Category: Healthy Food
Because access to healthful and uncontaminated food should be a human right.
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The Neglected Mineral We Cannot Live Without
Every single cell in the human body demands adequate magnesium to function, or it will perish. Magnesium is so important to so many vital body functions, and its deficiency is integrally involved in so many diseases, that more than one researcher has dubbed magnesium a miracle in its ability to resolve or improve numerous disorders.…
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Winter Warmth Recipe: Anti-Inflammatory Turmeric Ginger Tea
Have you tried turmeric ginger tea? Turmeric has a huge reputation for its proven health benefits. It is part of the ginger family, hence its similar looks! When consumed together, ginger and turmeric can be a great cure for cold and flu. Treasure Valley snow will soon make its 2017 appearance. Our northern neighbors have…
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Organic Baby Foods Test Positive for dangerous contaminants
October 25, 2017 USA Today article highlights the CLEAN LABEL study of 530 baby food products. What researchers found is extremely disturbing. 65% of the products tested positive for arsenic, 36% for lead, 58% for cadmium and 10% for acrylamide. All of these chemicals pose potential dangers to developing infants. We agree with Clean Label,…
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The mighty pumpkin seed. Could Southwest Idaho become a domestic source?
The popularity of pumpkin seeds is beginning to grow as people realize the benefits of pumpkin seeds. Pumpkin seeds contain a wide variety of nutrients ranging from magnesium and manganese to copper, protein, and zinc.Last summer Idaho business review posted an article on the potential for Idaho and Oregon to become a source for pumpkin…
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How to Make Homemade Apple Cider and Cider Vinegar
OCTOBER IS APPLE MONTH—Most of the summer fruit and veggies are winding down, but apples are in GREAT SUPPLY! Published on Sep 28, 2016 Ever wonder how to make homemade apple cider? It is possible from your own home, with small apples or big apples. Watch this quick video explaining how to do it. Website…
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DIY Medicinals: Turmeric Onion Sauerkraut
Naturally fermented raw sauerkraut is an excellent source of important probiotics that help to maintain healthy gut bacteria. Raw sauerkraut contains lactic acid and living probiotic organisms that are created through the fermentation process, and which are heat sensitive and are killed if the sauerkraut is heat processed. Many of the store-bought sauerkraut options are…
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8 Keys to Growing in Winter in an Unheated Greenhouse (Hoop House)
Idaho has snow but that doesn’t mean you can’t grow in the winter. Grow your health. Using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost and mulch. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used. Published on Jan 10, 2016…
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Very Soon it will be Elderberry Season!
7 Surprising Elderberries Benefits Some of the most important health benefits of elderberries include their ability to boost immune system function, protect against bacteria and infection, slow down the spread of cancer, moderate the digestive process, prevent the development of diabetes, reduce the pain and speed associated with autoimmune diseases, help with weight loss, lower…
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Chronically ill child healed with diet of raw food
HFI. Food is medicine.Who hasn’t seen or heard Hippocrates’ famous quote about letting food be your medicine and your medicine your food? Dominic’s story is proof again that foods can the ultimate source of healing. Our seemingly perfect child went to bed and woke up the following day with dilated pupils, ticcing so bad that…
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88% of Idaho Eat Organic Foods
HFI: Health Freedom means being able to choose quality foods supporting the immune system. Once found only in health food stores, organic food is now a regular feature at most supermarkets. People are concerned about toxins used in food production. They are concerned about the affects of chemicals and GMOs on their health. Where do…