This is me at my biggest and heaviest. My grandma had just passed and I was blessed to be her hospice nurse. Needless to say, eating my feelings to grieve got me through sleepless nights. I ate. I ate and I didn’t care about the consequences. I just wanted to…
For this week's article of the week, we discuss a study that outlines someone damaging their kidneys from eating a diet high in nuts and seeds.This may seem far fetched, but nuts and seeds are very high in an anti-nutrient known as oxalates. These particular anti-nutrients are particularly hard on…
In this week's podcast, we discuss all the problems with soy baby formula.People think creating baby formula should be scientific or at least a known commodity but it’s not. Baby formula is a money making venture. Companies cut cost everywhere they can to make as much profit as possible. They don’t…
Here is another example of a “health authority” being bought by a food company. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) started their “Kids Eat Right” program by endorsing Kraft Singles, a cheese product, not even real cheese!AND is supposed to be the leading authority on what foods are healthy.…
In this week's podcast, we discuss colostrum. Your first question may be, what is colostrum and why should I care about it?Colostrum is a milk like substance made from mammals before actual milk production. The amount produced varies from species to species but it’s usually produced for the first three…
This week's article of the week (AOW) is all about how America's obesity epidemic is effecting our military. How bad is this epidemic? Only 17% of young Americans would qualify for active duty today. Almost 1/3 of all young people who sit down with a recruiter are instantly disqualified because they…
In this week's podcast, we discuss the difference between organic and non-organic foods.Are organic foods healthier and contain more nutrition compared to their non-organic counterparts? No. Organic food production doesn't effect the nutritional quality of the food you buy. The organic label tells you more about how the food you…
In this week's podcast, we finish our conversation with Heathar Shepard. Heathar is an expert on the healing properties of the sun and we finish our conversation today going through Heathar's Sunlight Rx. This is a detailed outline of when and why you should go out in the sun throughout…
In this week's podcast, we continue our conversation with Heathar Shepard about the healing properties of the sun.We cover topics such as the harmful effects of wearing sunglasses. Our eyes are designed to absorb light throughout the day in a natural rhythm. By placing a dark shade over our eyes,…
In this week's podcast, we discuss the powerful healing properties of the sun with the author of the book, Sunlight Rx, Heathar Shepard. In part 1 of this 3 part series, we get introduced to Heathar and learn what her motivations were to write this book. Heathar grew up an athlete and…