The healthiest vegetables contain the highest amount of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. No one vegetable has the greatest content in all identified nutrients, but certain vegetables and vegetable families tend to provide more essential healthy ingredients than others.
The Best Superfruits!
What are “superfoods” and “superfruits”? Neither the Oxford English Dictionary nor the Merriam-Webster Dictionary recognizes either term; but as our language evolves, one of these days, they may.
Five Easy Steps to Grow a Home Vegetable Garden!
Increasingly, Americans are getting wise to the important health benefits of eating whole, unprocessed, chemical-free foods. A great way to ensure that the foods that you and your family eat are all-natural, is to grow them yourself! Growing your own…
Eight Top Medicinal Plants and Herbs
Plants and herbs have been used for millennia to treat a myriad of medical conditions. The first apothecaries (pharmacies) were stocked with botanical ingredients, and the practice of using these plants today is as strong as ever. Well-established medical organizations…
The Link Between Drinking Alcohol and Cancer
Many people who enjoy drinking alcoholic beverages rejoiced not long ago, when researchers told us that light to moderate daily consumption of alcohol helps to promote good health. A little alcohol a day has been found to lower a person’s…
Do You Really Need a Flu Shot? Plus! 11 Natural Ways to Prevent the Flu
The flu shot hard-sell that starts in the fall and continues through the winter here in the United States is enough to make a lot of well-meaning Americans rush to their doctors or flu vaccine clinics in search of a…