For the past several decades, people across the country have known that eating egg yolks can certainly cause health problems. While many people have made an effort to cut eggs completely out of their diet, eggs are an extremely important source of protein, vitamins and minerals. Excessive egg yolks in your diet can clog your […]
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For hundreds of years now beets have been revered by societies around the world because of their amazing health benefits and versatile culinary use. As far back as the 1500s eastern European societies utilized beets to boost their health. Their greens were eaten for their high contents of fiber and vitamins, and their roots were […]
You probably remember from your high school biology class that protein is pretty important to the human body. In fact, protein is widely considered to be the fundamental building blocks of the human body, and plays an essential role in helping us to build and maintain healthy the muscles, bones, cartilage, skin, blood, hair, fingernails […]
Working to live may be inevitable, but does the process have to slowly kill you in the process? Is your office job actually stripping away your body’s ability to thrive? Nature never intended for us to spend eight hours in chairs in front of a computer, and staring at a glowing screen for hours on […]
Few things in modern times have been culturally appropriated as quickly and completely as yoga. What was once a relatively obscure Hindu spiritual practice in east Asia has become a mainstream form of exercise for overworked city dwellers everywhere.
It’s easy to scoff at the widespread popularity of yoga in the western world, but the […]
The term ‘tai chi’ is somewhat familiar to most of us. It’s common to envision slow, measured, low-impact movements performed by elderly, zen-looking men or women. There’s a good reason for this, as most tai chi forms are rooted in intentional, meditative movements. Yes, this makes them perfect for older generations. But, tai chi can […]
Most would never consider ‘sitting’ a health risk. You read that right – sitting. It’s such a comfortable and common position that it’s difficult to imagine that there could be anything fundamentally wrong with it. In the West, we tend to do just about everything in a sitting position – eating, working, reading, and even […]