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Salt: It’s tasty. We crave it. We feast on salty potato chips, pizza and bacon. We like salt … a lot! Unfortunately, many of the foods that contain salt, such as processed, fat-laden foods, also contain a multitude of deadly ...

Our earth is rightly called the blue planet because of its abundant store of surface water. However, only 2.5 percent of it is freshwater, with most of it locked up as snow and permafrost, leaving only 0.3 percent of that ...

Certain foods once deemed harmful by nutritionists have been found to provide essential nutrients to the diet, according to recent studies. From butter to chocolate, several “bad” foods offer an array of health benefits – within certain limitations. “What’s old ...

When you spill some salt, do you toss a pinch over your left shoulder? If so, you are passing down to your family a legend that reflects the importance of this now common kitchen staple to our culture. Salt was ...

According to the ancient science of life, known as Ayurveda, consuming six tastes with each meal promotes health. Ayurveda is a traditional medical system which originated in India. According to Ayurveda, there are six distinctive categories of taste. They must ...

If you haven’t considered what would happen without power, start by looking in your kitchen. Your refrigerator would no longer work. Meats and perishables would spoil quickly. While we all want to think we won’t ever be without electricity, no ...

Curing meats is a great way to preserve them. It may seem like a difficult chore to get into, but in reality, curing meat is not that complex. Curing simply means preserving meat. For thousands of years, people have cured ...

When you begin planning for a life off the grid or start thinking as a survivalist, you tend to focus on the bigger, more obvious items like bottled water or dried food.  However, our ancestors made it through centuries of ...