Posts Tagged ‘ grass-fed meat ’

Is Cheap Food Really Cheap? The Hidden Costs of Industrial Food

August 18, 2010
By Raine Saunders
Is Cheap Food Really Cheap? The Hidden Costs of Industrial Food

Do you pay attention to where your food comes from? Do you go to the grocery store and purchase whatever is on the shelf, or do you think about what’s in the food you eat and how it is produced? Do you spend any time considering the preventative side of taking care of your...
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Managing Diabetes with Real Food

August 11, 2010
By Raine Saunders
Managing Diabetes with Real Food

If this picture is a familiar activity for you and you have been following conventional health rhetoric about managing your Diabetes, the following information may be of interest to you. Medical experts advise being under the care of a physician to take care of your disease. But are doctors really getting to the root...
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11 Healthy and Nutrient-Dense Foods At-A-Glance

June 3, 2010
By Raine Saunders
11 Healthy and Nutrient-Dense Foods At-A-Glance

The USDA, Food Pyramid, and many other mainstream sources of health commonly direct consumers to consume more fruits and vegetables every day. It’s true – fruits and vegetables are important, but what’s not widely understood is the importance of animal foods and other healthy fats for sources of important nutrients in our diets. Fats...
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Common Myths About Food & Nutrition

May 28, 2010
By Raine Saunders
Common Myths About Food & Nutrition

Are you a person who believes low-fat foods are healthier than those with fat in them? Have you ever starved yourself or limited your calories thinking that if you did this, you would lose weight? It has become a common misconception that if people eat low calorie and fat-free foods they should be able...
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Earth Day Sensibility

April 23, 2010
By Raine Saunders
Earth Day Sensibility

On this Earth Day weekend, everyone is sharpening their recycling skills and seeking words of wisdom for living a greener life. Hopefully the habits people think about today carry on throughout the remainder of our days, and not just at this time of year where you can find many written topics, books, articles, and...
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Tired of Dry Skin? Use Traditional Fats And Oils In Your Diet!

January 27, 2010
By Raine Saunders
Tired of Dry Skin? Use Traditional Fats And Oils In Your Diet!

Is your skin dry in the winter? Besides the air being full of static and moisture-depleted which can contribute to irritated skin, we can experience dryness because of three major factors – environmental damage, chemicals we put directly on our skin, and the lack of healthy, traditional fats in our diets. Water and your...
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Whole and Healthy Meat…Does It Really Exist?

April 25, 2009
By Raine Saunders
Whole and Healthy Meat…Does It Really Exist?

Eating meat in the modern world could be compared to playing Russian Roulette. If it is cooked thoroughly, nine times out of ten you probably won’t get sick from eating it – not immediately anyway. Repeated consumption of what is known as factory-farmed or industrially-produced meats is actually hazardous to your health. This meat...
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