Stop the synthetic food dyes

Our lives are filled with color; it brings pleasure in countless ways.

Color Johnny Hyperactive

Color is an important part of food — alerting us to the time when fruit is ripe, making it easy to obtain needed vitamins and minerals by selecting a diet made up of foods of different colors. But Mother Nature didn’t [...]

Important Things to Know Before Buying Vitamins

Your daily vitamin might not be the insurance you think it is.
 
 

Your daily vitamin might not be the insurance you think it is.
Are you aware of big vitamin scare going around the US and UK? The staid Reader’s Digest even had a cover story, “The Vitamin Hoax: 10 not to take” Feb., 2007).
Worst case: [...]

Vita-Mix may increase bioavailability in food – Study

Breakthrough research — fresh from the University of Toronto
A recent study from the University of Toronto determined that the Vita-Mix processing method does indeed alter plant cell wall structure in a unique way, influence particle size differently, and may increase bioavailability.
What does this mean to you? You can only get the benefits of food when [...]

ER Fat Burn wasn’t for me…

“I didn’t need to lose weight. I audited the program because I wanted to make sure my ten-year-old son was eating right.” -Robin.

“I was eating right, mostly plants, and no red meat, not too much fat and rarely ate sweets. (ok I thought I was eating right!)
“I did drink a lot of Alka Seltzer because [...]

Exercise: an impractical way to lose weight?

Yeah for Shane! 
Just in from Kim at Inside Whole Food Nation.
Yes, exercise is actually an impractical way to lose weight. So says nutrition professor, Dr. Heidi. Hear the reason why in this 4 minute audio segment on exercise, during a private ER Fat Burn session.
Exercise? Impractical? But everyone says to exercise to lose weight!
What should [...]