I love root vegetables of all kinds. One of my favorites is the lovely beet. They taste good in salads, as a garnish, or, my favorite, roasted in the oven. The beet greens are fabulous juiced, and they make the juice an appealing red color. The only
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Zinc is a micro nutrient, and as such could easily be missing from our diets. Reports from 2015 show that 1 in 7 of us are deficient. Why is this important? Zinc impacts the behavior of more than 300 enzymes our bodies need. Why is that important?
Read more →There is quite a bit of research regarding dementia and Alzheimer’s diseases. Many of the studies are pointing to High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) as the main contributor to brain dysfunction. HFCS is different from natural sugar found in fruits and vegetables. It is considered a ‘free
Read more →According to the Commonwealth Fund, which ranks healthcare systems worldwide, the United States has the worst health care system among peer nations (dollar for dollar). In a nutshell, the United States spends nearly twice as much as other wealthy nations has the lowest life expectancy
Read more →Corn is the most highly subsidized crop grown in the United States. That makes corn products very economical for the consumer and industrial farmers. Farmers use High Fructose Corn Syrup as a sweetener. There are several problems with this: 92% of corn is genetically modified Mercury (a
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