Civilizations have long revered honey for its sweetness, medicinal properties and other useful applications. Ancient Egyptians used honey as a sugary condiment and a key ingredient in embalming fluid. Early Greeks believed it had powerful wound-healing properties.

In America, honey reigned as a h [ … ]

Dark and Delicious, it’s Blissfully Healthy Gabriel Constans

Did you know that more than half of U.S. adults prefer chocolate to other flavors and spend $55 per person per year to indulge their hankering? That’s a lot of chocolate— some 3.3 billion pounds annually, or about 12 pounds per choc [ … ]

Sizzling Hot Healthy Peppers Amber Lanier Nagle

Habanero, banana wax, jalapeno and other members of the chile pepper family have added a kick of flavor to otherwise bland food for hundreds of years. These spicy dynamos not only make our tongues sizzle and our faces sweat, they also deliver a [ … ]

Ten Ways to Lower Cholesterol Naturally Janet Bond Brill

Cardiovascular disease, manifested primarily as heart attacks and stroke, is America’s number one killer, dwarfing all other causes of death, including cancer and diabetes. More than 107 million of us have an unhealthy level of cholest [ … ]

A Tasty, Colorful Banquet

Michelle Schoffro Cook

 

While many foods taste great, they can also be powerful healers, naturally packaged in vibrant, multicolored disguises. Plus, these foods won’t cause the nasty, common side effects that often accompany the use of drugs. Here are some fabulous-t [ … ]