Typically we associate papaya with a tropical wonderland… But it’s time to start looking at this fruit as more than just a pretty face. It’s packed with cancer-fighting properties and has some serious health benefits! Here are 5 reasons you should snack on a papaya today!
It’s no secret that buying organic is a great decision, if you can afford it. There is little downside to keeping the pesticides and herbicides used to produce your foods to a minimum. However, it’s also no secret that buying organic is expensive. For some, especially people with families, it can be overwhelming to foot the bill of an all-organic grocery run. Is it worth the investment? We’d argue yes, but still, some people just don’t have the money to invest, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Native to the Himalayas, Lycium barbarum, also known as the goji berry or the wolfberry, has been used for centuries, and is categorized as a potent super tonic herb in traditional Chinese medicine. Goji berries are fast growing and can thrive in a variety of climates. They are a true superfood, and contain almost 13% protein, making them one of the most protein-rich and nutritionally dense fruits. Just one cup contains 12 grams of protein! In addition they’re full of antioxidants and phytochemicals, helping to reverse free-radical damage and making them an excellent cancer-fighting food.
Spring is here, and with it comes many a music festival, including B4BC’s Snowboard + Music Festival this weekend at Sierra-at-Tahoe! We want to make sure we keep all of our festival-goers healthy over the weekend and on all the other adventures this festival season brings. Since we’re in the healthy body business, we’ve put together a few crucial tips to take care of your body while you’re listening to the good jams.
When your hormones are out of balance, you know it. Stress takes over, weight creeps on for seemingly no reason at all, a full night of sleep is a thing of the past, and energy slips away all too easily. Unfortunately, hormone imbalance and estrogen dominance can greatly increase our breast cancer risk. However, we’ve also got some good news: reducing the effects of many of these factors is well within our influence! What you eat regulates many aspects of body function, including the secretion of certain hormones & your diet can help you maintain a healthy body weight, ward of different diseases and sicknesses, keep our hormones balanced and our estrogen at healthy levels.
A few years ago, when I wanted to learn just how toxic the inside of my home had become, I called on Albert Donnay, a Johns Hopkins–trained toxicologist. Donnay is a master at revealing the invisible and the dangerous. To do this, he walks around your house with his nose in the air. The first thing Donnay asks his clients to do is gather all of their cleaning products, laundry detergents, bug sprays, air fresheners, dryer sheets — in effect, anything they can smell — and dump it all in a big garbage bag. Then he has them tie the bag shut for a month. Once the month is up, he tells them to open the bag and … inhale. Donnay calls the garbage bag ‘the most effective thing I have to convince you to improve air quality in your home.
I love soups. I love Salmon. These days there seems to be more and more information regarding how amazing salmon is for your body. And lucky me, I live in the North West, and my family and I often enjoy this fish fresh. Salmon contains potent omega-3 fatty acids called eicosapentaenoic acids and docosahexaenoic acids. Yeah, fun words, but even more fun that they are so proficient at getting rid of inflammation. I was taught to only combine animal protein soups with non-starchy veggies, ocean veggies, and raw salads. This is a quick and easy recipe to share with someone you love.
Have you hopped on the Kombucha train yet? If not, it’s time to get on board! Fizzy Kombucha can be found at just about any market these days, crafted from interesting combinations of green or black tea, often combined with herbs, spices, flowers and fruit to create unique taste profiles. If you’re trying to kick the soda habit, kombucha is a great alternative.
Avocados: It was really only a matter of time before the ubiquitous superfood made its way into beauty cabinets everywhere. If you know us here at B4BC, you know we’re AVO OBSESSED and now we’ve got even more ways to incorporate our favorite superfood into our every day. The fruit’s oil is slowly gaining ground as a self-care staple and is the perfect swap for some of those toxic products that are often found in our beauty routines.
When we talk about SUPERFOODS, we always get really excited and then realize these foods usually aren’t already in the average pantry – from tonic herbs to exotic berries, there are a lot of new foods to learn about, right? But what many of us don’t realize is what an arsenal of powerful superfoods already live in almost every one of our kitchens: the spice rack.