How The Six Basic Nutrients Affect Your Body

Proteins: meat, dairy, legumes, nuts, seafood and eggsCarbohydrates: pasta, rice, cereals, breads, potatoes, milk, fruit, sugarLipids (most commonly called fats): oils, butter, margarine, nuts, seeds, avocados and olives, meat and seafoodVitamins: common vitamins include the water soluble B group vitamins and vitamin C and the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K Fruits and vegetables are generally good…

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Health and Wellness Video

If you think using plants to cure disease is a thing of the past, think again! Today, many medicines in drugstores contain chemicals from medicinal plants. An herb called sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) is one of them. Sweet wormwood is a very effective medicine to treat malaria, the world’s deadliest disease. The active ingredient, artemisinin,…

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