With so much going on in our everyday lives, staying focused can be an ongoing and ever-present challenge. Focusing better allows us to accomplish more, and be more productive while we’re doing it. Not to mention, you feel a lot better. We’ve put together 7 quick tips to help you focus better throughout your day….
Top 10 Raw Food Kitchen Essentials
The raw food diet is based on the idea that cooking food destroys the enzymes and nutrients within it and thus makes it less nutritious. A raw food diet is typically based on fruits, vegetables, nuts and some grains. Since raw food still need to be prepared, someone following the raw food diet…
Apple Cider Vinegar – The Amazing Health Tonic
The internet is full of wild claims about apple cider vinegar – it can be hard to differentiate fact from fiction. I was eager to find out how to prepare an apple cider vinegar detox drink after learning that it seems to be a miracle cure for all your ailments, from head to toe! However,…
Have Grapes Been A Superfood All Along?
Grapes are regarded as the “Queen of Fruits.” This primary ingredient of wine is one of the most loved and delightful fruits all over the world. It includes so many varieties such as red, purple, blue, black, and green grapes. Most of its production is consumed in wine making, however, it is also used as…
3 Easy Ways To Start Growing Your Own Food
Do you want to save money while also having healthier food choices? If you do, you should consider growing food at home by gardening. Not only do you no longer have to drive to the supermarket to buy them but you will also learn to appreciate the value of planting. So, how should you exactly…
5 Reasons I Started Eating Raw Vegetables
For years, I had been toying with the idea of eating my vegetables raw. I never quite got around to doing it until I discovered the numerous health benefits I stood to gain! Though eating any vegetables is beneficial to your health, consuming raw vegetables has several additional advantages. As we cook our vegetables, the extreme heat…
Save The Honeybees: Plant These
It’s no secret that bees are one of the most important insects that make up our ecosystem. Aside from the fact that they give us the well-loved organic sweetener, honey, these winged insects pollinate almost 80% of our plant life. Yes, their hard work is actually one of the reasons why we have food on…
Guide to What’s in Season for Spring
Spring is here! It’s that time of the year again where flowers are in bloom, and all kinds of fresh new produce are available on the market. Wintertime was a season for everything roast and summer will be blessing us with beach barbecues and tropical coolers. These festive seasons make sure our hearts and stomachs…
The Benefits of Eating Mushrooms for Your Health
Mushrooms have a number of health benefits. It was a special food for the royalty in ancient Egypt, and warriors of Rome used to have mushrooms to gain strength. carrying its age-old benefits since a long time. However, now we find mushroom helpful to treat high cholesterol, diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer, blood pressure, etc. It…
Raw Chocolate and Why Should You Be Eating It?
It’s estimated that in the UK, each of us eats around 10kg of chocolate every year. That’s more than any other country in Europe. Britain, it seems, is a country of chocoholics. But if you’ve ever taken the time to look at what is actually contained in a normal chocolate bar, you might be surprised…
5 Advantages of a Raw Food Lifestyle
Across the United States, people are turning to the raw food lifestyle as a way to approach better health and wellbeing. And, when you consider the statistics that are out there, you can’t blame them! With more than 3 out of 5 adults considered overweight and nearly 1 out of 5 adults experiencing issues with…
7 Time Saving Tips for Eating Raw
Let’s face it: eating foods in their natural state isn’t always quick. Depending on which raw items and ingredients you love most, you can actually spend quite a bit of time in the kitchen preparing your snacks and meals. That can make this way of eating sometimes difficult. Especially in this day and age, where…
Sweet Potato Cranberry Chocolate Brownies
Sweet desserts made from vegetables are the best! Sweet potatoes work so well in these brownies, it’s a wonder anyone makes brownies any other way. Chocolatey, sweet, and rich — they’re everything you want from a brownie, plus stuff you never even thought a brownie could be! These brownies take brownies to a whole new…
Mindful Thanksgiving
Mindfulness is about paying attention. Regarding food, it’s about our conscious awareness of the experience of eating, both outside and inside the body. We pay attention to the smells, textures, flavors, temperature, and even sounds of our food. We notice the physical expression of the body. Where do we feel hungry? What does being full…
2 Crucial Mindful Eating Tips For Weight Loss
Has there ever been a time where you stuffed your face with junk food or fast food on a weekly or daily basis? Maybe you felt you were overweight and unhealthy, addicted to unhealthy snacks, fried fatty foods, and were mindlessly overeating? It is clear that type of eating isn’t healthy. Yet sometimes knowing this…