Do sunflower seeds make you sleepy? Sunflower seeds are an impressively nutrient-dense snack that have many health benefits and may even help you sleep at night!
Sustainability: How to begin when you feel overwhelmed If you’re on Pinterest, Instagram, or just about any social media, you have probably seen something about sustainable living. There are so many different names for it from eco-friendly to...
Cauliflower: The Surprisingly Versatile Vegetable While cauliflower has steadily been gaining popularity, it is still horribly underestimated. It is so incredibly versatile! It is not being used to its full potential, because there is so...
What To Avoid in Skincare Products The skin is the largest organ of the human body. More technical, the skin is the barrier between the outside world and the complex inner workings. Because of this, we...
Vegan Butter Alternatives One of the most common and versatile dairy products is butter. Whether it be salted, unsalted, Irish, sweet cream, or any other form, butter is everywhere. And if you’re vegan,...
Salads: More Nutrient-Dense Than You Thought Salads are often called rabbit food by those that don’t like it. Salad is brushed off as worthless due to its low calorie content, which many people associate with low...
Creating Your Stress-Free Space In the stressful world whirling around us today, it’s important to have a space to act as your stress-free zone. To do that, you only need a few simple things....
Coffee vs. Brewed Cacao Coffee is the second most widely consumed beverage after water in the United States. There are so many coffee shops in the US that sometimes you can see one from...
Get the Flax! Flax is the backbone of Foods Alive as a company. They are the first and main ingredient of our snack crackers, and they provide a well of nutrients. But one...
Bath Tea: Not Just a Beverage Anymore! It’s been a longstanding practice to add epsom salts to a warm bath. Epsom salt has been used as a home remedy for bodily aches and pains for decades, although...
Butterfly Pea Flower Tea! Butterfly Pea Flowers have a very interesting property when brewed into a tea. They change color! Though this fascinating drink has been around for years and years, it has only...
How to Use Cacao Butter You may have seen cacao butter listed on the back of a lotion bottle, but there’s much more to it than that. Cacao butter is the rich fat content that...
What to Do With Overripe Bananas Everyone has done this. You buy a bunch of bananas, but they just don’t get eaten, and they slowly start to turn brown and spotty. Before you cut your losses,...
The Benefits of Honey Honey has been used for food and medicine for hundreds of years. It is praised for its natural sweetness and the fascinating properties it holds. The best honey is local...
Self-Care: An Essential Nutrient Mental health is just as important as physical health, and the two often have huge impacts on one another. In many ways, taking care of one is taking care of...
Chia Seeds: The Ancient Superfood! Chia seeds are most well-known for Chia Pets and the too-catchy jingle that may get stuck in your head. However, a lot of people don’t know that they’re edible, and...
The Importance of Good Sleep Sleep is essential for health and well-being, but you may ask why? When you think about it, it’s rather odd that every creature on Earth needs sleep, needs to lie...