This information comes from the April 2010 issue of Men’s Health magazine.
People who eat 12 most contaminated conventionally grown fruits and vegetables consume an average of 10 pesticides a day, according to the Environmental Working Group. Those who consume the least contaminated produce ingest fewer than two pesticides a day. Of course, the optimal number [...]

For all of you coffee lovers out there, here’s something that I read in Woman’s World magazine.
Just a whiff of java helps send your levels of the stress hormone cortisol plummeting, even if you’re sleep-deprived, suggests new research.

We all have a tendency to ignore the messages that our body’s give us. Try taking a day to just do whatever your body is telling you to do. Do you feel tired? Sleep as much as you want? Are you stiff? Take a walk. Make love. It’s easy to get distracted. Just remember that [...]

I read this tip in Michael Pollan’s book Food Rules but it’s been said many times before. Bigger portions equals more food. More food equals more calories. People tend to clean their plates. If you put less food on your plate and stick with eating just that plate food, you’ll eat less. Do this all [...]

Michael Pollan is the author of two of my favorite books about food and eating (In Defense of Food and Omnivore’s Dilemma). A few days ago, I picked up a book another Michael Pollan book that camee out in 2009 called Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. This book is fantastic because it’s simple. At top [...]

To help prevent premature aging and maintain healthy hair and skin, Selenium is the mineral to take. It is often referred to as the beauty mineral. A great way to get selenium into your diet is to eat 3 or 4 Brazil nuts a day . (No more. There is such a thing as too [...]

I don’t drink  these days but I do remember what hangovers are like. Here’s a hangover cure I heard about today on the news. The big cure is…ASPARGUS EXTRACT. You can buy is at your local health food store. If you have a hangover, take a couple of tablets of aspagus extract. It will reduce your symptons [...]

Now that I’m off of the raw food cleanse, I’m trying to find the right balance of food. I’ve added fish back into my diet. I eat what I want for dinner in restaurants. Other than that, I’m still going raw. I just love the way it makes me feel. That being said, I had [...]

I finished my raw food challenge. It was a phenomenal experience. I lost 11 pounds! My skin looks great. I feel great. I’m definitely going to stick with a mostly raw diet. I’m going to add in fish. I think it’s an important part of a diet. I won’t be as careful when I go [...]

I’m pretty much stopped writing about my raw food challenge because there haven’t been too many changes. Changes are still happening but not in the way I’m feeling. This way of life now really feels normal to me. I’m having a tough time keeping track of the days because this is just the way I [...]