How to Detox Your Pets from Summer Chemicals
Well, you would never guess from the weather today, but it’s spring here in New Zealand, and if you’ve read my article from yesterday you’ll know that we’ve already been exposed to toxic chemicals from neighbors spraying. I was really concerned about our animals, especially our dogs, after reading that in studies looking into how [...]
Is Eating Organic Really Worth It?
Many of you coming to this site have asked the question, “is eating organic really worth it?”. My answer, “what’s your health worth? What’s your life worth?” For me, yes it’s certainly worth it. I’ve been meaning to write an article on this topic for a while now, but I’ve just come across an article [...]
Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is said to be a natural remedy for many ailments. In 400 B.C.E Hippocrates (the father of modern medicine) knew about apple cider vinegar’s antibiotic properties and recommended it to his patients for its healing properties. Since then it’s been valued by many cultures right up to modern times.
6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save The World
I have always though Fungi were cool, but I never realized they were this amazing. I’ll have to watch this video a few more times to absorb most of it. If you’re interested in mushrooms (fungi) Paul Stamets is someone to pay attention to. I’ve seen his name crop up time after time while doing [...]
Organic Urban Farming
I recently came across this video about two women from my hometown of Portland, Oregon who have created a business to help people get started with growing their own food. Urban Farming. Now, I’ve been thinking for a while, even though we have 2 acres our current organic vegetable garden takes up a very small [...]
What’s So Bad About Genetically Modified Foods?
I just found out about a survey the Federated Farmers of New Zealand (pro GM) are doing to gauge the public reaction to introducing GM foods into ‘clean, green’ New Zealand. Then only about an hour later I stumbled across this article, aptly named Just Another Reason to Grow Your Own Food Most of us [...]
The Myth of the Low-Fat, High-Carb Diet
For decades we’ve been told that to stay healthy and slim we should eat a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. We’ve been brainwashed into thinking that (all) fats are bad and carbohydrates are good. But now, with obesity at an all-time high and the number of people with diabetes soaring, it’s become apparent that this approach doesn’t [...]
How To Crack A Coconut
Fresh coconuts are so much nicer than the dried coconut you get in the shops. I love eating slices of fresh coconut, but it’s also a real treat to use the coconut juice in cooking. I even slice it really thin by hand and put the pieces in the dehydrator. It’s so much nicer tasting [...]
Quinoa – Ancient Sacred Food, Modern Superfood
Quinoa is an ancient food that has been cultivated in the Andes mountains for at least 5,000 years. While it has been well-known in South America, it was virtually unheard of in North America until the 1980s. Considered sacred by the Incans, now it’s hailed as a ‘super food’, and has been classified as a [...]
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