Day: August 19, 2021

Can diet soda kill you? Studies show that some people can’t digest aspartame By Divina Ramirez for Ingredients Diet soda, despite the name, is not better for you than regular soda. In fact, it can even be deadly for certain people. Diet soda contains aspartame, an artificial sweetener that’s 200 times sweeter than table sugar. While both table sugar (or sucrose) and aspartame have the same amount of calories, manufacturers need only a small amount of the latter in sodas. This accounts for how they’re able to keep the calorie count low in diet soda.…

Fall Foraging For Powerful Healing Roots by: Patricia Bratianu RN PhD RH-AHG for Off The Grid News Fall and spring are the best times to harvest roots and bark. In summer, plant energy is spent producing leaves, flowers and fruit. In the fall of the year, the energies concentrate on survival and protecting the plant through future winter months. Thus, energy is directed downward. Roots grow and store carbohydrates for future nourishment and survival. Healing Characteristics of Roots and Bark While each herbal root or bark possesses its own chemical makeup…