This is an article that I wrote for the winter edition of Purely Delicious Magazine. It is an article about depression, some of it's causes, and how it can be helped through eating a diet of healthful, raw foods. WIth the holidays fast… Continue

There are a number of foods that can naturally and safely boost levels of testosterone. They are as follows:

* Almonds
* avocados
* beans
* broccoli
* brussel sprouts
* dairy products
* eggs
* oysters
* poultry

Nothing sound that appealing? Consider the following supplements then:

* Carnitine. Increases the number of androgen receptors in muscles.
* Forskolin. Also shown to reduce body fat levels.
* Tribulus Terrestris. Herb that supports T production by enahding the amount of LH (luteinizing… Continue

Probably not! 99% of all vitamin C supplements are ascorbic acid, calcium ascorbate, magnesium ascorbate or potassim ascorbate.

Eating ascorbic acid supplements and foods with hidden ascorbic acid used as a preservative is a primary contributor to rapid aging as ascorbic acid disrupts cellular oxygen metabolism.

Ascorbates are chemical nightmares. Ascorbic acid never has been and never will be Natural State Vitamin C.

Ascorbates (there are many different types) are all vitamin mimics. This me… Continue

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Food Review: Almonds

Almonds are loaded with calcium and antioxidants. One serving has nearly half the recommended daily allowance of vitamin E and as much antioxidant power as a cup of green tea.

Kitchen Gadget Review:… Continue

Wine. No other beverage has attracted the attention of modern medicine like this drink. Although it is most widely known for its benefits for the heart, wine has benefits against cancer, dementia, and other age-related diseases. Researchers in Denmark recently looked at 25,000 people to find out what drinking alcohol does to mortality and discovered that wine drinkers slash their overall risk of dying from any cause by about 40%. The active ingredient wine is Resveratrol.

Resveratrol has captur… Continue

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Food Review: Grapes

In my research I have read that the darker purple grapes are a bit more beneficial than the green. Grapes with higher flavonoids, usually come from grapes that are vibrant and stronger in color like purple grapes, grape juice and red wine.


Fit Review… Continue

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Food Focus: Winter Squash

The most common varieties of winter squash include acorn, buttercup, butternut, pumpkin, spaghetti, and turban. Excellent source of Vitamin A and C.


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Please describe kaia foods, and explain your personal mission: Kaia foods is concerned primarily with people’s health and well being as impacted by nutrition. We create delicious, raw, organic products that are more supportive of… Continue

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Food Focus: Buckwheat

Buckwheat is a gluten free grain which can also be found in a flour format which is commonly used for gluten free baking and cooking; for example for … Continue

Sugar, Protein and Our Brain

"Our brain wants to run exclusively on sugar (glucose). It is the preferred fuel."

We know this to be true or. . . do we?

Our barin want to run on ketones produced from burning your own body fat, not sugar. When carbohydrates are minimized, the brain naturally gets its energy from our own fat. It is only when big doses of carbs are in the systems does this sequence gets short-circuited.

From Medical News Today, "Human Brain Feeds On Lactate Not Glucose During Exe… Continue