MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) – The most common poi... The first thing most of us think of when we hear MSG is Chinese food. Monosodium Glutamate is a quite commonly used flavor enhancer and it is an additive in many different foods, including many condiments, snack foods, canned foods and processed meats.  According to the FDA, MSG is “generally recognized as safe.”  These food labels may not indicate that they contain MSG; they might contain the words “hydrolyzed...

The Macrobiotic Diet... The macrobiotic diet has been around for a long time now as it was popular back then during Hippocrates time. By the way, Hippocrates is the father of Western medicine. Macrobiotic diet was also popular during pre-historic times in China and Japan. Macrobiotic diet is included in the Traditional Chinese Medicine methods. TCM is a group of traditional medical practices developed in China a long time ago and is still recognized...

Healthy Diet is Effective, not Nutritional Supplem... As the awareness of the importance of vitamins and minerals is on a rise, some scientific evidence denies the efficacy assigned to nutritional supplements, particularly vitamin pills in maintaining optimum health. In a few recent studies, taking healthy food has been proved to promise good health while vitamin and mineral pills fail to emulate the dietary role in maintaining health. Vitamin and mineral supplements have...

Equestrian Winter Care... Cold weather is generally harder on people and animals as the vital body heat is at the risk of loss and the general health condition is under stress. Things are tougher for horses whose hair coats are important for natural warming of their bodies but a number of health conditions relating skin also find a place in the equine population. Let us go through the following brief guide to good equine health in winter. In general,...

What foods should we eat organic?... Organic food is meat, vegetables, fruit and other fare that have been grown in a way that does not use pesticide, chemicals and other agricultural methods that are not natural.  In other words, these foodstuffs have been grown the traditional way like composting instead of chemical fertilizers, crop rotation and other eco friendly practices. Lots of people still get sick even though they exercise, drink lots of water,...

Tofu: Nutrition and Health Concerns... Known to the human species as a vegetarian food, as early as 200 years BC, tofu is a highly popular food staple in Asia. Today, it is also cherished by a large number of Americans and can be found commonly in grocery stores throughout the country. Tofu, also called soybean curd or bean curd, is prepared by coagulating soymilk using coagulating agents like magnesium chloride, calcium sulfate, or dilute acids. The resulting...

Hormones, Antibiotics, and the Safety of Dairy Pro... Dairy products, especially milk, are part of the daily diet for most people. Milk is the primary food for children and an important part of diet for growing individuals and adults. Given the demand of the rapidly growing population, cattle have been injected with synthetic hormones to increase milk production. In the Unites States, about 80% of commercial cattle farms use hormones for increasing milk production. That...