Why Am I Passionate about Juicing?

Juicing is a great way to get a variety of vegetables and fruit into your diet, along with an abundance of nutrients from the produce into a manageable, drinkable quantity. All these powerful, medicinal phytochemicals, nutrients, and minerals are ready to be absorbed by the body.  But, in order to extract the good stuff you do need a good quality, geared or press juicer to do it.

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10 Secrets to Making a Healthy Smoothie!

s Your Smoothie Really Healthy? Many people are blending up smoothies nowadays with the hope of getting more healthy. The problem is that what they are making is not actually all that healthy.

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High Blood Pressure? Try this natural remedy!

High Blood Pressure is a major health issue in the U.S. According to the CDC, as of 2010 – 67 million American adults (31%) have high blood pressure—that’s 1 in every 3 adults.

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Juicing for Health: Get Started Today!

Juicing is a great way to counter our fast-paced, stressed-out lifestyles and promote health. We are inundated with poor, processed food choices and a rushed and frantic lifestyle that has wreaked havoc on our health. We don’t provide our bodies with the basic nutrition and miracle-working phyto-nutrients they need to survive, let alone thrive.

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Heal from Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Series 1

Chronic fatigue (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FMS) are illnesses that can result from a number of contributing factors, such as, dietary, environmental toxins, genetic predisposition, burning your candle at both ends, and unrelieved stress.

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Using Food as Medicine: Introducing Phytochemicals

At Holistic Health with Holly™, organic plant-based food is our alternative medicine of choice: natural, simple, safe and effective. What is it about vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains that make them such powerful little healers?All plants contain molecular compounds called phytochemicals — “phyto” comes from the Greek word “phuton” meaning “plants.”

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Osteoporosis Concerns? You need this mineral Superstar!

Before, I introduce our mineral superhero, I’d like you to take a little quiz. Actually, it’s so little it’s only one question. But, the answer could change your life. If you were told by your doctor that your bone density was low and they were worried about osteoporosis, what one food item listed below, would you choose to eat a whole lot more of?

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