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A Guide to Finding and Choosing The Healthiest Eggs

June 27, 2017 by Tyler Ardizzone
Last updated on: June 27, 2017

They are fooling you. The words on the egg cartons don’t mean what you think they do. “Vegetarian-fed”, “cage-free”, “omega-3 enriched”, “free-range”, “organic”, “humanely-raised”, and “pasture-raised” all seem like healthy choices, but they don’t accurately reflect how healthy the eggs… [read]

Make Chocolate Healthy Again: Fast and Easy DIY Homemade Chocolate

June 21, 2017 by Tyler Ardizzone
Last updated on: June 21, 2017

Few foods can induce a craving like chocolate. From its aroma to how it melts in your mouth to what it does for your body — the whole experience is heavenly. The effects of chocolate are experienced by everyone, not… [read]

Are Low-Carbohydrate Diets Healthy for Women? How Do Carbs Affect Fertility and Pregnancy?

June 6, 2017 by Tyler Ardizzone

Women are the gatekeepers of the next generation. Their bodies handle dietary changes differently than men. For example, women tend to be more sensitive to the stresses of their environment as a way to ensure that a baby isn’t brought… [read]

Are Low-Carbohydrate Diets Healthy?

June 1, 2017 by Tyler Ardizzone

If orange is the new black, then low-carb is the new low-fat. The hysteria about fat and how it “clogs” your arteries has died off and a new fad has taken its place — low-carbohydrate diets. This fad, on the… [read]

Increase Your Cognitive Power – A Simple User’s Manual For Your Brain

May 25, 2017 by Tyler Ardizzone
Last updated on: June 2, 2017

What are you thinking about? Me? Oh, I’m just thinking about what to write next (and how meta this sentence is). Meanwhile, you are wondering where this article could possibly be going. Those thoughts happened spontaneously — painting the crowded… [read]

Activated Charcoal is Very Popular Right Now – Here’s Why

May 23, 2017 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: May 28, 2020

Activated charcoal is expanding into a whole new market. It’s used in water filtration, as poison control, and in herbal medicine regularly, but it’s increasingly showing up in health and beauty care products. So what is activated charcoal, and why… [read]

Can Environmentalists Eat Steak? Is Grass-fed, Free-range Better?

May 23, 2017 by Tyler Ardizzone
Last updated on: May 23, 2017

Healthy animals mean a healthy environment, right? What about concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)? These “factory farms” must be cancerous to the environment. This all seems like common sense, but our common sense can sometimes lead us in the wrong… [read]