Nutrition / March 2, 2015

I’m guilty! I must confess that I don’t always wait to rinse my fruits or veggies before I sneak a bite or two. I’m guessing that you don’t always either, so we can keep it our little secret! But after reading the Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides released by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), you may want to think twice before sneaking that bite. Every year the EWG names the list of the fruits and veggies that have the most pesticides, and which ones have the fewest. Their mission is to make it easier for you to decide what foods are worth spending extra for when it comes to organic produce. It’s best to buy organic produce whenever possible, but sometimes you might not always have the choice even if you wanted to. (Depending on the time of year or where you…

Medical / Nutrition / March 1, 2015

We recently asked Lara Pizzorno, author of “Your Bones: How You Can Prevent Osteoporosis and Have Strong Bones for Life – Naturally” to talk about various bone health topics for our readers. In this video,  Lara discusses the latest strontium research – both for strontium ranelate and strontium citrate.  Watch to find out. If you prefer to read the full review, we’ve included the full text below.  Are there any topics you would like Lara to talk about? If so, let us know in the comments! Transcript: Hello, my name is Lara Pizzorno the author of “Your Bones” and I am here today to share some information with you about the latest research on strontium. Both the natural form of strontium which is strontium citrate, that’s available as a supplement and also the unnatural form of strontium, strontium ranelate, which is still being…

Nutrition / February 28, 2015

We recently asked Lara Pizzorno, author of “Your Bones: How You Can Prevent Osteoporosis and Have Strong Bones for Life – Naturally” to talk about various bone health topics for our readers. In this video, Lara answers a question regarding a Weight Watchers diet and the potential of getting too much calcium.  Watch to find out. If you prefer to read the full review, we’ve included the full text below.  Are there any topics you would like Lara to talk about? If so, let us know in the comments! Transcript: Hello, my name is Lara Pizzorno and I’m here to I hope, answer some questions that you submitted after our first round of videos was posted. I’ll only answer one question per video because they’re great questions and there’s a lot of information to reply. So if your question isn’t answered…