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Does Black Tea Have Any Health Benefits

Black tea

We all are aware of green tea and its health benefits. But what about black tea? Does black tea offer us anything besides its taste?

Most of my friends drink black tea as a coffee substitute and think that its only benefit, besides the taste, is caffeine. Thankfully, this assumption is incorrect. Read more »

How to Shop Organic on a Budget. Part 1

Fruit on display in a supermarket in Japan.

Organic products are healthy, they taste better and protect the environment. However, unless your income is at least 6 figures, there is no way you can afford the organic lifestyle, right? Wrong.

If you know where and how to shop, buying organic products may actually save you money. Here are the best ways how to get organic on a budget. Read more »

Organic Recipes: Easy and Healthy Pizza From Scratch

No matter what they say, pizza doesn’t have to be junk food. With minimal effort and just a few ingredients you can make a delicious healthy pizza from scratch.

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NAET (Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique). How We Treated Allergies Naturally. Personal Testimony. Part 1

NAET stands for Nambudripad’s  (doctor’s name) Allergy Elimination Technique. This method is a completely natural and innovative way to treat allergies and although it sounds like hocus-pocus and doesn’t make a lot of sense to many, thousands claim that it works wonders. We tried it, because nothing else worked and it was so hard to see our child suffer. We were desperate and ready to try anything. We figured this method couldn’t hurt, because it was drug-free and therefore, worth a shot. Here is a story of how we found NAET and what it did for us. Read more »

Michelle Obama Starts Organic Garden at the White House

Did you hear that Michelle Obama started White House organic garden to promote healthy lifestyle and healthy eating?

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Organic Living – Fashionable Trend or a Necessity?

The organic living movement is gaining more popularity. Organic sections in grocery stores are expanding; new types of organic products keep popping up and, despite the recession, new organic shops are emerging.

So what is the catch? Is it due to the hard work of brilliant marketing folks, who, as we know, can make us believe anything (like that the Snuggie is really cool)? Or is it due to increased allergies, cancer rates and chronic diseases, which make people more cautious of what they eat and how they live? Read more »

The Power of Water

If changing your lifestyle and improving health has been your New Year resolution for the last 7 years, and you just never got to it because of lack of time, money, partner or motivation, here is something easy for you. The easiest and the cheapest way to improve health is to increase your intake of pure water. Read more »

Junk Food Can’t Be That Bad, Right?

Energy-dense foods, such as fast food (picture...

When non-English speakers hear the phrase “junk food” they are usually lost. In many foreign languages words “junk”, “garbage” and “trash” have the same meaning. So why in the world human beings who were given the privilege to think and reason, are spending their money on food, which has astronomic amounts of fats, calories, salt, sugar and chemicals, and which has absolutely no nutritional value. Why even we, the organic advocates, who know that junk food is bad, are sometimes tempted to snatch a burger with fries or grab a doughnut? Read more »

Another Look at Health Food Stores

What is the first thing we think when we hear the phrase “health food store”? Healthy food? Duh, of course. But what else? More often than not people associate health food stores with skyrocket prices. However, this is not always true.
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Organic Clothes – Luxury for Many, Neccessity for Some

Most of us understand the benefits of organic food products. Even if we stubbornly buy McDonald’s cheeseburgers every Tuesday, we know that putting junk food packed with chemicals and other questionable substances into our bodies is not good for us.

But what’s so great about organic clothes? Is it worth buying a $28 organic tank top, when you could buy an identical non-organic one for under 5 bucks at K-Mart? Are non-organic clothes really that bad? Read more »

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