Health
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Artificial colors and sweeteners are everywhere. Here’s how to eliminate them from your diet with healthier natural choices.
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Colony Collapse Disorder is still a mystery, but you can help the honeybees with one simple tip.
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Delicious Living BlogHealthSupplements
New vitamin D study backs benefits of higher-dose guidelines
March 29, 2012A new study that found high-dose vitamin D supplementation helped lower risk for heart disease—and boost survival—is a data point in favor of experts who have long said the IOM guidelines are still too low.
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The New York Times recently posted a reader essay contest—and it’s widened the schism between carnivores and vegetarians.
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Journalist Ken Roseboro sat down with Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, to offer perspective on where we stand in the crucial battle to end GMOs—and the news is amazingly bright.
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According to research from The Hartman Group, as consumers clue in to the value of fresh foods, the market for packaged foods is dying out. Is this good or bad news for packaged natural products?
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Why do most bone health supplements contain twice as much calcium as magnesium when recent studies show taking more calcium isn’t necessarily better?
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Delicious Living BlogHealthNatural beauty
Are natural beauty brands greenwashing or targets of sensationalism?
March 23, 2012A new study from the Silent Spring Institute targets some top natural brands for containing potentially dangerous ingredients. While most media outlets sensationalized the new, I dug in to get the facts and analyze the study’s recommendations.
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In an era of cluttered label claims, in which gluten-free and omega-3s seem to be overtaking all others, how much does certified organic status matter?