Health & Remedies

The Essential Guide to Essential Oils

Essential oils may seem like a recent phenomenon to some, but they have been used by people from all over the world for thousands of years. Essential oils are the essence of a plant, a gift from the earth, distilled and prepared for you to bring the power of nature into your home. Inside many plants—hidden in roots, seeds, flowers, bark—are concentrated, highly potent chemical compounds. These natural compounds are essential oils. Essential oils give a plant its scent, protect it from hazardous environmental conditions, and even assist it with pollination, among other important functions and benefits.

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Locally Grown Foods – The Healthier Choice

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Do you know where the food you eat comes from? Shouldn’t you know? Is buying organic food all you need to do to ensure your food is more responsibly grown and better for you? Buying organic food is great, you should definitely continue doing that! But there is more to it than just how your food is grown. Where your food is grown is actually even more important. The healthiest, most environmentally friendly combination is to buy organic, locally grown foods.…

Einkorn: The Superior Grain

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Hey Modern Wheat, I’ve got a bone to pick with you! You’re loaded with carbs and gluten, you are not good friends with Weight Loss, you can be hard to digest, your overconsumption can lead to several diseases, and your nutritional value just plain sucks. You are – simply put – unfit for a healthy lifestyle… But you do make bread, and I looove bread – I mean who doesn’t? – but knowing what we know today about modern wheat, I just don’t feel good eating it. Don’t you wish there was a healthier, great tasting alternative to modern wheat?

Well wish no more, because the answer to that question has been here all along, and it’s called einkorn! …