Here’s 5 Reasons To Include Kefir in Your Diet Today

I’m a big fan of some yogurt in the morning, but did you know that you can get the benefits of yogurt in a drinkable form? Yogurt fans, meet kefir. Like yogurt, kefir is a cultured milk product with a tart and even sour taste. Kefir hails from Eastern Europe and recently has made a splash in the natural food market.

Why Should I Eat Hemp Hearts?

I’ll be completely honest, 72 hours ago I had no idea what hemp hearts were. A friend recommended them at the grocery store, so I picked them up. Its funny how quickly things can change – now, I love them. Hemp hearts are the edible insides of hemp seeds, packed with nutritional content and offering a variety of health benefits. Hemp

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

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

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 Reasons Why Apple Cider Vinegar Will Change Your Health

Organic Apple Cider Vinegar can play a huge role in improving your health. Organic Shift writers are big supporters of the benefits that it can offer. A rather unknown product, Organic Apple Cider Vinegar is something we have been getting into lately, and the benefits are more than noticeable. WHAT IS ORGANIC APPLE CIDER VINEGAR? Real organic apple cider vinegar,

9 Natural Foods That Help Ease Pain

Achy joints Food Rx: Cherries, turmeric Here’s sweet news: Preliminary research suggests that eating about 20 tart cherries may be as effective as taking ibuprofen for reducing pain. (Plus, it’s a star in our favorite oatmeal recipe.) In a more recent study, eating about 45 cherries a day reduced C-reactive protein, a major marker of inflammation associated with arthritis, by 25%.