Archive for the ‘Sharon’s Suggestions’ Category

When it’s time for baby to start on solid food, many new moms are skipping the supermarket jars and grabbing their blenders instead. Is making your own baby food worth the extra effort and what’s really in those mass-produced versions of baby food anyway? Truthfully, most commercial

Did you know that if Popeye downed his spinach and drank lemonade he would have been even more of an iron man? Studies have shown that it’s not just what we eat that’s beneficial but how we pair foods that can vastly improve its health benefit. How? By increasing something

A staple tuber of the Peruvian Andes has found popularity in current alternative health circles for its potential as a libido booster. Similar to a potato in taste, but resembling a radish, maca, which can be cooked and eaten or ground into powder, is no stranger to the raw food

Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for centuries to treat a number of ailments, red yeast rice has gained recent interest as an alternative to statins for lowering cholesterol in the fight against heart disease. Extracted from fermented rice, its “natural” appeal is evident but it has

Recent studies have shown that keeping a daily food journal tends to help with weight loss. Participants in one study, including over 1,500 obese or overweight adults over the age 25, were encouraged to write down their food intake each day – including portion size. They also shared their results

Juicing enthusiasts have known for ages that beets are a great addition to their cleansing regimen of ingredients. Long touted for glorious pigment which boasts the powerful antioxidant betanin – a cancer fighting phytochemical shown to inhibit both colon and stomach cancer cells – beets belong in a healthy diet

Now that our days of basking in the summer sun are over and we head indoors for the cold months of winter, do we really need to worry about skin damage and dry skin? You bet – and probably even more! You’ll not only want to help

It’s hard enough to turn away from the candy aisle at your supermarket checkout. Must they also display the cute pumpkin-shaped “peeps” within arm’s reach? Yes, sugar mongers, it’s once again “trick or treat” season. The real trick, however, seems to be figuring out how to resist