Digestive Health

Buckwheat is a pseudo cereal, a type of grain that doesn’t grow on grasses but is used similarly to other cereals. It is referred to as a gluten-free grain but is actually a seed which is harvested from a flowering plant related to rhubarb and is known to provide significant health benefits. This seed is

Breakfast actually means “to break the fast.” It is the first meal of the day after a time of not eating overnight. James Caleb Jackson (1811-1895), a farmer and preacher, was the inventor of the first dry, whole grain breakfast cereal he called ‘granula’. Jackson promoted a near vegetarian diet with the emphasis on fruits,

Resistant starch was not discovered until 1982. Before that, we thought all starch could be digested by the digestive enzymes in our small intestine. Subsequent studies confirmed that there are indeed starches that resist digestion and end up in our large intestine where they can feed our good bacteria, just like fibre does. Resistant starch

Many people wonder how often they should be emptying their bowels. Ideally, food should take more that 15 hours to pass through your digestive system. If you eat 3 meals a day, doing a “number two” 3 times is normal. If you eat 3 meals a day plus some snacks, you might even go between

Cholesterol is a naturally occurring fat-like and waxy substance made by the liver and required by the body for the proper function of cells, nerves and hormones. Cholesterol is in every cell in your body. We need cholesterol to support the creation of Vitamin D; our brain needs it to create neurotransmitters such as serotonin

How do you clean the air? NASA’s research institute did a Clean Air study in the late 1980’s on plants abilities to purify the air. The study identified the best indoor plants to remove benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene and ammonia from our surroundings – chemicals that have been linked to adverse symptoms like headaches, dizziness,