Super Foods

The topic of nutrition has never been hotter, and never have there been so many different ideas about what constitutes healthy eating. Despite the apparent differences on the surface, the common thread throughout most of the dietary dogma is a focus on whole foods.

Apples may prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol levels, help against Alzheimer’s disease, and protect bones: apples are a delicious health bomb that should always be part of a daily menu. Here are the reasons we know about today.

Non-dairy beverages can easily be part of a healthy diet and can substitute for cow or goat’s milk in many ways. If getting enough protein is a concern, be sure to use 100% organic, non-GMO soy beverage, which has a protein content similar to dairy milk.

Kombucha tea is a fermented beverage made from tea, sugar, bacteria, and yeast. Some refer to the beverage as ‘kombucha mushroom tea’ because of the film that grows on top of the beverage, which has the shape and color of a flat mushroom. However, the film is not a mushroom at all: it’s a colony of bacteria and yeast, referred to as a ‘SCOBY’ or ‘symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast’.