For this week’s blog, I copied and pasted snippets of Dhru Purohit’s blog. In his blog, he provides a practical guide on mitigating electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and understanding some of the potential dangers. I believe it’s an important preventive measure to take, especially for children whose brains and bodies are more vulnerable to dirty electricity….
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10 Healthy Habits for Kids
I was inspired to create this post after my six-year-old old cousin stayed with me for the week. He is a sweet, inquisitive, loving ball of energy. I thoroughly enjoyed having him visit and spending time with him. Like any young kid, though, he had his moments. Creating healthy habits with kids reduces these…
5 Lesser-Known Superfoods
Superfood: A nutrient-rich food considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being. 1. Sprouts Sprouts are a nutritional powerhouse. These microgreens are loaded with a plant compound that is converted to sulforaphane. Sulforaphane is known to have benefits against inflammation and a wide variety of diseases. Broccoli sprouts contain 20 times more sulforaphane…
If These Came In Pill Form
If there were a pill you could take proven to improve your health in all capacities and slash your risk of all-cause mortalities with little to no side effects, I’m wagering you would at least try it for a month or two. Taking these “pills” would increase not only your lifespan but also your healthspan. …
Snack on Movement
Being sedentary is the new smoking. Yes, not moving your body may be worse for your health than smoking. On average, people spend three-quarters of their waking hours being in one place, such as working at the computer, watching TV, scrolling on the phone, or reading a book. Not moving your body and not doing…
Wisdom from 1st Graders
The class is in session: your teacher, 1st graders. There’s a lot you can learn from the actions of six and seven-year-olds. Observing them throughout the years as a teacher, I’ve found characteristics that I, as an adult, would like to do more of, and if I did, I would be more healthy and happy….
Going Against the Grain
Bread, cereal, tortillas, chips, pasta, and bagels. These foods used to be staples in my diet. Now, I hardly eat them, or if I do, I look for healthier alternatives (discussed in the last paragraph). Here are three of the biggest reasons I don’t consume grains to the extent that I used to….
Energy Boosting Foods
Sorry, no candy bars, sodas, chips, or fast food happy meals made this list of energy-boosing foods. Here are my favorite foods that provide lasting, sustainable, healthy energy. Dark Chocolate: The list starts with my favorite, dark chocolate. Dark Chocolate naturally contains caffeine. A couple of pieces of dark chocolate is an excellent pick-me-up snack…
Fasting Saviors
Depending on what kind of extended fast you are doing, there are helpful things you can do to make your fast more pleasant. Have a cup or two of Black Coffee/Tea Black coffee and tea won’t break your fast and can be an excellent go-to during a fast. Besides providing your taste buds something different…
12-Hour Intermittent Fast
An intermittent fast or abstaining from eating food for a period of time is a practice as old as humanity itself. Hunters and gatherers did not know when their next meal would come, going days without eating any food. Skip ahead 12,000 years to today, and the average human has an eating window…