Herbalism is a traditional medicinal or folk medicine practice based on the use of plants and plant extracts. Herbalism is also known as botanical medicine, medicinal botany, medical herbalism, herbal medicine, herbology, and phytotherapy. Sometimes the scope of herbal medicine is extended to include fungi and bee products, as well as minerals, shells and certain animal parts.Many plants synthesize substances that are useful to the maintenance of health in humans and other animals. These include aromatic substances, most of which are phenols or their oxygen-substituted derivatives such as tannins. Many are secondary metabolites, of which at least 12,000 have been isolated — a number estimated to be less than 10% of the total. In many cases, these substances (particularly the alkaloids) serve as plant defense mechanisms against predation by microorganisms, insects, and herbivores. Many of the herbs and spices used by humans to season food yield useful medicinal compounds.

What we can conclude from this information is that artificial sweeteners are chemicals, and considering the potential health risks and the fact that they offer our bodies zero nourishment, it’s worth exploring alternatives for sweetening our food and beverages.

Hemp seed oil is the only oil that naturally contains a near perfect balance of Omega 6, Omega 3 and GLA. It's superior to any other nutritional oil. You can use it on salads, baked potatoes, vegetables, hummus, pastas, etc. In 2001, the DEA banned all Hemp Oils/Foods worldwide, until 2004 when the decision was condemned as Illegal and overturned.

Biotechnology company, Solazyme to produce Food oils that are healthier than canola oil. In the future, french fries will be infused with all the brimming, healthy flavor of oil produced by algae, as Sunstroke author, David Kagan wrote in Doomwatch. Fascinating article.

Maintaining good health is a wish of every individual. To maintain this one should eat variety of foods in right proportion. Eating the right proportion helps in maintaining the weight of your body. Weight loss is sensible only when it reduces 0.5kg to 1 kg per week. To accomplish this weight, eating 500 to 1000 or less calories a day is fine.

tooth decay is a consequence of an imbalanced modern diet, which lacks of fat-soluble vitamins, minerals, and whole and unrefined foods.