by PrepperProject | Oct 12, 2014
Image credit NOTE: I shouldn’t have to say this, but I will, just in case a bureaucrat is reading: don’t go eating any mushrooms you’re not completely sure are safe. And don’t sue us if you get a stomachache. Do your own research on mushrooms. We’re just providing a...
by Pamela Bofferding | Oct 26, 2016
At our house, back to school means back to kids bringing home germs. When the leaves start turning, I start reaching for my cough drops, feeling that all too familiar tickle in my throat. If I can, I try to drink tons of water, wash my hands like crazy, and keep the...
by Joshua Krause | Jul 10, 2017
I often find myself looking up the nutrient profiles of the foods I eat. I try to do it on a regular basis, just to see where my diet is lacking. What I usually discover, is that I’m deficient in one nutrient or another. You really need to eat a lot of really...
by Lisa Egan | Jan 7, 2019
By now, you probably have heard the great news: President Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law, which legalizes industrial hemp. The new bill defines industrial hemp to include “all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers”...
by Sara Tipton | Jun 30, 2018
The warmer, more humid weather in the summer means our skin isn’t as dry and itchy as it was in the winter; but that’s no excuse to neglect your skin. As the largest organ of the integumentary system, it’s important to protect your skin, but doing so in a...
by Tess Pennington | Dec 27, 2013
During the holidays our diets tend to reflect the over-indulgence of the season. Lots of heavy, processed foods that are rich in sugar, butter, dairy and carbohydrates will send our bodies spiraling out of control and we will begin feeling it’s effects. Too Much...
by Contributing Author | Oct 17, 2014
Who doesn’t love strawberries? And you don’t need any reason other than the pleasure of their sweetness to eat them every day. But according to researchers from Oklahoma State University, there’s lots more to strawberries than the flavor.[i] Their...
by Contributing Author | Sep 16, 2015
Little things you do every day can add up and have a surprisingly big impact on your mental health. Because a healthy cognitive system is essential to regulating mood, and certain nutrients have a profound impact on maintaining normal brain function, eating the...
by Joshua Krause | Mar 21, 2016
If there’s one thing we all learned from the crash of 2008, it’s that any one of us could be dragged down into poverty. No one is really immune to that anymore. In the Western world, economic prosperity has been crumbling for years, and stability is...
by Contributing Author | May 7, 2014
Everyone has to eat anyway, so relying on foods to give immune function a boost makes perfect sense. Here are some foods which can give anyone’s immunity a lift. Natural whole foods A well-balanced diet containing sufficient amounts of various essential...
by PrepperProject | Jul 17, 2014
BERRIES ARE TOTALLY LIKE AWESOME HEALTHY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!! At least that’s what we hear from the medical establishment. And unlike their advice on saturated fat (which is actually good for you), whole grains (which are actually bad for you) and vaccinations (which are...
by Natural Blaze | May 22, 2014
Most Americans eat a diet that consists of little to no protein for breakfast, a bit of protein at lunch and an overabundance of protein at dinner. As long as they get their recommended dietary allowance of about 60 grams, it’s all good, right? Not according to...
