According to history, one of the world’s most beautiful women, Cleopatra of Egypt, ate Okra, also known as “lady finger or gumbo”. It is characterized by its green color, elongated and tapering ridged pods infused with double row of seeds and slimy texture when cut open. This integral member of the cotton family is indigenous to regions around the Nile in North Africa and the Middle East for it was discovered dating as far as 3500 years ago in Ethiopia. Early Egyptians are known to love its taste. Okra later transcended to North America en route slave trade and then to Europe, Asia and South and Central America. During World War II, the shortage of coffee beans made them use the seeds as a substitute for coffee. This incident made the word “okra fever”. Since then, its popularity never disappeared from local markets to convenience stores throughout the world and throughout the year. Continue reading
When you’re trying to lose weight, you might think you should eat diet food. Unfortunately, the food preservatives in diet foods may make you gain more weight than you lose. Instead, learn how to lose weight with these top ten fat burning foods and spices. You’ll feel full, satisfied and love the variety in your diet. The weight will drop off and you’ll never feel deprived! Very few people can sustain a dull cardboard lifestyle for long. Nevertheless, you don’t have to. Losing fat is NOT about eating boring food. HOWEVER, you will have to learn some kitchen skills if you want to make foods that both flatter your waistline AND tantalize your taste buds. Spices can turn mundane bland foods into culinary delights, and that’s their primary use in our modern world. Some “foodies” recognize how they support health as well, sometimes as an antioxidant, an anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, antimicrobial, or a combination of any or all of those attributes, Buy Spice… Continue reading
The connection between cherries and gout was originally reported by Dr Ludwig W Blau who cured himself by eating them for gout back in 1950. Gout is a form of arthritis caused by uric acid crystallizing in the joints, causing excruciating pain and swelling. The joint of the big toe is usually affected, but it can develop in any joint. Since then many gout suffers have had success with this remedy by eating 20 to 30 cherries as soon as they feel that first twinge. Gout affects about one in 100 people, with men two to three times more likely to be affected than women. Continue reading

In more evidence that messing with nature can have negative health consequences, a new study from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has confirmed that synthetic folic acid supplementation and Folic Acid Deficiency may increase the risk of colorectal cancer. Continue reading
If you take antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, you are only getting it half-right. A new class of nutrients is just as important – maybe MORE important. In five or ten years, most people will be taking these nutrients right along with vitamins and minerals. Yet few are taking them now. These nutrients do not exist in most of the foods sold in health food stores, whether organic or not. Almost any cooking or processing destroys these highly complex molecules. What’s more, all the antioxidants and other supplements you take are half as effective – or worse – if you don’t get THIS nutrient either in your food or in supplement form. Continue reading
Kombucha is an ancient Chinese drink and its history dates back to over 2000 years and is referred to as the ‘Immortal Health Elixir’. It is a sweetened tea that’s been left to ferment; the bacteria and yeast allow it to reproduce which gives it the appearance of a mushroom. The therapeutic effects of the tea has been proven to fight and prevent cancer as well as arthritis and other diseases. Even though many have testified to this, the FDA still warn people off consuming the tea. Continue reading
With another Valentine’s Day upon us, not much thought is spent on the true meaning of love. This is what The Bible says, love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails… Continue reading
Alternative Holistic Medical Doctor, Dr. W. Lee Cowden, has endorsed Passion 4 Life liquid vitamins and minerals nutritional supplement. Dr. Cowden, MD, MD (H) is one of the world’s leading holistic medical doctors, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine and Academy Professor. Dr. Cowden is also an US Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He is very active in the Holistic Field of Medicine and focuses his practice on integrative medicine while spending a significant portion of time evaluating thousands of nutritional products for his patients. Dr. Cowden is now recommending Passion 4 Life as the nutritional supplement of choice for his patients worldwide. Continue reading