Today’s house cats have much different nutritional needs compared to their once wild ancestors. While wild felines hunted and got much of their pure protein and moisture from mice and small birds, your Fluffy likely isn’t hunting much, which means she depends on you to do her food “hunting” (shopping) for her. Let’s weigh the pros and cons of wet canned or dry food for your beloved cat: 1. Dry cat food is big on convenience Is your cat alone for the majority of the day? If so, you may opt to feed him dry cat kibble due to its convenience and lack of spoilage. Dry cat foods are easy to ration out and serve up . Plus, they are much easier to store due to having a much longer serving and shelf-life compared to wet canned foods, which require fridge storage or they can go bad or dry out if left out during the day. 2. Dental health and senior cat needs Many cat parents opt to feed their cat dry food because it offers natural teeth-cleaning (as your cat chews kibble, he naturally scales his teeth of plaque). However, if your cat is a senior, suffers from sensitive teeth, or has had teeth removed, wet canned food offers a softer dining experience.

If you recently decided to eat better foods as part of a health and fitness lifestyle, you may already know about legumes. Giving up highly processed foods with extra salt, fat, and sugar and replacing those empty calories with nutrient-dense foods like legumes is a good place to start your goal of eating real food and staying healthy. This article is not meant to replace the advice of your healthcare professional, but will provide an overview on legumes and inform you about how adding these plants to your diet can benefit your health. Make sure to ask your doctor about legumes if you are planning a weight loss program. Legumes are a low-fat, high-protein source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidant compounds and dietary fiber, and can certainly be a part of almost any healthy diet. What exactly are legumes? A legume is a plant or its fruit or seed in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae). Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their grain seed called pulse, which is the type of legumes people eat. Legumes are also grown for other reasons, including for livestock food and for enriching and developing good soil for growing other crops. Growing soil, that is, enhancing poor dirt with soil-enhancing green manure plays a key role in crop rotation.

1.  Healthy Lifestyle. Your first line of defense is to choose a healthy lifestyle. Following general good-health guidelines is the single best step you can take toward naturally keeping your immune system strong and healthy. Every part of your body, including your immune system, functions better when protected from environmental assaults and bolstered by healthy-living strategies such as these: · Don’t smoke. · Eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables, fibre, healthy fats and lean proteins. · Exercise regularly. · Maintain a healthy weight. · If you drink alcohol, drink only in moderation. · Get adequate sleep. · Take steps to avoid infection, such as washing your hands frequently and cooking meats thoroughly. · Try to minimize stress. 2. Good hygiene. The first line of defense is to keep germs at bay by following good personal hygiene habits. Stop infection before it begins and avoid spreading it to others with these easy measures: · Wash your hands with soap and water before preparing food and after using the bathroom. · Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you sneeze or cough, or cough into your elbow rather than your hand. · Wash and bandage all cuts. Any serious cut, or animal or human bite, should be examined by a doctor.

If you are considering Earthing, also called Grounding, as part of your total health and fitness plan this article is for you! It has been proven that the body reacts to the presence of environmental electric fields. Human beings, like all animals, are electrical beings by nature and the earth is a continually charged electric field. Whether or not Earthing can benefit all human beings in a significant way is still being debated by medical experts and scientists. In this article we will provide you with an overview of the topic of Earthing, but in no way should replace the advice of your healthcare provider. Use this information to formulate your own questions and take them with you when you visit your doctor. Keep in mind that since this kind of therapy is relatively new in some parts of the world and sometimes includes products in the marketplace being sold for profit. The subject is unfamiliar for some and often controversial. What is the basis for Earthing therapy claims? It’s no big secret that the Earth is one large electrical object and we are a big part of it. All living organisms need electrical energy in some way to live.

If you’ve ever attempted a detox diet in the past—likely following a particularly indulgent vacation or holiday (I’m looking at you Thanksgiving and Christmas)—you know that most so-called detoxes heap on a ton of food restrictions and deprive you of almost every food you enjoy. In the case of most of these strict deprivation type diets, even the most disciplined individuals give up because they’re hungry and suffering. Introducing green smoothies, an easy, nutritionally-rich, varied, and truly delicious way to detox. At their root, green smoothies surpass other detox programs because they’re loaded with chlorophyll, which is where they get their “power green” label. Now, you can choose to get your greens from natural sources, such as wheatgrass, spirulina, kale, broccoli, spinach, etc., or you can purchase a power green powder, which is a ground up and typically organic mixture of everything from spirulina to beet greens and from kale to seaweed. Either way, in natural or powder form, power greens offer several health benefits, including: 1. Cancer prevention Research from a 2013 study out of Oregon State University’s Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, recognizes the potent effects of power greens, which are high in chlorophyll and chlorophyllin, on cancer prevention.