Author: Erin Elizabeth

Rosemary is an amazing  multi-purpose herb.  Its leaves have been used in traditional medicine  for centuries. Rosemary has been known for improving memory.  In ancient Greece, the students would often put rosemary sprigs in their hair when studying for exams. You can also find the reference to rosemary in Hamlet when Ophelia declares: ‘There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance: pray, love, remember.’ Studies have found that rosemary contains carnosic acid, which fights off free radical damage to the brain. Rosemary contains  natural acids that help in protecting the body`s cells and DNA from free radical damage. The compounds in rosemary...

More frozen food products across North America are being recalled due to a listeria (Health Nut News wrote about two listeria outbreaks in January) contamination that has reportedly been the cause of death for two people so far. This comes less than a month after an initial recall that the product manufacturers did not believe reached enough people that may be exposed to the contamination. The foods being recalled include hundreds of different products sold from popular retailers such as Costco, Costco Canada, Walmart, Safeway and Trader Joe’s. CRF Frozen Foods The contaminated frozen food products came from CRF Frozen Foods...

(Editor’s Note: If you are going to continue to eat bacon, at least eat one that is organic and eat it as a treat) The study, published in the Jan. 12 issue of the British Journal of Cancer, found that for every piece of sausage or two strips of bacon a person eats every day, there’s a 19 percent rise in their risk for developing pancreatic cancer. After reading that, does bacon really sound that good? We already know that being overweight or obese increases our risk of pancreatic cancer and Dr Rachel Thompson, deputy head of science at The World Cancer...