Believe it or not, parsley has been used in treating kidney stones for hundreds of years. Parsley can prevent the absorption of salt into kidney tissue, which protects you from the formation of kidney stones.
Parsley also increa...
What could be more environmentally and socially advantageous than an entire country going 100% organic? The Danish government has actually announced that it will transform the entire country’s agriculture into organic and sustainable ...
According to the Credit Suisse Research Institute's 2013 study1 "Sugar: Consumption at a Crossroads," as much as 40 percent of US healthcare expenditures are for diseases directly related to the overconsumption of sugar.
Incred...
Vinegar is said to have been discovered around 5000 BC, when unattended grape juice turned into wine and then vinegar. Originally used as a food preservative, vinegar’s medicinal uses soon came to light.
Hippocrates used vinegar...
Why Jains dont eat Potatoes, Onions, Garlic or any underground vegetables ? Why do Jains refrain from eating after daylight ? Why do they drink boiled water ?
These are some of the questions that you always have in mind but dont...
Have you been looking to find the perfect Astral Projection diet?
Maybe you’ve read somewhere about what you should be eating, and what you should be avoiding.
Maybe you’ve been looking at AP forums, and found lots of conf...
Overview The Scarsdale diet was created in the 1970s for weight loss purposes. By drastically reducing carbs and calories, it’s meant to act as a rapid weight loss aid. People on the diet eat three meals per day consisting of 43 perce...
We were recently contacted by the desperate father of a child who was diagnosed with phenylketonuria (PKU). It was a call for help. Doctors had told him that his son would be unable to consume the most healthy foods, including meats, ...
Added sugar is probably the single worst ingredient in the modern diet.
It has been associated with many serious diseases, including obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Sugar is best kept to a minimum in your diet in or...
Americans have a love-love relationship with food—we love making it, eating it, and taking pictures of it. But America’s cozy relationship with food is complicated—nearly 72% of the population struggles with being overweight, the aver...
Animal agriculture is wreaking havoc on our planet – it's a leading cause of habitat destruction, species extinction and climate change.
With the news that more than 540,000 people – more than 1 per cent of the population – now ...
The pineal gland, which is located at the centre of the brain, is responsible for the production of a serotonin derivative known as melatonin; a hormone that helps to regulate and keep a healthy
Astrobiology is an interdisciplinary field, combining aspects of astronomy, biology and geology, which is focused primarily on the study of the origin, distribution and evolution of life. It comes from the Greek words astron = star, b...
Food As Punishment: Giving U.S. Inmates 'The Loaf' Persists
Lisa Brown for NPR
In many prisons and jails across the U.S., punishment can come in the form of a bland, brownish lump. Known as nutraloaf, or simply "the loaf,"...
When it comes to shedding stubborn belly fat, exercise alone is not the answer. The master key really lies with what you eat, and perhaps more importantly when you eat, followed closely by the type of exercise you engage in.lean
When drugs fail and all hope is lost, is a plant based diet and daily stress reduction the cure for Crohn's Disease? This specific diet regime along with a spiritual practice and ditching those medications could help heal your disease...
By this point we are all more than aware of the options we are faced with when shopping for food, especially produce. Mostly because of its higher price point – although the gap is shrinking – the vast majority of us opt away from the...
Wondering how to introduce and incorporate sweets into your child’s life in a healthy way? Here are some ways to approach this that we think will help kids develop a healthy relationship with sweets (and all food) in the long run.
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Review Article
Pharmacognosy & Ethnopharmacology Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow 226001, India
Received 31 January 2013; Revised 29 May 2013; Accepted 3 June 2013
Acade...
Since it’s debut in February 2015, the MIND Diet has drawn headlines for its promise to reduce the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s. We think this attention is well deserved. The MIND Diet is not only a smart step to brain ...
The Promise It's a pitch Hollywood celebs love: that the alkaline diet -- also known as the alkaline ash diet or alkaline acid diet -- can help you lose weight and avoid problems like arthritis and cancer. The theory is that some food...
"A Gnostic Catechism? What a preposterous idea and a contradiction in terms to boot!" Such and similar objections are likely to be forthcoming in response to the present effort. The word "catechism" readily conjures up visions of dogm...
Recently, there has been a huge rivalry on social media between
Thou Art God/dess
Neopagans believe that divinity is both immanent (internal) and transcendent (external), with immanence being far more important for people to pay attention to right now. This principle o...
