Nutrition / Diet

Blessings in a Backpack started with just one school in 2005 and now serves over 25,300 students in 169 schools, spread throughout 21 U.S. states and two countries - Canada and Columbia. States highlighted in red at http://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/ are active. Scroll over your state or go to your country to see how many schools and kids are in the program.

The news is out!  One of the oldest known fruits, pomegranates have become one of the newest health giving “super foods” in North America. However, this is old news for people living in Asia and Middle Eastern countries. They valued the medicinal properties of the pomegranate long before modern

Gwen is a 26-year-old who was diagnosed last year with Neural demyelination, associated with probable Multiple Sclerosis. Her brain MRI, done in November 2005, showed five to six spots (light gray, old ones) and a couple that were active. The past five years were very stressful for her. She does have a history of tremors since age 13 or 14.

Every year, numerous studies are published in respected health journals supporting the use of vital nutrients that science has shown is beneficial in promoting and maintaining good health. Unfortunately, most of us will never hear about these findings. The following research results for 2009 were gathered from leading scientific jou

I recommend a listen to an interview by David J. Getoff with Lierre Keith, author of The Vegetarian Myth to take in another perspective (I'm personally a vegetarian and really want to keep an open mind). Ms.

Ringing in the ears is said to have no known cause. It can be anywhere from mildly distracting to completely debilitating and has been around for as long as we have written records.

"It is a bone-deep change you are going into, my beloved," counsels Grandmother Growth. "You must open to your very marrow for this transformation. No cell is to remain untouched. You are to open more than you ever dreamed you could open, more than you have opened in birth or in passion. You open now to the breath of mortality as it plays the bone flute of your being.

You’ve probably heard the news. More and more research is showing that chocolate is good for your health, especially the heart. However, only certain forms such as unadulterated chocolate from pure, ground, roasted chocolate beans provide heart healthy benefits.