Natural Solutions • 15th March 2017

For the Love of Lactose: We All Scream for Ice Cream, but Do You Moo for A2?

Are you cursing your genes for lactose intolerance as the season of ice cream cones and smoothies heats up? Your inability to digest dairy might be genetic, but it's not necessarily your parents' fault. Dairy cows underwent a genetic evolution several thousand years ago, which may have led many to erroneously believe they are lactose intolerant.

Eating Naturally • 15th February 2017

It's Juicing Time: One of Our Editors Takes the Plunge with a 3-day Juice Cleanse

I recently decided to do some spring cleaning. No, I wasn't ousting tattered clothes from my dresser drawers or banishing dust from once-shiny surfaces. I decided to go on a three-day juice fast to clean and renew my body from the inside out. My apartment may be more hovel than palace, but my body is 100-percent temple.

Eating Naturally • 15th November 2016

All American Quinoa: The Skyward Seed that Descended from the Andes

Nebraska, 1937: The Dust Bowl, drought, and a recession evicted 48-year-old Albert Lundberg from his homestead and whisked him to California where he turned unfamiliar loam into the organization rice empire we know as Lundberg Family Farms. Now history repeats itself as the third generation of family farmers tussles with Mother Nature to coax an unlikely new crop from California's soil—quinoa.

Eating Naturally • 15th October 2016

Fair and Square: The Act of Giving Can Make Chocolate—and Livelihoods—a Little Bit Sweeter

'Tis the season for chocolate goodies to deck the isles of your local grocery store, but do you know where they all came from? Before it nestles behind festive wrappers, chocolate's headliner ingredient—cocoa—can be traced back to impoverished farmers in developing West African Countries. Yet these hard workers do not receive fair pay for their toils in the field.

Eating Naturally • 15th September 2016

Ready, Set, Juice! Why Slow Juicers Finish First

No one denies the health benefits of reaching for an emerald glass of kale, apple, and pear juice instead of a sugar-loaded caffeine spike. By juicing, you're concentrating the raw nutrients of fresh, basic foods into an elixir of heat that can replace processed drinks with added sugars.

Natural Solutions • 15th August 2016

Super in More Ways Than One: How Moringa Could Save Millions of Lives

Americans love superfoods. Gander down the grocery aisle and it's easy to see: açaí, kale, and avocado proliferate on store shelves. Even so, you've probably never heard of Moringa tree leaves, a superfood that is beginning to gain traction in the US. It's an underdog leafy green that has huge potential not only on your plate but also as a savior of the malnourished.

Natural Solutions • 15th August 2016

Ask the Doctor: Is Coffee Actually Good for Me?

Lately I've heard my coffee bit might actually be good from. It's hard to believe, but can it be true?

Natural Solutions • 15th June 2016

Jerky Jubilee

As the battery life of my smartphone dwindles, it's reflexive to pick up the device for one last attempt to preserve its precious power. I'll turn the screen brightness down to an ember and sent out a t ext-based beacon to anyone willing to hear my plight—a frown face and #FirstWorldProblems. Ancient world problems of preservation, however, take an entirely different form.

Natural Solutions • 15th February 2016

An Upstream Battle: Saving a Nutritious Fish from Demise

It was 1992 when "Lonesome Larry" had finally done it. After navigating thousands of miles of unknown territory of the pacific ocean, he completed his arduous journey home. To his (probable) dismay, after snaking through convoluted rivers and climbing 65,000 feet across 900 miles, Larry discovered he was the only one who made it back to Redfish Lake, Idaho. Larry was a salmon—and he was the last of his kind.

Eating Naturally • 15th January 2016

Caught With Cake: Why That's Not a Bad Omen for Your Health

Deborah Schipper loved food. Growing up, the kitchen was the center of her home. Her diet was reasonable, but would often involve the sneaky addition of chocolate and other high-sugar, highly processed foods.

Natural Solutions • 15th January 2016

Africa's Export: King of the Jungle—and Superfood

Dare to pick its flowers, and you risk death by lion mauling; venure to drink water soaked in its seeds and you earn immunity from crocodile jaws. The baobab tree is said to offer these and other mystical properties.

Natural Solutions • 15th November 2015

Skip GMOs This Holiday Season

The holidays bring comfort in many ways: in fuzzy socks and cozy sweaters, in company around the fire place, and especially in food. This year, consider skipping turkey with a side of antibiotics and herbicides for a healthier choice. You'll feel real comfort as you digest an organic, free-range, antibiotic-free turkey rather than its GMO-infused cousin.