The summer months are a great time to detoxify the body. While detox is a bit of a buzzword, it isn’t a concept anyone should write off. The body is equipped with many different pathways to rid itself of toxins, impurities, and waste products. When we detox, we simply accelerate the processes that our body […]
Despite efforts to reduce or eliminate the number of potentially harmful chemicals in consumer products, the agriculture sector, and our waterways, people and companies still improperly use and dispose of these chemicals. Worse still is that many of these chemicals are resistant to biodegradation and will be with us for centuries. So despite your efforts […]
China is ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to medicinal plants. Before Western science was out of the cradle, China had a long and storied history with plant, animal, and mineral medicine. Even today, many of these traditional cures persist. We don’t know how, or if all of them work as […]
Detoxification can be a great way to push reset on your body and mind. The promise is that by following a detoxification program you can remove foreign materials and waste from the body that might have been building up for months or even an entire lifetime. But is detoxification right for you? For some people, […]
Too many of us think about our health concerns and immediately set dietary and fitness goals to set things straight. But wellness requires so much more than just the nutrients we take into our body and our overall physical composition. While exercise and healthy foods are great for the body, they may only be providing […]
If you are familiar with the skullcap herb, but forget where in the world it is indigenous to, there might be a simple explanation. There are two major strains of the herb; one from North America and another from China and Eastern Asia. These respective strains are referred to as American skullcap and Chinese skullcap. […]
Milk thistle, sometimes also known as Mary thistle and holy thistle, is a plant native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. It belongs in the same plant family as the daisy, and has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Silymarin is the main component of milk thistle seeds, but the terms ‘milk thistle’ and ‘silymarin’ […]
You have a body. And in your body are systems. Within these systems are your internal organs and they can be healthy or unhealthy, clean or polluted. Our bodies are great at cleansing themselves, but we all know from health issues seen in ourselves, our friends, and relatives that that body’s detoxifying process can be […]
Green coffee bean is any unroasted seed from the Coffea plant. Globally, around 18.4 billion pounds of coffee beans are produced each year. Most of these beans end up roasted, brewed in hot water, then served in a cup. But some beans will escape this process, because the roasting process reduces the amount of chlorogenic acid found […]
When you hear the term Paleo air, you need to think about what humans breathed more than 2 million years ago. Much like the Paleo diet wants you to eat foods that would have only been available to Paleolithic humans, Paleo air is all about experiencing what people must have smelled before the widespread deforestation […]
