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Court Rules Against Monsanto, Allows California To Put Cancer Warning On Roundup Monsanto had sued the nation's leading agricultural state, saying California officials illegally based their decision for carrying the warnings on an international health organization based in France.

This is incredible! Goes to show how little we know about where our food comes from. Beautiful!

This Is How Our Favourite Foods Look In Their Natural Habitats (Photos) Could you recognize a cashew tree in the wild, or a black pepper vine? How about a mango tree? We all know what an apple tree looks like, and can recognize a cabbage patch when we see one, but many of our favourite foods appear vastly different in their natural forms, as they go through […]

I don't eat fish very often, but I know a lot of people who do. When I do eat fish I always stick to wild sockeye salmon. Check out this article (by Dr. Joseph Mercola) to learn why most fish you eat is highly unhealthy.

"The risk of sockeye salmon accumulating high amounts of mercury and other toxins is reduced because of its short life cycle, which is only about three years. Additionally, bioaccumulation of toxins is also reduced by the fact that it doesn't feed on other, already contaminated fish."

Are Farmed Salmon One of the Most Toxic Foods in the World? Nicolas Daniel’s documentary “Fillet-Oh-Fish” takes a critical look at the fish industry, featuring footage from fish farms and factories across the globe.

Weight loss is all about managing what you eat. With today’s portion sizes exploding out of control, it’s difficult to know what is the proper amount or bodies actually need. You’d be amazed what you can learn from a nutritionist. Check out savvyfoodie.ca to see my services for lessons on how to buy and prepare food for health.

Here's how drastically food portions have changed in the past 4 decades America's waistlines are getting thicker, and it's not simply because we're choosing to pile our plates with more food.

What great news this is! Some things take a little time but with enough repetition and cold hard evidence, we can make cultural changes. Soda is deadly, don't drink it.

Sugar Crash: U.S. Soda Consumption Hits 30-Year Low The industry-wide slump in 2015 was even worse for the leading cola brands.

This is a very thorough list of healthy foods to buy if you're wondering where to start. Healthy and delicious!

Top 30 Healthiest Foods of All Time Here are the healthiest foods that will supercharge your diet, so remember to spend 90 percent of your food budget on whole foods to protect your health.

Just coming off a week of our whole household being sick, I thought this would be a great article to share. Not to say there is no place for conventional medicine, but it's alway a better choice for your body to first prevent, and second, try the natural route before pumping yourself full of synthetics. You should always keep these items in your kitchen.

5 Foods & Spices That Can Prevent & Help Treat Diseases We are living in a day and age where the pharmaceutical companies continue to dupe us into believing we need to ingest synthetic medications in order to get better. But did you ever stop to consider that perhaps the best medicine is prevention? Eating whole, organic foods has been found to result in…

This is what it's all about. Great read!

The Age of Toxicity: The Link Between Stress, Magnesium, & Disease Our world is invaded with toxicity, radiation, and synthetic materials thanks to toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, vaccinations, GMO foods, and more. And while mainstream media continues to live under the barrage of government-approved laws, labels, and ideals, there is constant research disapprovin…

Start now. Baby steps is all it takes!

As a Holistic Nutritionist, it’s my job to inform my clients about toxins in food, as well as in the household items we use. This article highlights a growing concern for our future if the products we use continue to pass such weak standards. It’s your responsibility as the consumer to know what ingredients you’re using on you and your children’s bodies. The companies who sell you these products will lie to you for a dollar; even if it means your slow death. Please share this with your friends and have them like my page, as I will be highlighting in future posts some great natural alternatives you can pick up close to home for your family.

Johnson & Johnson Is Just the Tip of the Toxic Iceberg

Do you need an Omega-3 supplement? If you're getting enough of these foods, you'll be fine without one. Check out my new blog post to see if you need one and what to look for if you do!

Do you Need an Omega Supplement? Do you currently take an Omega-3 supplement? Do you think you should? As consumers, we ingest far too much Omega-6 and not enough Omega-3 fatty acids. It’s i...

Water, water, water! Just drink water......and sometimes wine. ;)

1 in 3 Americans Drinks Sugary Soda or Juice Daily: CDC These beverages linked to greater risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, researchers say

Making the switch to organic is shown to reduce your exposure to pesticides. That's enough for me! It doesn't have to be all at once, I buy organic where I can. You can too!

Good News! Eating Organic Exposes You to Fewer Pesticides A study shows that those who eat organic food have 65 percent lower levels of pesticide residues than those who eat the least amount of organic produce.

We need to stop buying commercial salad dressings and make our own, it's easy! This is one of the most simple first steps you can make. Check out my post which gives you 6 basic dressings to start with. Play around with them until you find a favourite. Mmm!

6 Easy Salad Dressings: They will Make you Question why you're still buying store bought. |... One of the very first changes I made when I began a healthier lifestyle was to stop buying store bought salad dressings and start making my own. It’s one of t...

Picnic on the kitchen floor! "Momma, is this healthy?" Start them off right! 😊

Happy Valentine's Day! Enjoy copious amounts of chocolate today!! Just make sure it's dark chocolate!😜 http://authoritynutrition.com/7-health-benefits-dark-chocolate/

7 Proven Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate (No. 5 is Best) This article takes a detailed look at dark chocolate and its health benefits. It is actually loaded with antioxidants and beneficial nutrients.

Keep this in mind when consuming food. They care only for profit and will use misleading words on packaging to make you think they care about your health. Be savvy!

Do you eat yogurt? Do you feed it to your kids? Chances are it's filled with additives and sugar, which kill off the healthy probiotics leaving hardly any at all. This is a great read! Try buying organic, full fat, plain yogurt (grass fed if you can find it!!) and adding fruit or raw honey.

The Not So Secret Truth About Yogurt A healthy yogurt is made from 100% raw grass-fed milk, unlike most commercial yogurt that contains too much sugar and other additives.

This will be amazing!! Michael Pollan has already shown us where our food comes from in is documentaries. Now he talks about the science behind "what should we eat?" Check out the trailer here!!

In Defense of Food - Trailer This is "In Defense of Food - Trailer" by kikimmedia on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

All this talk of GMO's, but what are they and why are they such a big concern? Check out David Suzuki's explanation to better understand how GMO's affect you and your family!

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/queen-of-green/faqs/food/understanding-gmo/

Understanding GMO GMO's - or genetically modified organisms - refer to the plants or animals created through the gene splicing techniques of biotechnology. In conversation, GMO's and GE foods refer to the...

Are you truly living your life to it's fullest? Or are you kidding yourself? If you're not eating properly then your body is not functioning at it's highest ability. If you're eating just to lose weight and cutting corners by eating zero fat and artificial sweeteners, then you are cheating your health! Be Savvy! 😊

It's no secret that cancer is BIG business.

Although cancer has been cured many times through the use of natural remedies, there will never been any funding allotted to researching these cures because these natural ingredients, which are easily found by anyone, provide no profit for medical industry giants

Cancer: Forbidden Cures | Natural Cancer Treatment "Cancer: Forbidden Cures" exposes the corruption of the cancer industry and the extreme measures used to prohibit physicians to treat the disease naturally.

Have you heard the recent claim in the food industry claiming that saturated fats are no longer fats to be feared and avoided? Do you still use margarine, or do you think butter's back?

http://www.alive.com/health/the-rebirth-of-saturated-fat/

The Rebirth of Saturated Fat - alive Saturated fat has been blamed for the rise in cardiovascular disease. But has it been unfairly accused? Discover the new thinking on what makes fat healthy.

This quote breaks it down in to 4 simple words! You cannot expect long term health while feeding yourself toxins. Eating healthy food doesn't mean it can't taste good though!!😉