Known as blood turnips, garden beets or red beets, beets are low in sodium and fat and offer 37 calories per 1/2 cup. In addition, beets contain nutrients that promote good health. From the Middle Ages, beetroot was used as a treatment for a variety of conditions, especially illnesses relating to digestion and the blood. Beets contain betaines which may function to reduce the concentration of High circulating levels of homocysteine which may be harmful to blood vessels … [Read more...]

Juicing used to be the buzz in the natural health community as the ultimate heath protocol.  But, with the recent popularity of the Green Smoothie's popularized by recent television infomercial's, smoothie's may just be the new ultimate health hack. If you aren't exactly familiar with smoothies, simply put smoothies are like a salad in liquid form.  It combines a mixture of greens, vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, and other healthy ingredients combined together and blended with a … [Read more...]