Migraine Relief au Natural

Migraine headaches are characterized by pounding, throbbing, often one-sided head pain that may last from a few hours to 3 days. If you have them, you don’t need them explained to you! Migraines can be so debilitating, leading to missed work, school and play days. Is...

Feeding Your Teens Well

A study from the University of Minnesota found that teens who ate a high quality diet were less likely to become obese as adults.  It specifically tracked 15 year-olds at age 20 and again at age 25. They found the relationship of a quality food diet to optimal weight...

Fresh produce Rx for low-income households?

It seems Western medicine might finally be catching on to the long-held belief of public health practitioners, dietitians, nutritionists, and holistic doctors alike: let food be your medicine. As part of a recent initiative, food banks and health care clinics are...

A Closer Look Into the Benefits of Fenugreek Seeds

Fenugreek seeds (Trigonella foenum-graecum) have a long history in the culinary and medicinal worlds.  Egyptians, Romans and Indians used the seeds for embalming, as cattle fodder, and to improve digestion. Recently there has been some impressive research on...

Selecting and Storing Seasonal Spring Produce

Spring has officially made its way to the Pacific Northwest! Finally! While we’re enjoying longer days, warmer, and enduring the rain that comes with it, so are local plants and gardens. These springtime characteristics foster an environment perfect for the resurgence...

DASH to fight gout

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night with a searing pain in the joint of your big toe. A pain that burns so bright that even a lightly draped bed-sheet is intolerable. Walking is nearly unbearable and wearing shoes? A joke. If this happens, you may be...