It’s not always possible to find organic versions of produce at your local market and sometimes even if you do managed to find it, organic may not always fit your food budget.  Nothing causes more of a shopping dilemma than an organic piece of fruit that costs twice as much as its non-organic counterpart.  As [...]

As I am of Chinese descent, the whole issue of shark fin was completely off my radar until very recently.  As a kid, despite having to hang around hordes of boring adults at traditional Chinese banquets, I would brave my surroundings for the delicious multi-course meal that usually includes favorites like crab and lobster, crispy [...]

Finally - get into those pants and this time stay in them - for good. This time, make it easy on yourself. Fill up on the best-for-you foods first and give yourself that wiggle room. Feel full and completely satisfied without counting, measuring, depriving, starving, sneaking, guilting, or feeling like a hopeless failure ever again! It’s your time to feel great about you!

This is a guest article from  James Maschino DC, MS, ND
Most people don’t realize that the consequences of osteoporosis fractures cause more deaths each year in Canada than the combined mortality rate for breast and ovarian cancers. The real tragedy is that osteoporosis is a preventable disease, which requires optimal intake of calcium and vitamin D. [...]

LIVING NUTZ SHEDS LIGHT ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEIRLOOM AND GMO FOODS

What image occurs to you when you hear the term,  GMO, in regards to your food?
 Genetically modified organisms(GMOs) and mass production hybridization are terms and concepts that health conscious consumers are generally becoming more aware of.  With that awareness comes the realization that what [...]

One of the most common buzzwords among today’s health and socially-conscious consumers is “organic”.  In case you don’t know, organic produce is grown under the restrictions of certain standards, mainly without artificial fertilizers, pesticides and other unnatural processes.
There are obvious advantages to using only organic produce in your cooking.  For example, many pesticides and artificial [...]

This is a guest article written by Robert L. Lawrence, MEd, DC, DACBN
Your digestive system is more than a tube you put food in one end and waste out the other. Your digestive tract is home to more than 400 different species of life forms totaling about 100 trillion bacteria. These bacteria, yeast and fungi [...]

Organic has been found not only to be better for consumption and the environment due to its lack of pesticides, hormones, and additives, but it’s apparently also just a better way to farm.
The researcher of a 22 year long study, Cornell Professor David Pimentel, explains:
“Organic farming approaches for these crops not only use an average [...]

My mom came to visit me this week on her way back to the Prairies.  She just finished a 3 week stay in a  health retreat. The main emphasis of the retreat was to cleanse the body of toxins by juicing and exercise. For some reason she got constipated during her stay, and it was [...]

Before antibiotics where discovered, vitamin D was used to treat tuberculous and other respiratory illnesses. There is now renewed interest in researching vitamin D for infectious diseases.
SOURSE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRTORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE JULY 15 2007
In 2006 the US Vitamin D council published a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Infection suggesting [...]