Tag: Shasha Navazesh


  • Mood Swings? You Donโ€™t Need a Snickers

    When you are having a mood swing, eating a chocolate bar is not the best solution. Sure, it will elevate your blood sugar in the short term, but refined sugars are only setting you up for a crash later on. There are ways to stabilize your blood sugar to avoid mood swings that are healthier…

  • Down with Chicken Nuggets! Get your Kids to Eat Healthy

    Say no to the tyranny of fish fingers, to the monopoly of happy meals and the lure of French fries. If you are stuck with a fussy eater and donโ€™t want to be the kind of parent that makes their kids sit at the table until they clean their plate, then there are ways to…

  • Puberty at 8 Years Now the Norm?

    A century ago, the average age of puberty for girls was around 15, but that number has dropped drastically to 12 with an increasing number of young girls experiencing precocious or early-onset puberty as young as eight years old.

  • Foods that Combat Cancer

    There are a number of natural substances that prevent the spread of cancers. Some reduce tumors while others combat cancer cells to help your body fight back. Of course healthy lifestyle choices like exercise and diet can really reduce your cancer risk. Here are some amazing cancer-busting foods that you should add to your diet…

  • 7 Foods that Actually Make you Smarter [Tips]

    Better memory and improved cognitive functioning are just some ways in which food can make your smarter. Organic breads, whole grains, sprouted grains and fruits and veggies are rocket fuel for your brain.

  • Natural Cures for Gluten Intolerance

    Non-celiac gluten sensitivity or gluten intolerance comes with a wide range of symptoms from rashes to digestive issues. Medicating all these disparate afflictions will soon have you popping pills like a Pez dispenser. Luckily, there are some natural ways in which you can beat the gluten blues without negative side effects.

  • 9 Household Items that are Playing Havoc with your Hormones

    Endocrine disruptors are chemical substances that are absorbed into the body and either block or imitate our hormones, causing major disruptions to the chemical messenger service that can result in a plethora of negative effects. Here are some everyday household items that could be hampering your hormones.

  • New USDA Guidelines: Coffee is In, Beef is Out and Cholesterol is Ok

    The proposed USDA guidelines for 2015 are overturning some of its long-held conventionsโ€”conventions that organization has put forward as fact in the past. If the USDA had been so wrong before, how can we trust it now? The truth isโ€ฆ you canโ€™t.

  • 5 Ancient Grains to Add to Your Diet Today

    The wealth of ancient grains flooding the market can be really confusing; how do you cook them? Are they better or healthier than the grains I am more accustomed to?

  • 12 Signs you May be Gluten Intolerant

    Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS) is also known as gluten-intolerance and is estimated to affect as many as 1 in 10 people. Little is known about NCGS but it has been linked to the excessive amounts of gluten in the modern diet.