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           These days it’s nearly impossible to do any independent research regarding health without coming across articles saying that the key to health and avoiding disease is to make your body alkaline.  To sum things up, an acidic body grows disease and cancer, and an alkaline body heals from disease and can’t get sick.  But is this really true? What does it mean to be acidic or alkaline?               Forgive my bluntness, but that message is just plain wrong and is often a result of a gross misunderstanding of science and human physiology.  Now don’t...

Here at Nate’s Raw Harvest, we take great pride in our products and the business that we have built since 2010.  When most people think of a family-owned business they often envision a single-family business with mom and dad working away while raising their children until they’re old enough to start helping out.  Everyone’s happy and it’s a warm, inviting environment to be around with solid quality products that all enjoy.            In reality, a family-owned business is a marketing ploy aimed at persuading customers to envision the small, single-family owned business in order to convince them that their hard-earned dollars are going...

As a father of three growing boys I’m always involved in whatever I can do to make sure they have the best foundation when it comes to learning and development, especially with school right around the corner! With that said, I’m still surprised that most parents forget that what you feed your children literally determines not only their health, but their success in school.  The same foods that create poor health also create poor cognitive function.    I went online and did a quick search of what the latest government and nutritional “authorities” are recommending for children to eat these...

How many nuts should I eat? When it comes to nuts there is no question that they are a healthy snack. They are full of healthy fats, low glycemic, and have a large array of minerals. Combine that with the power of pre-soaking and you have a superfood that goes a long way. But how many nuts should we be consuming daily? The "C" Word First we should look at the obvious factor on most peoples minds when it comes to eating food: calories! Back when I was a personal trainer in Dallas, Texas I surprised many of my clients...

Let's face it, trying to shove a plate of carrot sticks and broccoli crowns in your child's face isn't the easiest thing to do, and we can only IMAGINE the kind of toxic junk that lives in those seemingly harmless bags of chips and cookies. WE KNOW BETTER!  However, even with a formal education in health, fitness, and nutrition, once I started having my own children, I began to question that knowledge. When we were children, our parents were a bit limited in the selection of snacks that were provided and honestly, possibly less informed on the health benefits or lackthereof in...