Realizing that your liver is one of the most important organs in your whole body, you should be happy as a lark to know there’s a juice recipe you can make to help your liver have a lovely life. The human liver is responsible for production and processing of hormones, detoxifying the body, producing cholesterol [...]

Green tea, the ancient food, is also a modern-day super food. The secret healing powers of green tea are well known in India, China, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea and other areas of the ancient world, but now scientists are discovering more and more how powerful green tea really is. It is now being tested in [...]

by Vic Shayne, PhD Imagine taking out a can of Raid bug killer, spraying it all over your grapes, letting it sit in the sun then taking them back into your kitchen and eating them. Who would do such a thing? The answer is your typical vegetable corporate farmer. Used to grow foods these days [...]

Farmed salmon contains higher levels of many other persistent pollutants. An influential study published last year showed that PCBs are just one family in a complex mixture of persistent pollutants that appear to concentrate in farmed salmon. The Canadian scientists found that farmed salmon tissue contained significantly higher levels of 151 out of the 158 [...]

Onions and garlic are great unless an onion or garlic eater decides to yawn next to your nose. But that aside, you should know that these sulfurous foods deliver more than just flavor to stews, burgers, sauces and all kinds of dishes. Swiss researchers have shown that eating onions can be very good for your [...]

It’s not an ugly weed, but it sure looks like one. Milk thistle feeds the liver. So why is that important for you to know? In an increasingly toxic world, we place growing burdens on the body’s detoxification system, the hub of which is the liver. Millions of compounds are detoxified within each liver cell, [...]

The idea of eating grapes WITH the seeds intact may not appeal to you, but it is amazing what those seeds can do for your body. The medicinal and nutritional value of grapes ( Vitis vinifera ) has been heralded for thousands of years. Egyptians consumed this fruit at least 6,000 years ago, and several [...]

Hurricane Katrina victims have more woes to add to their already terrible plight. Many of the trailers they were given in the relief effort are poisoned and making them ill. U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic [...]

by Kimberly Beauchamp, ND Healthnotes Newswire —Broccoli is considered a nutritional powerhouse, containing many minerals—including potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and copper—as well as plenty of vitamin C and disease-fighting compounds. But how does cooking influence its health-promoting properties? Broccoli is part of the Brassica family of vegetables; other famous members of this [...]

by Vic Shayne, PhD All recovering alcoholics and drug users understand the toll that chemicals take on the body, mind and emotions. Alcohol and drugs cause tremendous nutrient deficiencies as well as a need for very specific nutrients that are only found within nature’s foods. These nutrients: Support the liver Help the body detoxify Produce [...]