5 Tips For A Healthier Thanksgivng

Thanksgiving is a time for friends and family to get together, eat some delicious food, and be thankful for time spent together. However, its often a time that people gain a few notches on the belt as they “splurge” and eat and drink as much as they can. Its the Holidays right?   Well this is the time of year

How Balancing Your Body pH Can Heal Your Body

Some health experts believe that our pH balance is extremely important, others say it is essential, there are a few who clearly state that it is a matter of life and death. The only people who don’t emphasize the alkaline/acidity balance as central to health are quacks that peddle a pharmaceutical pill for every ill, a drug for every bug. A way

7 Foods To Help Ease Stomach Pain

As I laid in bed a couple nights ago I developed some severe stomach pains, which lasted all through yesterday. I couldn’t stomach anything, couldn’t even think of eating. I became tired with the lack of nutrients in my body. I was cranky. I just wanted to go to sleep and hope for the best in the morning. It got me

5 Reasons You Should Be Drinking Lots of Water

I love water. I love drinking it, I love swimming in it, I love surfing on it, and I love looking at it while the sun sets. Water is the most vital substance we put in our bodies. It accounts for 70% of our body. It’s crucial to all life processes. When we’re hydrated, we look younger and more vibrant.

Are Blueberries The World’s Healthiest Food?

Blueberries, that deliciously healthy berry just got an added boost in the form of new research finding that freezing the superfood actually increases the berry’s nutritional content. Graduate student Marin Plumb, a food science major at South Dakota State University, found that frozen blueberries are equally nutritious as fresh blueberries, even after six months of freezing. Plumb’s experiment involved observing antioxidant levels

4 Food Pairings To Supercharge Your Diet

There are certain food pairings that not only taste great together, but when are paired up, give you extra nutritional benefits and a energy boost! Packing power food pairings together can bring out the best in each other to give better health benefits, induce weight loss and give you that extra boost of energy to take on the day. I

6 Health Benefits of Probiotics

Probiotics have become one of the big new diet movements in the past 5 years, and we’ve all heard about how they reestablish gut integrity and promote optimal health. But what is the purpose of probitoics, and who should consume them? For most people, the mention of probiotics conjures up images of yogurt. But don’t dismiss the microbes as a

12 Foods With More Sugar Than A Krispy Kreme Doughnut

    Via takepart:Sugar has become a super-villain of sorts. We see its evil machinations in the form of Tony the Tiger eering down at children and in rats getting addicted to Oreos like they were cocaine. Even the substitutes it has spawned can cause weight gain, brain tumors, bladder cancer, and many other health problems. Still, 71.4 percent of American adults allot more

5 GMO Free Breakfast Ideas

Starting your day off with a nutritious and filling breakfast is one of the best things you can do as it kickstarts your metabolism allowing you to have sustained energy throughout the day, and provides fuel for your brain to function at its highest capacity. My specialty (thanks for teaching me mom), the Captain Jack, is some organic eggs, some breakfast

7 Healthy Food Options You’re Making Fattening

I’ll be the first to admit, all “healthy” food does not always taste great. There’s a reason for this. A lot of that food people eat that tastes so good (think candy, donuts) is loaded with artificial sugars, and refined carbohydrates, which both are some of the most fattening ingredients in existence. We here at Organic Shift like to go