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79The Healing Properties of 5 Common Household Herbs and Spices
Herbalism is the practice of medicine using plants and plant extracts for their healing properties. Though re-popularized with recent trends of alternative methods for well-being, herbalism is an ancient practice dating far back into the history...
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73Ethnic Flavors and Spices 101
Our sense of taste is largely influenced by aromas, food-density, temperature, texture, and visual appeal (such as colors and presentation). When thinking of ethnic dishes, it is natural to think about the...
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71Make Your Own Sports Drink!
Making your own sports drink is easy and fun! It costs a fraction of the price of brand-name sports drinks, plus you can customize it to your own flavor preferences. Who knew that it could be so easy? Is Water Enough? There has been some...
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82Beer: Nutritious or Not
To some, the idea that beer is nutritious is a dream come true! I am one of these people. With all of the conflicting information out there, it is difficult to know what is what. Beer generally has a bad...
66Sleep, Glorious Sleep
It has only been a couple weeks since I’ve last had a full night’s rest. I didn’t think much of it at first because I was just having jetlag, but the new habit shows no signs of discontinuing without my conscious intervention. Today I have...
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61Mufa Schmufa
It is no wonder that our sense of nutrition has become convoluted. It is too much to ask, amidst the endless diets out there, to know what is best and what is bunk. It seems like we really do need experts to help us find the way back to nutritional...
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72Raw Food Recipe: Seasoned Wild Rice
Wild Rice is an ancient food native to the continent of North America, from the region of the Great Lakes. It is part of the grass family, Poaceae. Up until the mid-1900's it was grown mostly in lakes, rivers...
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65Row for Fitness
Indoors or outdoors, rowing is an amazing sport for fitness. Using the whole body, rowing is good for cardiovascular conditioning and toning muscle groups all over the body, including the shoulders, arms,...
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66Love Your Fruit and Eat it, Too
With an increase of nutritional awareness, the popularity of fruit has grown. Fruit is sweet and uplifting to eat; it looks nice and is good for us, too. How lucky we are to have fruit! Everyone should have...
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64The Vegetarian Athlete
Many people wonder if it is possible for athletes to survive without meat. By considering nutritional choices, vegetarians can actually find themselves more nutritionally balanced, and healthier than our meat...
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