Nuts, health and nature

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Are nuts healthy? How many nuts should we be eating? When are nuts to be eaten? Are dehydrated nuts healthy?

Yes, nuts make a great addition to our diet; however, fresh nuts are only available a few weeks in the year, around autumn. Because of their high fat content, they should be eaten following the recommended dietary percentages of 80% or more carbohydrates, less than 10% protein, and less than 10% fat, so not that many to raise your daily fat and protein percentages over those amounts. Read more »

You control your happiness

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Editor’s comment: People just do not know how much power they truly have. It is up to them whether things affect them; they just do not know. The following article articulately explain via a story how we have the control. Please do not skim and scan; further, give it a try, do not just read about it. The difference between the knowledgeable and the wise is the wise use the knowledge. Be the wise one. Read more »

Collagen explained

listen Collagen explained

Collagen is an insoluble, fibrous protein that is too large a molecule to penetrate the skin, i.e. no matter how much is present in a cosmetic, it WILL NOT GET INTO YOUR SKIN. The collagen found in most skin care products is derived from animal skins and ground-up chicken feet! Whilst it is a major body component, the form used in cosmetics is foreign and does not even get absorbed through the skin, much less help “rebuild it” as some products claim.

When applied to the skin, most collagen products form a film layer, which can stop oxygen transport, suffocating the skin. Read more »

What is alternative medicine?

listen What is alternative medicine?

Alternative medicine is medicine or methods that are not mainstream. However, alternative medicine follows the same theories as mainstream modern medicine: it addresses the effects not the cause.

For example, herbs are used by people all over the world to “cure” people of illnesses. Has anyone thought that the removal of foodstuffs in the diet in order to add the herbs to the diet may have anything to do with it? Have people every wondered why their illnesses return? Has anyone ever questioned that if these are so good, then why do we not simply live off of them and discard the rest? Did you know that there are people around the world that live off bananas for years at a time? Can you live off your tea? There are people that live off other fruits as well; can you do that with your herb? Read more »