Here in the U.S. and Canada, when you hear of Ceylon, the first thing you may think of is cinnamon, as it is the second most popular type after Cassia. But this...
When it comes to oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit, you may assume vitamin C is their top health benefit.
Perhaps it isn't.
When you think about it, vit...
It has long been a staple of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) under the name houpu. The "hou" part means thick, while the "pu" means portion .
In that cult...
There are thousands of foods which have allergic reactions associated with them and in theory, it's possible for any food to be an allergy candidate.
However...
Just like gingerbread men and Santa Claus, you can't help but associate it with Christmas time. As history would have it, the very origin of mulling dates back ...
The healthiest coffee at Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, Tim Hortons and Costa will all be the same thing; plain black coffee. Without creamer or added s...
Those who say it’s healthy for you to eat banana peels are only giving you half the facts.
Is there more nutrition in them versus the fruit? For some nutrients...
Not too long ago some of us went on Holistic Holiday at Sea, which is a once-per-year, week-long educational cruise about nutritional science. Each day from mor...
It’s pronounced she-la-jeet and is said to be a superfood. But if you don’t even know for sure whether or not it's a food, let alone where it comes from, can yo...
The claim that it might help with male pattern baldness seemed like a total scam... until we dug into the South Korean study.
Using cultured human dermal papil...
Many types of essential oils, such as helichrysum, get hyped by bloggers despite the fact there's very little research about them.
When you find one that has o...
