 years in business
This story has been updated. Rainbow Natural Foods, one of the area’s oldest organic grocery stores, is closing after 42 years. The store is located at North Decatur Plaza, 2118 N Decatur Rd, Decatur, GA 30033. The company confirmed the news to Decaturish on Friday morning, Jan. 11. The rumors were spreading through the community in the […]
Anti-Inflammatory Diet Leads to Longer Life
Ali Webster, PhD, RD, associate director of nutrition communications at the International Food Information Council Foundation, described it as a kind of diet that focuses on foods high in nutrients — especially antioxidants —that have been tied with “lowering the markers of inflammation in our bodies.” “Its key players are foods like fruits, vegetables, legumes, […]