Are sweeteners health dangerous?
If there is a topic that everyone talks about, that is sugar or sweeteners consumption and its health consequences. Besides, if you are one of those people taking its time to read the labels about what you buy in the supermarket, you cannot miss these lines. Even to express that we are comfortable at home, […]
Everything you do not know about organic meat and its benefits
As the years go by, are you more worried about your diet, aren’t you? Are you more caring about the manufacturing processes and the industry ecological commitment? Then, it’s the perfect time to know more about the advantages of eating organic meat. Many people believes that organic meat comes from animals enjoying a free life, […]
Heavy Metals, Toxic Chemicals and Detoxification
In the modern era where people live a fast-paced lifestyle, everyone is busy keeping up the pace with modernity, technology and the changes in the social environment, we eat and move too fast that we neglect the essence and meticulousness of living a life, a life that concerns with not only the physical body but […]
How Organic Living and Organic Lifestyle Can Benefit Us?
“Organic” is not merely about food. Most of the time, when talking about organic, people tend to restrictedly refer to food, agricultural produce, and livestock that are free from chemicals and industrially produced pesticides and fertilizers, but as the famous quote goes “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” the word “Organic” […]
The Impact of Agricultural Chemicals
In the modern world especially industrialized countries where capitalism plays a major role in every trade and industry including agriculture, the pursuit of profit is the motivation for every capitalist. The impact of agricultural chemicals on the environment and human health must be taken into consideration. Modern agriculture or Agribusiness is an evolving a
Standards and Certification for Organic Products
We may have seen so many different types of organic logos on the products especially food and agricultural produce in the supermarket but have we ever wondered why there are several of them, and what the distinct implication between each of them is? Organic, from the generic definition, growing or grown at its natural pace, […]
The Organic Alkaline Diet & PH Balance in the Body
Throwback to days of the high school science class, one of the lessons we all had gone thru, was the pH balance – the acidity and basicity (alkalinity) of substances. Remember an experiment of an aqueous solution with the packet of the litmus paper with a color chart ranging from red to purple indicating the […]
What are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) or Transgenic?
A genetically modified organism is that plant, animal, fungus or bacterium to which has been genetically engineered one or a few genes in order to produce proteins of industrial interest or improve certain features, such as resistance to pests, nutritional quality, tolerance to frost, among other characteristics. For decades, scientists have created genetically
Probiotics for a Great Health & Happy Mood (II)
How start enjoying your probiotic benefits? Beware of these beneficial bacteria slayers: No matter how well you eat, or how diligent you are about supplementing with a high-quality probiotic supplement, you must be equally aware of the factors that can put your microflora at risk: You’re taking antibiotics If you must take an antibiotic, don’t […]
Probiotics for a Great Health & Happy Mood (I)
Russian microbiologist Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916) was the first to associate the large amounts of fermented dairy products with the good health and longevity of Bulgarians back in 1907. He proposed that the acid-producing organisms in fermented dairy products could prevent what he called “fouling” in the large intestine. He believed if eaten regul