Online Health Food Stores Provide More Details on Health Drinks

August 8, 2016, Health No comments

Online Health Food Stores Provide More Details on Health Drinks

It may not always be easy to determine what items are really good for you by looking at nutrition fact labels, but online health food stores often have far more details available to consumers about products such as health drinks. This can help clear up some of the confusion for online health food store shoppers who want the highest quality nutrition. In typical retail supermarkets, items such as natural foods and health drinks may have only one natural ingredient, but still be labeled as “natural”.

Online health food stores are usually very thorough in describing the true nature of their products...

Hemp Protein – Can This Whole-Food Protein Source Match Or Exceed The “Star-Power” of Whey?

August 8, 2016, Food No comments

Hemp Protein – Can This Whole-Food Protein Source Match Or Exceed The “Star-Power” of Whey?

When you hear the word “hemp,” generally the last thing that comes to mind is protein and bodybuilding. Without going into detail on the other “psychoactive” strains of hemp, it’s time you learned more about what hemp can do for you from a nutritional point of view. I know I was very surprised to learn how complete a food hemp is!

I personally tested a hemp protein supplement for a period of 2 months, using NO other supplemental protein source. It was tough to give up the whey that had I been using for many years but, to give hemp a fair trial, I needed to be sure that the results wouldn’t be affected by other supplemental protein sources.

So for 2 months, it was just hemp protein…

Now, hemp is one ...

Keeping Your Immune System Strong With Essential Oils

August 8, 2016, Essential Oils No comments

Keep your Immune System Strong With Essential Oils

Most practitioners of aroma-therapeutics hold this opinion: THE most effective use of essential oils for health is for the prevention and treatment of infectious illness. Aromatherapy in the USA is still mostly relegated to New Age “hocus pocus”, and some pretty-smelling little bottles of liquid. However, in recent years scientific researchers have compiled HUGE amounts of data regarding the effectiveness of essential oils in combating bacterial and viral infections. The oils protect us from infection in a number of ways, and it’s very simple to use essential oils at home for their protective effects. Lets look at how to use essential oils for this purpose, and which oils to choose for best results.

Why Are Essential Oils Such Effective An...

The Different Grades of Essential Oils

July 30, 2016, Essential Oils No comments

The Different Grades of Essential Oils

There is no official grading system that grades essential oils as A, B, C or Therapeutic grade. There are four grades of essential oils the quality of the oil does make the difference and the saying Caveat Emptor “ let the buyer be where” or another one is “you get what you pay for”.

The Extraction Method is the most popular method for Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils is done by using low heat for steam distillation process where the steam under pressure is circulated through the plant material and the essential oils are released into the steam and when cooled the two, water and oil, will separate and the pure oil is collected...

Happening Hemp – 10 Uses For This Hardy Plant

August 8, 2016, Hemp No comments

Hemp is one of the oldest known plants cultivated for an industrial purpose. It can be traces all the way back to 8000 BC in the Middle East and China. The fiber from the hemp plant was used to make a variety of textiles, and the seeds were eaten. Hemp has a long history of being very versatile and very useful. The Latin name, Cannabis sativa, means useful, so this little plant most definitely lives up to its name. Hemp is used in thousands of items and commodities.

1. The Uses For Hemp

– Sails
– Canvas
– Nets
– Rigging
– Clothes
– Paper
– Twine
– And much more

2. Hemp The Amazing Plant

Hemp isn’t the same as Marijuana. Hemp only looks like its cousin – the two are very dissimilar in nature. Hemp is tall and most of the leaves are at the top and grow very close together...

The Major Benefit of Health Food Stores

August 8, 2016, Health No comments

by Julien Harneis

The Major Benefit of Health Food Stores

Health is the main concern for many people today. Adults are getting more and more conscious of their health such that they indulge in certain diet schemes and exercises. The purpose of diet is to maintain or improve the health of an individual by intake of a balanced food which contains vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Exercises, on the other hand, help in the prevention and treatment of diseases by increasing endurance and strength of the body systems. Regardless of the diet schemes and exercises, an individual has to consume certain nutritional supplements and health foods for support. These health aids can be found in health food stores. But what are the main benefits one can get from these health shops?

Health stores are also gr...

Vinegar To The Rescue–The Amazing Green Cleaner

July 29, 2016, Natural Remedies No comments

Vinegar is the superhero of “green” household cleaning products. Listed below are various ways to keep your house sparkling clean. Using white distilled vinegar as an all-around cleaner is preferable to store bought harsh, toxic chemical blends because it is safe to use.

One reason some people may steer clear of using vinegar is because of the not so pleasant aroma. Well, you don’t have to worry because even though it doesn’t smell too good when you’re using it when it dries there no smell at all!

Cleaning with Vinegar

Windows & Mirrors – Fill a 16 oz. spray bottle with ½ vinegar and ½ water to clean windows and mirrors then wipe down with white paper towels for a streak-free shine.

Refrigerator, Counter Tops, Tub a...

Can Essential Oils Be Used for Influenza Prevention?

August 8, 2016, Essential Oils No comments

With the news of potential pandemic influenza prevailing the airwaves, many folks are turning to natural medicines to support their immune system. There’s great interest in protecting one’s self and one’s family from Swine Flu, Avian Flu and the like. Although there has not been any large-scale trials on influenza-prevention using natural methods, there IS a good amount of data on the anti-viral and immunostimulant activity of essential oils. (For those of you not in-the-know, essential oils are the concentrated, carefully-extracted volatile chemical constituents of plants and plant materials)...

An Additional 22 Hemp Health Tips

July 27, 2016, Hemp No comments

Among many other super-nutrients, hemp contains both arginine and histidine – essential for proper childhood growth.
Home-made, fresh hemp milk should be used up within 2 days.
Don’t panic if you see microscopic flecks in some commercial hemp milks: These are nutrient-packed bits of hull.
In addition to being a rich source of polyunsaturated essential fatty acids, hemp is a sustainable and renewable resource.
When baking with hemp seed or flour, don’t bake at temperatures over 350°F
Hemp Rope

(177°C). Adjust your cooking time to suit.
For centuries, all ships’ ropes were made out of hemp – and 19^th century artists painted on hemp canvas.
Don’t store hemp seeds in transparent containers. Light produces free radicals in the oil content.
To make your own hemp milk without carra...

19 Hemp for Health Tips

April 15, 2016, Hemp Health No comments

Since president Trump signed The Farm Bill and has made growing Hemp legal in the USA again I though it might be good to revisit some of the benefits of the HEMP plant.

Hemp seed is made from a different variety of cannabis than marijuana. It will never get you “high” in any form.
Industrial Hemp
Did you know that schoolbooks used to be made from hemp paper until late in the 19^th century?
1 tbsp. toasted hemp seeds sprinkled on hot or cold cereal contains less than 1g fat, 4g. carb and 3g protein.
On a gluten-free diet? Add hemp flour, oil, seeds and powder to your list of staples.
Hemp seed oil has been used for centuries as a clean –burning lamp oil. And artists preferred it to linseed oil for thinning paint.
Like flax, hemp seeds contain all nine complete amino acids – without bi...

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