What Exactly Is Stevia? Stevia comes from the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to South America, where people traditionally used its leaves to sweeten teas. What we see on store shelves today is usually a purified extract of steviol glycosides, the...
Milk alternatives have exploded in popularity over the past decade. We’ve all seen how the milk section in the grocery store has grown and grown and grown.From almond milk, soy milk, pea milk, coconut milk, oat milk, cashew milk, and...
I’ve been writing my blog now for a little over 12 years. In that time, I’ve covered a wide range of topics. Surprisingly, I’ve never written about spirulina.This is surprising because spirulina is often regarded as a super food and...
If you’re looking to detoxify your body (or, should I say, support your body’s natural detox systems) and specifically improve the quality of your skin’s appearance, then burdock root might be just what you’re looking for. Burdock root has a...
I doubt (or rather, I know) that 700 years ago, when Koreans were making kimchi in their backyards, they had any idea that what they were doing with spices and cabbage was breeding billions and billions of bacteria that would...
Soy sauce is so dang tasty, and that’s why it’s ubiquitous in Asian cuisine.The problem with soy sauce is that it’s so tasty and it’s everywhere and because of that, people may be doing untold harm to their bodies by...
Over the past decade, sugar has become the fall guy for a lot of problems we experience in American health. And rightly so. Americans consume an enormous amount of sugar every single day, more than ever in the history of...
Now that the holidays are over (at least as I write this they are coming to an end), many of us are feeling the weight of our celebration. I mean that figuratively as well as literally.Because the holidays are a...
As I write this the Thanksgiving and Christmas season is fast approaching. Everyone thinks about the holidays as a time to enjoy food and merry times with friends and family. And when it comes to this season, there are a...
