What Foods Help Depression?

What Foods Help Depression?

You have heard the old adage, “You are what you eat.” You are what you eat and assimilate, both physically and mentally. Are you consuming foods that reduce your risk of depression? What dietary items aid in recovery from depression? Boost Tryptophan Naturally Though...
The Good Carb for Diabetes and Heart Disease

The Good Carb for Diabetes and Heart Disease

You need these carbohydrate foods if you are obese or at risk of cardiovascular disease, prediabetes, the metabolic syndrome, or type 2 diabetes. Which carbs? Fiber-rich, whole-plant foods. In this blog, we examine the health benefits of soluble fiber. Soluble fibers...
Winning Strategies for Successful Weight Loss!

Winning Strategies for Successful Weight Loss!

Sixty-nine percent of Americans are either overweight or obese. Of these statistics, 42% of Americans are obese. One in ten Americans has type 2 diabetes. Ninety percent of individuals with type 2 diabetes are obese. Obesity fuels chronic diseases such as...
Tomato & Red Pepper Soup

Tomato & Red Pepper Soup

The delicious soup is loaded with cancer-fighting phytonutrients. Lycopene in tomatoes helps protect from many cancers. Eating them in cooked form with a small amount of cold-pressed olive oil, helps deliver more lycopene to the blood.Tomatoes contain chlorogenic...
Tasty Homemade Vegan “Nutmeat”

Tasty Homemade Vegan “Nutmeat”

Although tasty, meat analogs are expensive often contain additives that we don’t want. Here’s a delicious recipe from the old Wildwood Cookbook we think you will enjoy! Ingredients: ½ cup organic whole wheat flour ½ cup organic, non GMO cornmeal 1/3 cup organic peanut...
Berries as Disease Fighters

Berries as Disease Fighters

If you have or (are at risk for developing) diabetes, hypertension, cancer, or dementia, frequent consumption of berries may improve your health. Here’s why! Cardiovascular Protection Harvard researchers followed 100,000 young and middle-aged women for 20 years and...