Treating Symptoms, Masking the Cause

With a stuffy head, a runny nose and red eyes, you’re hardly feeling your best for that presentation at work you’ve been killing yourself preparing for the last week. So it makes sense to simply pop into the local drug store for some Advil, Sudafed and Visine, right? In a pinch, perhaps, simply to look presentable, […]

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Zinc Supplements: Necessary in Cold Fighting?

No doubt about it, zinc plays a crucial role in keeping us cold-free during this season when people to the right and left of us are dropping like flies with a cough, runny nose, congestion amongst other unpleasant symptoms. And if you’ve been following a typical diet, high in grains, you’re more likely to be […]

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Orange Juice to Fight Colds? Think Again.

Freshly squeezed orange juice is loaded with Vitamin C, so we should drink plenty the second we feel like we’re getting a cold bug, right? Not so fast. As part of this week’s theme on starting the New Year off in a healthy manner, tune in each day for tips on preventing, or fighting off, common […]

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Paleoista New Year Giveaway: Win A Pantry Basics Basket!

We’re nearly halfway through January already; can you believe it? Statistically, this week is when the most people will join a gym, embark on a new fitness endeavor…and begin a new ‘diet’. While many people do, indeed, begin attempts to execute rigid New Year’s resolutions effective January 1st, for many the first week of the […]

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