For senior citizens, a healthy diet can be crucial to living a longer, fuller life, and raw food veganism can be one such diet; Medicines (US) Food Forum found that the type of protein ingestion senior vegans partake in reduces IDF-1 levels by up to 10%. IDF-1 is an important biological marker in diagnosing cancer and…
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What Is Raw Sugar? How It Differs from Its Counterparts
Usually, when people think about sugar, they imagine the white granulated stuff that comes out of packets or appears in little jars on restaurant tables. Of course, this is the kind of sugar that most of us are familiar with, but white and granulated is not how sugar starts out. Raw sugar, or “sugar in…
The Place of Frozen Produce in the Raw Food Diet
The feasibility of freezing raw fruit and vegetables has been debated for decades. While many people praise the fact that freezing stops the rotting process in its tracks, others are concerned that the produce loses most of its nutritional value during freezing. A recent study conducted at the University of California, which compared the nutrients…
Zucchini vs. Cucumber: How Do They Differ?
Zucchinis and cucumbers look the same, feel similar, and can often confuse someone who’s just starting their culinary journey. However, knowing when to use zucchini vs. cucumber will help you to prepare your meals properly. Despite the difference in name, even the most seasoned of cooks can sometimes struggle to differentiate between zucchinis and cucumbers…
Is Snoring affecting your Life?
It is no doubt that snoring can be an embarrassing condition. Most people do not realize when they are snoring in front of their partners or other people. However, little do they understand it can cause serious problems in their general workspace, and most importantly in their relationships and social life. How Snoring affects Life…
How a Regular Massage Can Boost your Health
You only have to open a magazine to read about what we should be doing and what we shouldn’t be doing when it comes to our overall health and wellbeing. We should be drinking x number of glasses of water, we should be eating 5 (or is it more nowadays) portions of fresh fruit and…
5 Garden Projects for Early Spring
Spring has arrived, and there are certainly many tasks to be accomplished in the garden. The huge amount of gardening work might be intimidating, but there’s no harm in doing one at a time. As winter ends and spring comes forth, you can embark on several activities. Here are 5 garden projects for early spring….
Exploring the US Vegan Food-Festival Scene
Veganism is skyrocketing in popularity with everyone from celebs like Beyonce to your Average Joe delving into plant-based diets, trying out new recipes and wanting to mingle with like-minded people. With the boosted appeal of this lifestyle came an increased desire for a larger range of consumer products as well as social interaction in…
Wrap Up The Holidays Fast With These Tips
As the holidays start to wind down, many of us experience a sense of dread at the thought of having to take down all the decorations and get things back to normal. Use these tips and tricks to make your post-holiday cleaning and organizing a breeze. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Post-holiday clean up is a great…
Raw-Food Diet Friendly Cities
While some people be temporarily trying out a raw-food diet, for others it is a permanent lifestyle choice. For some, certain health conditions also limit the food options that can be eaten and leave those with restrictions forced to maintain a raw-food diet. Organic foods have grown significantly in popularity and have aided in the…
How Many Vegans Are There?
If we look at the google trend for “vegans”, we can see that interest for this topic has grown significantly over the last 12 months. In the last 10 years the growth has seen 350% increases. There are now over 3% of US citizens that identify as vegan. In the UK there are around 600,000,…
Staying Raw During The Holidays
From nogs to pies, it’s a wonder any of us can stay raw during such a decadent time of year. Don’t let the foods throw you off your diet! With smart packing, you’ll have no trouble staying true to you. Eat Ahead of Time If you know you’ll be out for a long time and…
7 Quick Tips To Help Your Focus Better
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,…
