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.
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…
Constipation: More Unhealthy than You Might Think — But Easy to Avoid
Constipation can affect all of us some of the time. And according to the National Digestive Diseases Clearinghouse, four million adults in the United States suffer from constipation frequently — earning the laxative manufacturing industry three-quarters of a billion dollars…
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…
Control Your Blood Pressure Naturally
Whether you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure or are merely interested in lowering your health risks associated with high blood pressure, it is not always necessary to take medication. There are many natural, everyday things you can do…
7 Natural Ways to Prevent Sickness
For most people, getting a cold or two every year, plus various fevers, flus, and bugs, is simply to be expected. Minor illnesses are irritating for a couple of days or weeks, but they do not surprise us, and we…
Natural Remedies for Addiction
Any serious addiction to drugs and alcohol is likely to have a range of causes within the addicted individual. It rarely boils down to one thing. There are usually psychological factors combined with genetic predisposition, and eventually physical dependence also…
Treat Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Naturally
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful condition that usually takes the form of aches and numbness in the thumb, fingers, and wrists, and in severe cases it can cause chronic pain, aches in the arm, and decreased functionality of the…