Moisturize Dry Skin Naturally

We get so bombarded with advertising--especially when it comes to beauty products--that it's challenging to decipher which ingredients our skin really needs to look and stay healthy. The following...

Beat Inflammation

Inflammation is our body's way of sending help to heal wounds, prevent infection, and fend off germs. Without all that heat, redness, and swelling surrounding the area needing immediate attention, we...

Nutraceuticals for Beauty

Your skin is a mirror, reflecting back the quality of the foods you eat as well as your stress level, lifestyle, sleep habits, and sun exposure. While nothing should replace a healthy diet high in...

Omega Power - Benefits of Essential Fats

Numerous studies point to the many benefits of these fats, which are known as essential fatty acids (EFAs). Even if you have the typical dieter's fear of fat, it's important to consume omega-rich...

Are You Deficient in Magnesium?

Symptoms can include: loss of appetite nausea fatigue weakness numbness tingling cramps abnormal heart rhythms Most Americans consume less of this mineral than the recommended daily intake, with...

Peanuts Pack a Powerful Nutritious Punch

In the 1950s, children were weaned on peanut butter, carrying the requisite PB&J to school in our lunch boxes and snacking on it after school. Condemned as high in calories and fat in the late...

Anti-Cancer Foods

[[nid:19296]]It'd be great if there was one easy diet we could all eat to eliminate cancer risk. Alas, it's not that simple. No one food can prevent cancer. It turns out that it's a combination of...

Pizza Grilling Tips: Web Extra!

What's the secret to a perfectly grilled pizza? 1. Don't work with cold dough. Make sure it's room temperature before shaping it. 2. Think outside the circle. Form...

Prep for Sandal Season

I'm typing this with greasy fingers from the oil I've slathered onto my cracked heels. The fissures are an ugly sign left over from winter and intermittent care on my part. I discovered I'd been...

Aged Garlic Extract Is Awesome

OK, so you've used garlic countless times to ward off vampires. Who amongst us hasn't? But have you considered using this wonder bulb (Allium sativum, an offshoot of the onion genus) to keep your...

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