Archive for: July 2008

A relative of the noxious thistles that have been running wild here in the Boulder Valley, these flowering buds originally got a start in the human food stream in the mediteranean.

Artichokes are incredibly nutrient dense and are overlooked in the …

Need to focus?  A compound in chocolate can sharpen your mind, according to British researchers.  In a recent study, scientists gave people a cocoa drink loaded with healthy compounds called flavanols and then monitored blood flow to their brains.  The …

Celiac Disease is the inability to digest foods with the gliadin fraction of gluten, causing damage to the lining of the small intestines.  Due to this damage, the body cannot absorb nutrients well which results in malnutrition.  Gluten is found …

From an energetic perspective, caffeine and especially coffee, can help us tap into reserve energy supplies. This is great if we are occasionally using these substances (coffee, mate, tea, caffeinated beverages) for energy. But chronic and habitual use will inevitably …

First of all I want to send a big thank you to Seth for including me in this newsletter! I am an experienced hair stylist and an artist who is passionate about organic sustainability, artistic integrity, and purity. I feel …

Factory Farming:
Factory farming is non sustainable. Also known as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, it emphasizes high volume and profit rather than the health and welfare of both the animals and the humans consuming these animals.  Factory farms can have anywhere …

Copy the web address below and paste in your browser to watch the first of the Healthy, Fast, and Cheap webcast series. Bringing healthy, useful, and easy tips right to your kitchen. Episode 1-How to make a quick, delicious smoothie …

Well, this tuber of the sunflower family doesn’t look anything like an artichoke, but contracry to popular belief, is in the same family as artichokes, which also includes burdock and dandelion as well as the familiar sunflower.
Side Note: It is …