Anytime you skip a meal, especially breakfast, the body releases chemical messengers to stimulate the release of stored energy; this may include the breakdown of muscle mass for immediate energy. The body perceives this extended fast as starvation and essentially begins to eat itself to survive the “famine.” Non-essential body functions such as bone building and memory are impaired.

Rapper Beth sings and rhymes through the reasons why it's important to eat a grain-free breakfast. You can read more about it below the video and join the 30 day Grain-Free Breakfast Challenge!

Sing along!

Cut the grains, they just cause pain.

A recent publication from the lab of Dr.

The one thing most of us can count on this summer, whether we’re climbing a mountain, riding a century, landscaping the yard or chasing kids around the playground, is sweat. No, it’s not very glamorous, but it’s a fact of life and one that we should be grateful for. When the temperature rises and we go out to play or work, the act of perspiring is our body’s way of regulating temperature.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects one of every 68 children, mostly males, in the United States. The developmental disorder interferes with communication and social interactions and includes repetitive behavior patterns.

While the current trend in eggs is cage-free, we’ve been there and done that since 1955. But at Natural Grocers we are always raising standards and are proud to announce that all of the eggs we sell are at least Free Range—think cage free on steroids (well, not literal steroids as that would be bad for the hens and we would never allow hormones or growth promoters).

This dietary supplement supports brain health and is entirely safe, yet the FDA still wants to remove it from sale.

Shorter days, cooler nights, a new school year… a shift in seasons has begun. With seasonal changes afoot, now is also a good time to make a shift in your diet, from conventional produce to organic. According to current estimates, nearly 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used each year in the United States, and their residues inevitably end up on our food, and in our bodies.

A Calorie … the number we assign to food that tells us how much we’re supposed to eat in a day, right? Well, at least that’s how our dieting culture has defined a Calorie. But in reality, it is a bit trickier to quantify than that. You can have a small handful of food be more Calories than a large plate full of food, and the other way around.

Hi readers!

With the New Year quickly upon us, New Year’s resolutions are fresh on everyone’s minds. For many people, the end of the year is a time to take a personal inventory and reflect on how the year was for you, then make goals for the next year to keep on improving.