Topic: preventing disease

Healing Disease With Food: Watch ‘Food Matters’ For Free This Week

Healing Disease With Food: Watch 'Food Matters' For Free This Week

It’s often been said that you are what you eat. And according to Food Matters, a thought-provoking independent film about the healing powers of food, nothing could be more true. When I first heard about this movie, I admittedly thought, Not another bunch of experts telling us to eat our veggies, but once I started watching it, I quickly learned it wasn’t about that at all. Suffice to say, I learned more about the potential food has to prevent and heal disease versus the often damaging and dangerous effects of synthetic drugs that our country subscribes to (“a pill for every ill”). More »

Poll Alert: Will You Get a Flu Shot This Year?

Poll Alert: Will You Get a Flu Shot This Year?

Every year around this time, a question (debate, really) emerges among the health-conscious: To get the flu shot, or not to get the flu shot? That is the question. Some vehemently swear that they stay healthy by avoiding the vaccine, while others get pricked with an annual flu shot no matter what. We know you’ve got an opinion about the flu vaccine, so take our poll and tell us what you think. More »