In our smartphone-dominant world today, utilizing apps to help us distinguish and locate real food is an easy way to keep healthy foods in our body – whether we’re traveling, out to breakfast, lunch or dinner, or grocery shopping. No I’m not talking the Angry Birds app, although that would double great for an app … Read More...
It seems to be a common assumption in today’s world that organic food is much more expensive than non-organic, conventional foods. Defenders of organic foods will often cite the health benefits, less pesticide residues, environmental impacts, etc while the opponents will cite high pricing, how do we feed the world (a myth covered in part … Read More...
In Part 2 of the Organics Series we looked at basic soil science 101 principles to get an understanding of what is going on in organic soil that actually provides nutrition for plants. We learned that the microorganism population is responsible for all aspects of soil and plant health, including creating vitamins, enzymes, converting inorganic compounds … Read More...
Optimal physical and mental health in our human population is currently at its lowest in history. This is primarily due to poor and insufficient nutrition. Making smart dietary and lifestyle choices can make the difference between a quality of life with pain, sickness, fatigue, functional pathology and even disease, or progressing to the most advanced … Read More...
Health, fitness and foodie enthusiasts, especially those who are committed to eating real, whole foods from organic, local and sustainable sources, have two major complaints I hear often: availability and higher costs (compared to conventional food), and stemming from that, the “why should I eat organic if the other stuff is cheaper?” question. This post … Read More...
Below is a chart I wanted to share from Dr. Phil Howard with his latest February 2014 updates of the Big Food industry brands that are buying up the organic brand “little guys”, and likely, implementing and imposing their very own manufacturing practices that cut back costs, make products cheaper and ultimately hit their bottom … Read More...
By Sarah / The Healthy Home Economist There is clearly great value in a second opinion! This article got its start last week via social media when I noticed that two parents had posted what a conventional health practitioner had suggested as ideal food for their children. One mother said her nutritionist instructed her to feed her … Read More...
By Brad Jacobson ‘Poultry litter’ is exactly what it sounds like: the filthy stuff scraped off the floor of a chicken coop. Feeding it to cattle (yes, that happens) risks the spread of mad cow disease—yet the FDA has done nothing to stop it. Anyone who pays even scant attention to where our food comes … Read More...
What diet is right for me? What ratios of foods should I be eating for my most optimal health and why? Should I “count my macros” or not count them? I’m going to attempt to answer these questions based on personal experience trial & error and what I have found to work in my own … Read More...
Daylight savings is here and it is officially spring…that means only one thing – Spring cleaning! And what better way to celebrate than to finally have the new blog redesign live! It’s been a lot of work, as well as a lot of pain (I lost a lot of posts in the archive during WordPress … Read More...
