5 Healthy Alternatives to Toxic Sports Drinks
Healthy electrolyte and sports drink substitutes to avoid the GMOs, stealth artificial sweeteners, tap water, and artificial additives of commercial …
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Potato Starch vs Potato Flour. Which is Healthiest for the Gut?
Examination of potato starch versus potato flour as a healthy addition to the diet and rich source of resistant starch to decrease belly fat and serve …
Acorns as Food. Gather, Prepare and Enjoy
Foreign superfoods like acai, goji, lucuma, and many others seem to get most of the press in the United States. However, those of us who are locally …
Is Lucuma a Healthy Sweetener?
Uses, benefits, and ideas for enjoying lucuma, a South American superfood fruit showing promise in powder form as an alternative sweetener. The world …
Why You Should Be Eating Natto
Why natto is a traditional food you should consider adding to the menu due to the massive health benefits enjoyed by the Japanese who eat it with …
All About Goose Eggs and Why to Try Them!
Goose eggs are incredibly nutritious and beneficial to health even when compared to pastured chicken or duck eggs. Here’s why to try them, how …
Plantain Flour: Healthier than Green Banana Flour?
Have you ever wondered about the differences between bananas and plantains? If you bake with these foods frequently, you’ve probably thought …
Benefits and Risks of Avoiding Oxalic Acid on a Low Oxalate Diet
A definitive analysis of a low oxalate diet, who should consider one, and what foods are included and excluded based on common symptoms such as …
9 Nutritional Yeast Dangers to Avoid
There are a number of dangers and hidden pitfalls for consumers to avoid when they choose to use nutritional yeast as food or supplement. While a very …
How to Identify Real Balsamic Vinegar (most is FAKE)
Traditional balsamic vinegar is an intensely flavored condiment enjoyed in the Mediterranean Diet for centuries. Most brands are not authentic, …
Molasses in the Diet. What Type is Best?
Light, dark, and blackstrap molasses is a traditional, whole sweetener used since colonial times. How to choose the most nutritious kind to avoid the …
How to Go Green with Banana Flour
It seems there is an endless array of gluten-free grains and paleo flours now flooding the market. This isn’t a bad thing, but it can be bewildering …