Nutrition entries

Make no bones about it…

Dem bones, dem bones, skin and bones, funny bone, the bare bones, I feel it in my bones, chilled to the bone, he doesn’t have a mean bone in his body. Make no bones about it, our bones do a lot more for us then give us creative expression for conversation or scaffolding...

Looking for the ‘whole’ truth?

Over the generations, our eating habits have changed from home cooked meals prepared for hours to be enjoyed at the family dinner table – like the ones our moms used to make – to an occasional layover at our kitchen table to grab a quick bite, as each family member...

Got Any 3s?……….Go fish!

At this stage in the game, most of us know – or at least have heard of – the many health benefits of taking the essential fatty acids found in fish oil called Omega 3, Omega 6 & Omega 9. What you may not know is how this finding all began! Fifty years ago, two...

Healthy Eating For The Busy Lifestyle

The New Year is just around the corner. A time for fresh starts and resolutions of a renewed commitment to living healthy. We start off each year promising ourselves that  ‘this year’ we will work on our eating habits, go to the gym, and practice balance in all areas...

Apothecary’s Pick – Hudson Valley Harvest

These days, almost nothing in the supermarket is grown the way it was fifty years ago. Most meat comes from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO), yielding heavily medicated, hormone infused proteins. Factory produce farms sell you processed flavorless vegetables...

Apothecary’s Pick – Sprout Creek Farm

Sprout Creek Farm’s creamery, located on 200 beautiful acres in LaGrange of Dutchess County, NY, is where the magic happens: where milk becomes cheese. But not just any cheese. This cheese is made from the rich and creamy milk of their herd of grass-fed Jersey, Milking...

Coconut Water

A new emerging trend is in coconut water. Currently, it is a 200 million dollar industry. Coconut water is basically natural Gatorade. It is a fluid that has a high concentration of electrolytes such as potassium, magnesium, and sodium. It also has a small amount of naturally...

Bye Bye Food Pyramid, Hello Plate

Here it is. This is the USDA’s new direction for our health.  You know what, it’s a step in the right direction, but it’s not perfect. Instead, look at Harvard’s modified edition… More information, better proportions, and no dairy serving...

Let’s Talk about pH!

We get a tremendous amount of requests for litmus paper to test one’s pH. The goal is to be more “alkaline” than “acidic”. This misinformation is perpetuated by the natural industry to peddle their products. Google “body pH”....

Where Snake Oil Got Its Reputation

This article was written by Casey Chan at Gizmodo. We refer to things as snake oil whenever it over promises, scams, has no proof in being able to do what its been marketed to do or when it’s just plain ridiculous. But did you know real snake oil works?