Microscopic Spirulina
What is Spirulina?
Spirulina is microscopic blue - green algae that exist, as a single celled organism turning sunlight into life energy. It is one of the first life forms designed by nature more than …

Sneaky Calorie
Can’t lose weight – Beware of those “Sneaky Calories”!
Ok, so you have been trying to lose weight and have made all the required changes to your lifestyle. You are already keeping up with the …

Amaranth Leaves & Seeds
What is Amaranth?
Amaranth is a gluten free nutritional powerhouse. This interesting plant grows just about anywhere, even under difficult conditions that no other food plant could sustain. Amaranth has a long and …

Wheatgrass
What is Wheatgrass?
Wheatgrass refers to the young grass, grown from a wheat grain. It has become one of the more popular “go green” dietary supplements. The health benefits of wheatgrass range from providing supplemental nutrition …

Buckwheat
What is Buckwheat?
Buckwheat has been cultivated for at least 1,000 years in China, Korea and Japan, where it is often enjoyed in the form of buckwheat “soba” noodles, a form that’s become increasingly popular in …

Acai Berry
What is Acai Berry?
The Acai berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) is a dark purple fruit, about the size of a grape that grows on the acai palm trees in the Amazon rain forest of Brazil. Natives …

Watercress
What is Watercress?
Cultivated in pure spring water, watercress has been revered as a superfood down the centuries. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, is said to have located his first hospital close to a stream to …

Kale
What is Kale?
Kale has been cultivated for over 2,000 years. Until the Middle Ages, before cabbage became more popular in Europe, Kale was the most widely eaten green vegetable. In nineteenth century Scotland, the Scottish …

Prepare a Healthy Meal
The Zen of Healthy and Mindful Eating
These days with most people busy with their hectic work schedule, eating right is a daily challenge, and one that is fairly difficult to meet in …

Zen
Whether in the formal setting of a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery, during the weekly shop at the supermarket or at a workout session in the gym, Zen is about directly experiencing one’s true nature …