A November Promise

In November, we can’t promise that the rain will be gentle, or that the fog won’t last too long. We can’t guarantee that our teams will triumph at football, or that our chosen candidates will win elections. We can’t be certain that Turkey Day will go off without a hitch, that the bird will be moist, the gravy just right, and the pie crust precisely flaky.

Mediterranean Diet Linked to Mitochondrial Proteins That Support Healthy Aging

When you hear the words “Mediterranean diet,” piles of colorful fruits and vegetables, golden olive oil, and crispy grilled fish shimmering in the Tuscan sun may come to mind.

Brussels sprouts are one of those vegetables some parents had to bribe their kids to eat. No matter how cute these mini cabbages are, they would only be eaten with the promise of ice cream, or if you were lucky, a dollar.

"The entire history of organic agriculture is nearly as old as human civilization…” 
— The Organic Farmer’s Association¹

Fat often gets a bad rap, especially when it comes to saturated fat.

Long-term support, short-term solutions

We are about to enter the depths of cold and flu season, which starts in October, peaks through the winter months, and starts to taper off in the spring. Are you ready? Or, more specifically, is your immune system ready?

Stress. Sometimes it’s insidious, creeping up on you while you’re sitting in traffic, causing your blood pressure to rise and your jaw to clench. Or it can hit you like a ten-ton truck, such as in the event of becoming unemployed or a sudden illness, knocking you off your feet and leaving you feeling like you may never recover.

A superhero supplement for immune and respiratory health, and beyond

If black seed oil were a cartoon superhero, it would save the world with its signature super phytonutrient constituent, thymoquinone, a powerful free radical scavenger.

Garlic has long been praised as a protector by various cultures.

“We seek to empower the fertilizer industry to nourish our world.”¹ This is the “mission and vision” of The Fertilizer Institute, the industry’s leading trade association in the United States.² Yet, the data suggests our world is dangerously over nourished by fertilizer, especially the synthetic nitrogen variety.

Ginseng Improves Measures of Cardiovascular Health

In today’s world, few of us are immune to chronic stress.

October is for…

Orange, crimson, gold… colors everywhere. Elm trees and birch trees, maple, oak, and aspen—wearing their finest foliage, casting a spell that only nature can. It’s for children laughing in piles of fallen leaves, squealing their excitement in bright pumpkin patches, or between the tall stalks of corn mazes. It’s for…