Spinach is considered to be one of the world's healthiest foods, with researchers identifying more than a dozen different types of flavonoid antioxidants alone that are present in spinach, not to mention all of its other vitamins, minerals and essential nutrients. Spinach nutrition has powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant abilities, and if you combine that with its very low…
Have you ever wondered how effective natural cancer treatments can be? Around 20 years ago, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. This was crazy for my family at the time because my mom was a gym teacher, swim instructor and was always considered to be “healthy.” After her diagnosis, she took the advice of…
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own healthy tissue and organs. It causes high levels of persistent inflammation, which can negatively affect nearly every part of the body: the heart, joints, brain, kidneys, lungs and endocrine glands, for example. It's also called SLE, which stands for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.…
An MTHFR mutation is a problem associated with poor methylation and enzyme production. MTHFR mutations affect every person differently, sometimes contributing to hardly any noticeable symptoms at all, while other times leading to serious, long-term health problems. Although the exact prevalence rate is still up for debate, it's believed that up to 30 percent to 50 percent…
According to a clinical review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects between 7 percent to 21 percent of the general population. (1) The amount of people who now struggle with some form of IBS is estimated to be a shocking 60 million people in the U.S. alone…
Pasteurization is one of those “miracles” of modern culture that may not be so miraculous, after all. Although the Center of Disease Control (CDC) paints a picture of raw, unpasteurized milk as a relative horror story, even doctors have doubted the benefits of pasteurization from the beginning. As it turns out, we’re fed a lot…
Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), with almost 10 percent of women being considered iron deficient. (1) Meanwhile, it's estimated that up to 80 percent of the world's population may be deficient in iron, and 30 percent may have iron deficiency anemia.…
Millions of Americans suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms and distress each year. Diagnoses of leaky gut syndrome, Crohn’s and celiac disease, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) continue to grow, and researchers still can't quite put their fingers on why our digestive systems are under attack. Recently, researchers have started to acknowledge there's another digestive disorder lurking: small intestinal bacterial…
According to the 2017 National Diabetes Statistics Report, over 30 million people living in the United States have diabetes. That's almost 10 percent of the U.S. population. And diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, causing, at least in part, over 250,000 deaths in 2015. That's why it's so important…
Coconut oil might just be the most versatile health food on the planet, so much so that I consider it a top superfood. Not only is it my favorite cooking oil, but coconut oil uses are numerous and can extend to being a form of natural medicine, be used for natural beauty treatments and so…
