Feature: Superfoods: Believe or Don't Believe the Hype?

“Achieve optimum health and prevent, even reverse, disease!” “Maintain your weight, look better and younger, and live longer!” “Boost your brain power!”

Sound too good to be true? After all, some of these “superfood” claims aren’t just attached to newfangled juices or diet bars, but to food…

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The Ultimate Food Fight: Diet vs. Supplements

Surprisingly strong feelings can override facts in the court of public opinion on whether diet alone is capable of providing all the nutrients needed for optimal health or if nutritional supplements are also needed.

In support of the pro-diet side, there isn’t a nutritional supplement made that can surpass nature’s…

Feature: Organic Update 2008

The organic movement has gone gangbusters. As a result of its popularity, changes are being made on both ends: attempts for more stringent regulations to keep organic standards high and attempts at fewer regulations to help fuel the spread of the high-grossing organics industry.
But, even with the increasing popularity and availability of organic foods and products…

Strong Roots: Our Interview with Sally Fallon

In the 1970’s, Sally Fallon picked up Dr. Weston A. Price’s Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, a book in which the dentist shared his years of research into the dietary habits of indigenous cultures. “It was one of those life changing books for me,” Sally says. “I was starting out with my family at the time and didn’t have much time for research. But, I was doing…

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