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Food Label Blues
March 1st, 2012The most typical move a consumer will make at the grocery store is to pick a product off the shelf, flip it over, and scan the nutritional information. Unfortunately, this is where the inquiry ends. Buyers simply don’t know what they are looking for. Between the ingredients, label claims, and percent daily values, it’s hard to know if you should consume the product at hand.
Learn to decode confusing labels.
Natural Ingredients to Stop Colds
March 1st, 2012When cold season hits, turn to nature to keep healthy. Fluids and a well-balanced diet is always the best bet but there are some super-ingredients that can charge up your immune system. The below chart has some special tips.
Natural ways to charge up your immune system and stay healthy.Inflammation
March 1st, 2012Inflammation is a condition that, to one degree or another, afflicts tens of millions of people nationwide. As an isolated occurrence, inflammation is an appropriate response your body employs to address injury or infection. When inflammation becomes persistant, however, that’s a cause for concern.
Put out the fire that consumes your health.
Water Purity
March 1st, 2012Most people will not consume drinking water that outwardly looks, smells, or tastes bad. We know instinctively that contaminated water can make us sick.
Is your water as clean as you think?
Focus On: Collagen
February 1st, 2012WHAT IT IS: Collagen is a collective group of proteins found in mammals and makes up a major portion (25- to 30-percent) of connective tissue within the body. With over 28 different types of collagen identified, usually type 1 (hydrolyzed collagen) or type 2 are used in supplements.
Learn about collagen, what it is, what it does, and why you need it.Rainforest Superfood: Chia Seeds
February 1st, 2012Chances are you’ve heard the phrase “good things come in small packages”—and in the instance of chia seeds, this is certainly true. Like most superfoods, chia grows south of the equator in the fertile Central and South American regions.
Ancient nutrition for modern timesA Perspective on Integrative Cardiology
February 1st, 2012Heart disease is still the leading cause of death in the United States according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although the United States has made tremendous strides in the quality of cardiac care, heart disease still remains a primary health concern for many US citizens. Natural Solutions spoke with Dr.
An interview with Dr. Stephen SinatraFix Your Achy Breaky Heart
February 1st, 2012The key to heart disease prevention lies in knowing its causes, your risks for developing it, then doing all you can to reduce those risks. These same steps that reduce heart disease risk also demonstrate success in reversing it—often completely. Yet for many Americans, heart disease seems to take them by surprise.
Ways to care for your heart in order to prevent, and treat, heart disease.Incorporate Fitness Into Your Everyday Routine
January 1st, 2012From television shows to political campaigns, the hot topic of obesity is now on the minds of many, and the public is finally ready to take action. People understand the serious implications of being overweight and the illnesses that unavoidably stem from it—diabetes, heart disease, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, to name a few.
“Sedentary Death Syndrome,” as the media calls it, is an epidemic.The Care-Giver Syndrome
January 1st, 2012How to stay healthy and happy while taking loving care of somebody who is seriously ill.
