Why does Organic Food cost more than Conventional Food?

conventional versus organic food

A new friend asked me ‘Why do you eat organic food since it is so expensive?’ and ‘How come organic food is so expensive?’ This is a common question for my family and me, so I thought I would give a

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Surprise this Fruit is more than Water

If it is hot where you live and you are working away or playing away! You may wish to bite into some watermelon to give you a boost of mental and physical energy. Contrary to popular believe Watermelon is not just full of water. The juice of a water melon is full of nutrients that

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The Dirty Dozen, The Clean Fifteen and EWG

As you most likely know our bodies are made of what we eat and as we work on our personal development it is very important that we not only nourish properly our mental and spiritual parts but also our physical parts

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How to Make a Positive Habit Infect You

Have you ever noticed that the friends you spend a lot of time with impact how you act? If they go to the beach a lot, you most likely do too. If they go to the pub a lot, you most likely do too. If they go to the park a lot with their children,

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Stress, Lung Cancer, Vitamin B6 and Methionine

Whether you work in front of a computer all day or in front of people all day life can definitely be stressful and some people smoke to reduce the impact of stress on their body. But most of us know that smoking can lead to lung cancer and we eventually quit smoking.

What can you

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Let Food be Thy Medicine

About 14 years ago when I first started seeking and studying intensively ideas that help create success and wellness in our lives I found a quote in a library book that is the title of this posting. The phrase was said to have been spoken by Hippocrates, the legendary Greek Physician who is often called

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European Union MPs Vote on Standard Food Labels

MPs in the EU are getting ready to vote on new food labeling standards. The goal is to create more uniform food labelling to help shoppers find healthier foods more easily.

The vote has not taken place yet but one thing is for sure, according to the BBC news report, the new labeling standards will

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White Rice and Type 2 Diabetes

In a report published yesterday in the Archives of Internal Medicine researchers found, after surveying almost 200,000 people, a link between white rice consumption and the occurrence of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the type of diabetes that is typically linked to poor healthy living habits.

The problem with white rice is that

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