by IrenesAdmin | Feb 1, 2023 | Healthy Lifestyle Tip
Worst Food Additives When a substance is added during a refined food’s production, the substance is called a “food additive.” Some additives are added to increase shelf stability and retard bacteria growth, prevent caking, or improve the taste. Unlike herbs, salts, or...
by IrenesAdmin | Jan 1, 2023 | Healthy Lifestyle Tip
Do you ever tell yourself when you’re about to throw away a glass jar “it’s only one jar; I don’t feel like cleaning it out.” The problem with that line of thinking is that if everyone thought that way (which sadly there are a lot who do), the planet suffers. Of all...
by IrenesAdmin | Dec 1, 2022 | Healthy Lifestyle Tip
From cooking to fermenting to grinding and chopping whole ingredients, humans have always processed our food. Traditional processing makes foods easier to eat, digest, and preserve. Any food not in its raw, natural state has technically been processed. However, with...
by IrenesAdmin | Oct 3, 2022 | Healthy Lifestyle Tip
Reading Food Labels Food labels can be an important resource in making sure you’re eating a healthy diet. Even if you know a lot about nutrition and health, and have a clear idea of your ideal nutritional profile, without nutritional information it would be difficult...
by IrenesAdmin | Sep 2, 2022 | Healthy Lifestyle Tip
6 Simple Composting Tips Composting is a way to break down organic materials into small bits of soil, resulting in nutrient-rich soil for balancing depleted soils and growing new plant life. Somewhere between 20-30% of our overall waste is composed of yard waste and...
by IrenesAdmin | Jul 10, 2022 | Healthy Lifestyle Tip
Water is an incredibly important aspect of our daily lives. We drink water, cook with water, bathe in water, and take part in many other activities involving water. Hydration • While most people think our bodies are 70% water, the answer is a bit more complicated....