So you’ve decided to take an all-natural approach to staying healthy…congratulations! Perhaps you’ve started taking natural supplements, like our grape seed extract and carrot powder, or started relieving minor illnesses with natural remedies like olive leaf nasal and throat spray. As with many parts of life, staying healthy is all about routine and consistency. Adjusting…
Category: Health
Thinking Differently About Sharks
It’s time to start thinking differently about sharks. When many people think of sharks, images of gruesome attacks and inhumanely-acquired fin harvesting come to mind. Since we don’t practice any form of shark fishing, our shark cartilage supplements are made from byproducts of local seafood processors who produce a small amount of shark meat for…
Fighting Household Germs: Who Needs Chemicals When You have Nature?
Many people would love to claim they’re allergic to housecleaning to escape tiresome chores. But depending on what products you’re using, you could legitimately be putting your health at risk. Pull a bottle out from below your sink at random and read the back of the label. How many of the ingredients can you pronounce?…
Rediscover Your Youth with Freshly-Baked Bread
Few smells in life are more reminiscent than freshly-baked bread. Take a moment and try to recall what place the comforting and nourishing scent of fresh bread reminds you of. Perhaps your grandmother pulled out her bread-maker every time you came over to visit, and even let you pick out the ingredients for her loaves….
Look Younger with Food on Your Face!
Young people want to look older, and old people want to look younger. It’s one of life’s fateful ironies, and there’s a million different anti-aging products on the market that play into your deepest insecurities. Consumerism aside, you’ve got only one outer layer of skin to show to the world, so you’d better take care…
The Art of Combining Supplements with Healthy Foods
Contrary to popular belief, adding supplements to your diet doesn’t give you the green light to stop eating healthy. In fact, some all-natural supplements have actually proven to be more effective when combined with fresh foods. The results of such a scientific study were published in a prominent medical journal a couple years ago in…
Justifying Your Chocolate Desert, the All-Natural Way
There are very few people in this world who don’t have a soft spot in their hearts for chocolate. Ancient Aztecs believed chocolate was godly, early Europeans believed chocolate was a medicine, and we believe chocolate is romantic. Right before Valentine’s Day every year, some scientific group publishes a study about how chocolate has shown…
Friday’s Farm Fact – GMO: The Dirtiest Word in Agriculture
GMO might only be three letters, but it’s become the latest dirty word in many people’s vocabulary. GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, have infiltrated much of the food supply in the United States and they’re harder to avoid than you’d think. Genetic engineering has become standard practice on many agricultural farms, meaning that the foods…
Dog Joint Health
Joint problems in dogs have become very common in the U.S. Joint problems are the result of either degenerative or developmental problems. Developmental causes of joint issues begin early in a dog’s life when the joint does not correctly form. The most common developmental issue is hip dysplasia, where the ball joint in the dog’s…
Staying Healthy, the Natural and Affordable Way
If you’ve sat in an urgent care waiting room lately, you’ve probably noticed two distinct types of worry on patients’ faces: what’s my diagnosis and how much will it cost me? Flip on the news any day of the week and you’ll hear politicians arguing about health care reform. However, these noisy debates depersonalize the…