Have you ever stopped to check the ingredients and the nutrition facts on your bottle of ketchup before squeezing a dollop onto your food? Recently I was doing some research on the ingredients and what I found shocked me.

We all know that nutrition labels usually list the ingredient that is used the most first. In this case, the ‘tomato concentrate’ is used the most. And for some, it sounds pretty healthy.

However, tomato concentrate is a fancy term for ‘tomatoes that have been  heavily processed and contain no nutritional value.

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The combination of  lemon and baking soda  has many incredible health benefits such as  detoxifying the body,  boosting the immune system, preventing cancer, balancing pH levels, helping with digestion and more.

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Breast cancer can be a very serious thing, and in many cases, early detection is key for a successful recovery.  Thus, women in America have been told that a yearly mammogram is the best thing to do.  But like all things, there are pluses and minuses. However, unfortunately, like many things we are just told what to do without hearing the minuses.  Mammograms fall into this category for a couple of reasons.

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If you are old enough you can remember when all chicken in the US was basically organic.  I can remember when Kentucky Fried Chicken was even good chicken!  But then in the late 80’s and early 90’s (along with a name change) the chicken became gelatinous with less meat on the bone and more tendons.  The same can be said with the chicken we buy in the store.  That is because, as to no surprise, US chicken started to have a ton of man-made and chemical processing and farming techniques imposed on it.  Many of these techniques resulted in radically changing the nutritional value of chicken… and its safety!

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Though they may look the same, not all pine trees are equal. Such is the case with the Siberian Fir tree (also known as Abies Sibirica). To the Sumerians, whose civilization was a precursor to the modern world yet remains clouded in mystery, the Siberian Fir was a sacred tree. It was viewed as a symbol of power, grandeur and immortality. This is confirmed by writing on clay tablets from about 7,000 years ago.

The reason ancient cultures valued this pine so highly was due to its medicinal and therapeutic properties. Sumerians would make broths, compresses and primitive Band-Aids with the oils and saps from this tree. The anti-bacterial and fungal properties of the Siberian Fir are amazing. In fact, in forests where this tree grows, the air is basically completely free of microbial pathogens.

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A widow with ten boys to feed was once asked how she does it? She replied, “I feed them what they don’t like and give them as much of it as they want”. Sound advice from a women in a impossible situation for most of us. But it highlights what should be a parents priority, to feed their kids and feed them well. This does not always include what they like… as far too may parents are focused on pleasing their kids, often attempting to get them to eat more. Unfortunately, this often means compromising health and nutrition for quantity and compliance.

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Oh that infamous Chlorine Bleach… Most of us think that if you really want get things cleaned around the house, you most certainly should be using Bleach. After all my mother used it, my grandma used it and her mom before her used it. But on the other hand, there is more data coming out each day warning us about harmful, even hazardous effects of Chlorine Bleach on our health.

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