The world, they say, is getting smaller every day. Local food and farmer’s markets are gaining a lot of ground as people become more environmentally and health conscious, which is great. But the age of globalization does have it’s upsides. One is that we’ve now got access to all kinds of exotic fruits that could…
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7 Most Overrated Raw Foods
In these days of global markets, slick ad campaigns, and a growing health-consciousness, there’s a lot of buzz about food. And why not? We are what we eat after all. But when it comes to trends, smoke doesn’t always mean fire. And all that hype can add up to a pretty serious grocery bill. So…
How To Flavor Your Kombucha Recipe
So you’ve been making your own kombucha at home, and things are going great. Plain kombucha is wonderful on its own — that tangy, slightly fizzy probiotic goodness is hard to beat. But at some point, you’re going to want to branch out and experiment with flavors. Good news: flavoring kombucha is one of the…
5 Simple Ways To Get Your Probiotics Every Day
Over the past few years, there’s been a growing interest in probiotics. If you watch TV, you’ve surely seen advertisements featuring smiling women excitedly dancing with the newest brand of probiotic yogurt, and you’ve probably seen the term printed on all sorts of dubious supermarket packages. But what exactly does it mean to be probiotic?…
How To Make Kombucha At Home
Recipes are often a family tradition, handed down from one generation to the next. The one recipe that I’ve learned from my mother that I think will become a tradition is how to brew kombucha Kombucha is a fermented drink that has exploded in popularity in the past few years. While it’s enjoying a meteoric…
Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
This year about 40% of Americans will create New Year’s resolutions and from that percentage about half will keep going strong after the first month, according to research by University of Scranton psychology professor John C. Norcross. The question is… “What did they do to keep their resolutions going strong past a month and longer?”…
15 Reasons To Go Raw In 2015
We know fresh, whole fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds are good for us. So, why don’t eat more of them? With farmer’s markets popping up everywhere, widespread awareness campaigns about GMOs and organic farming, and more social support than ever before. Here are 15 great reasons to go raw this year: 1. Finally lose that…