The history of vitamins is surely an interesting one. I still don’t know much about it but I do know that there were a lot of vitamins that were labeled that no longer “make the cut”. This is often either because the vitamins became reclassified or they were found to be synthesized by the human …
I’m not the biggest recipe gatherer but sometimes I see some recipes that catch my eye so I thought I should try to collect them periodically, perhaps monthly. healthyepicurean – Blog – Savory Watermelon Herb Salad Roasted Garlic Heads, by the Dozen | A Gardener’s Table Cindy’s Amazing Raw Chocolate Pie
The liver requires numerous nutrients for phase II detoxification. The liver is versatile, in that it does need all of these nutrients which makes it so humans can detoxify with a wide variety of diets. Still some foods seem especially important to the process of liver detoxification. Originally I had planned to write out the …
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I think one of the issues in doing work with people and their nutrition is that health deterioration due to poor nutrition can be slow. People often seek nutritional advice only after the effects of their dietary choices have reached a place of significant health impairment. Of course, recovery from that point can be much …
A fever is one of many symptoms that people view as a negative when it is actually a healthy response to infection. The common response is to fight the fever (which means the fighting the body) when what you really want is to support the body, which will alleviate the fever. There is a really …
I’m a big believer in the health benefits of eating eggs. On most days I eat 2 eggs from pasture raised chickens, raw, in a blended drink. And I will absolutely concede that eggs from factory farm chickens are much less healthy, and the industry that produces them is morally bankrupt. So, like with all …
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Ractopamine hydrochloride is fed to cows, pigs, and turkeys in the United States. It is currently banned in the European Union, China, and Taiwan (among others) and approved for use as animal feed in the United States, Canada, and Mexico (among others). It is sold under the brand names Paylean (for pigs) and Optaflexx (for cows). For …
There are many food additives that are, or at least, can be, derived from corn. I compiled this information from various sources and my own research. This list is not exhaustive but hopefully has the most commonly corn-derived additives. I wanted a list so here it is:
Several options are listed in this article: Home Canning, BPA-Free | A Gardener’s Table
Here is another article worth reading, though it could be a bit tighter, and offered with less commentary, it is still worth reading in its entirety: Illustrated History of Heart Disease 1825-2015 | Diet Heart Publishing