Category: Medical and Health Studies

  • The Organic Debate: Organic Produce is Higher in Antioxidants

    The Organic Debate: Organic Produce is Higher in Antioxidants

    Another fascinating study has been published, revealing that organic produce is higher in antioxidants than conventional produce. A large meta-analysis of 340 peer-reviewed international studies concluded that organic foods have several health advantages.  Among them, that organics are higher in antioxidants, have fewer pesticide residues, and are lower in toxic metal content than conventional counterparts. I’ve been reading […]

  • Boost Your Natural SPF With Antioxidants

    Boost Your Natural SPF With Antioxidants

     Improve your natural SPF with lycopene-rich tomatoes Here’s another reason to eat lots of antioxidant-full plant-foods – recent studies are again showing that certain foods can improve the skin’s ability to protect and heal itself – both by increasing its natural spf and by reducing cancerous skin tumors. One study showed that supplementing the diet with tomato paste […]

  • The Organic Debate: Ask These Fruit Flies

    The Organic Debate: Ask These Fruit Flies

    I love this take on the organic debate – as much as a story about an awesome 8th grader as a story about the importance of organic food.  After listening to a debate her parents were having about the importance of organic foods, a middle school student in Dallas, TX decided to design an experiment for […]

  • Mediterranean Quinoa Casserole with Kalamata Olives, Roasted Red Peppers and Cannellini Beans

    Mediterranean Quinoa Casserole with Kalamata Olives, Roasted Red Peppers and Cannellini Beans

    Mediterranean Quinoa Casserole with lots of good stuff While putting together the Eat Happy Meal Plan for next week I inadvertently ended up with a bit of a Mediterranean theme – including this Mediterranean Quinoa Casserole. Mediterranean food is renowned for its health benefits as well as its tastiness and, for lack of a better […]

  • Gluten-Free Diet Lowers Type I Diabetes in Mice

    Gluten-Free Diet Lowers Type I Diabetes in Mice

    Both celiac disease and type I diabetes run in my family, so this study about how a gluten-free diet reduced incidences of type I diabetes in mice is particularly interesting.  For years researchers and holistically-oriented health care practitioners have been pointing out a link between both dairy and gluten consumption and an increase in autoimmune […]

  • Eliminate Sugar Cravings with Bitter Foods

    Eliminate Sugar Cravings with Bitter Foods

    Dandelion Greens with Wehani Rice, image permissions Oftentimes people try to eliminate sugar cravings by increasing their consumption of naturally sweet foods, such as fruit, dates, and natural sweeteners such as honey and maple syrup.  While these foods are certainly better choices than refined sugar, I find that this switch alone isn’t effective at eliminating the […]

  • Improve Your Immunity Naturally

    Improve Your Immunity Naturally

    Need natural ways to improve your immunity?  Me too. Since having kids I’ve become a little obsessed with fending off bugs around this time of year.  About a year ago I wrote a post about 6 steps to boost your immune system.   Well, it’s on my mind again this year, and actually even more relevant, since […]

  • Anti-nutrients: The Problem with Greens, Grains and Legumes

    Anti-nutrients: The Problem with Greens, Grains and Legumes

    Plant foods are good for you.  They are loaded with beneficial vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.  But most plant foods, including greens, grains, nuts and legumes, contain chemicals that are not good for you.  They can be quite bad.  In some cases they can actively harm you.  These little devils are called “anti-nutrients”. If you are […]

  • Why It’s Hard to Break-Up with a Cheeto (addictive junk food)

    Why It’s Hard to Break-Up with a Cheeto (addictive junk food)

    Have you ever felt out of control with your eating?  Like you just couldn’t stop even though you wanted to and knew you should? If so, you probably felt a certain amount of guilt, or even shame, about how much you eventually did eat.  That guilt made you feel bad about your own ability for self-control, […]

  • The best all-natural constipation cure and a trick for getting kids to eat it

    A few things have contributed to my writing a post about fiber supplements.  First, I had a baby 6 weeks ago.  If you’ve ever popped out a baby, you know why this is relevant, and if you haven’t, you can probably figure it out.  Second, I read an interesting article on how prevalent chronic constipation […]