Nutrition Archives - Essential Balance

March 4, 2024

What is Holy Basil or Tulsi? Herbal Medicine in the Spotlight

One of my goals for the 2024 calendar year is to improve my knowledge of herbal medicine. I thought what better way to do that than make it a new blog series. For the last few years, we have had an ongoing blog series entitled “Superfood in the Spotlight.” As the name would […]

November 20, 2023

What is Fire Cider? Four Thieves Vinegar Recipe and Uses

The legend of the Four Thieves originates from 17th Century, during a bubonic plague epidemic in Marseilles, France. Also called the black death, the bubonic plague is a bacterial infection that attacks the lymphatic system, resulting in boils filled with blood and pus, covering the body and spreading to the lungs causing death. […]

October 20, 2023

Superfood in the Spotlight: An Apple a Day Benefits

Apples are probably the most underrated fruit. We overlook them as superfood because they are so common, but don’t forget an apple a day keeps the doctor away, right? I don’t know about that, but apples certainly have a lot of surprising health benefits. The apple, also known as the malus pumila, is […]

September 18, 2023

How to Create a Healthy Food Plan That’s Free from Diet Culture – Part 2

Part 2: 5 Steps to Breaking- up with Diet Culture For GOOD In Part 1, in which we discussed the issues with diet culture, there was a small rant about early 2000s fashion and media trends. This is where we discussed the anatomy of adipose tissue (aka fat tissue.) Now let’s look at […]