In addition to the normal aversions to fresh fruits and vegetables displayed by many young children, there are the pervasive TV and peer pressure enticements
Category: Food for Thought
Unbalanced diets lead to unbalanced minds
A staggering 20.9 million Americans suffer from mood disorders that may be linked to dietary choices. Researchers are exploring the effect of poor diet on
Eight new ways to use raw honey
By Elizabeth Walling Raw honey is more than just a natural sweetener. Honey has a variety of uses in your beauty regimen and for medicinal
Why lemon juice is so very good for you when drunk first thing in the morning
By La Jolla Mum As you may know, I’m starting a BluePrintCleanse tomorrow morning. To prepare, BluePrintCleanse suggests that I drink lemon water first
What is the Paleolithic (Paleo) Diet?
By Dr. Ben Balzer, family physician There are races of people who are all slim, who are stronger and faster than us. They all have
Type-2 diabetes ‘looking more like an autoimmune disease’
Stanford researchers, led by pathologist Edgar Engleman, MD, reported today in Nature Medicine that type-2 diabetes is looking more and more like an autoimmune disease,

Getting back to our roots
How often are we told that we should be thankful for the advances in medical science? However, the hospital waiting lists are getting longer and
Are you deficient in vitamin B12?
by Paul Fassa If you’re a vegetarian or a vegan who’s never heard of chlorella, the chances are that you are deficient in vitamin 12.
Why Are Human Beings So Crazy?
This is an interesting new theory about the problems of insanity which affect the human species (much more than any other). These theories about the
Perking up for Spring with Vitamin B12
As we emerge out of the long hibernation of winter, we can sometimes find that our energy is low to start with. There may be
Dulse ~ Mother Nature’s own superfood
Red or purple in color, dulse is considered a superfood because of its high iodine and potassium content, plus a long list of micro-nutrients and
The Amazing Health Benefits of Eating Raw Fish
Eating fish may boost blood flow to the brain which could stave off dementia in later life, researchers have discovered. The health benefits of a
God’s Pharmacopoeia: The Doctrine of Signatures
The Doctrine of Signatures is profound ancient wisdom that is purposely being suppressed, writes guest blogger Richard Cassaro. It states that every fruit and vegetable
Protein, not sugar, gives us energy, new study finds
That energy does not come from sugar is not huge news to most of us who know the real truth about nutrition and bodily processes.
Why breast-fed babies benefit nutritionally
The recent news that babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods before they are four months old may be more likely to become
How nutrition can help with the common cold
We are now being recommended that, at the first sign of a sneeze, we should start swallowing zinc lozenges and tablets, and even zinc syrup.
The BIG New Year Detox
So it’s New Year, and we can no longer put off the dreaded moment. We’ve been promising ourselves, as we waded through tins of Quality
Could an Indian spice be a cure for cancer?
Orthodox medicine wants you to believe that 95 per cent of cancer is in the genes you inherit, writes PAUL FASSA. But how your genes