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I grow hundreds of dollars worth of herbs, berries and vegetables in a typically-sized city yard. I use a technique called "permaculture" which essentially means I don't weed, I plant everything all mixed together, and generally mimic nature's wisdom. I spent a week compiling photos and footage going back as far as 2009 that show how my garden as developed. The big changes started in 2011. The video is 19 minutes long, but I've put some great music from Hang Massive on it, so you can sit back and relax. Hang Massive provides music download from their website based on donations. Please support the donation-based movement by donating what you can and enjoying the sound of giving. Want to grow your own permaculture paradise, travel during the cold season, work less, and live better? Then you'll love my book, Living Big & Traveling Far on $8,000 a Year (or Less!). Wonder how I afford my all-organic lifestyle full of traveling and fun...

What is the difference between vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and hormones? The main difference is that antioxidants are too-often over-looked. I'm kidding, at least partly. There are six recognized classes of nutrients, plus antioxidants: Carbohydrates Fats Proteins Water Vitamins Minerals Antioxidants Hormones are not on the list because hormones are not nutrients. We'll get to that later on. The first three — carbohydrate, fat, and protein — are considered macronutrients. Your body requires these in "large" quantities each day, which is why we measure these in grams. Water can be thought of as the fourth macronutrient, but like antioxidants, it is often neglected. Vitamins, minerals and antioxidants we measure in miligrams or micrograms. Antioxidants, vitamins and minerals behave differently from macronutrients. Instead of yielding energy, they help your body carry out necessary and important physiological processes. It i...

Web-traffic used to be organic. That is to say, people used to "stumble" onto websites naturally via comments, links and advertisements that were for and from individuals and small businesses. Now, it becomes increasingly hard to find anything but the "giants" of whatever you're searching for. Why? Because people have started paying close attention to what gets them high search rankings in popular search engines like google and bing. To assist with this issue there are websites like StumbleUpon which, based on your interests, will bring you to fairly random (yet interesting) webpages. Unfortunately, StumbleUpon has yet to help with research. Now when I do a search on a disease, condition, food, or plant... I get the same results thirty times. Not the same webpage, but the same content. Why? Websites like LiveStrong contain basic information about a lot of health-related topics. It is kinda like a mini Wikipedia for health-related things, except that ...

I used to feel the same way many "natural hygienists" feel: supplementation shouldn't be required because animals are healthier than humans without supplements. Sounds reasonable, doesn't it? If you're eating a whole foods  diet, how could you need supplements? That makes a lot of sense, but there are some glitches with the reasoning . Here are the differences between animals and humans that are often overlooked. Dietary Dirt Animals eat dirt. Cows, horses and sheep have their mouths on the ground all day long. They can't help but eat some dirt. Dirt is a source of many minerals, as well as vitamin B12 (which isn't really the same as other b-vitamins at all, even if a lack of B12 does cause nerve problems similarly to a lack of any other b-vitamin). Dietary Freshness Animals do not eat the way humans eat. Most animals eat by putting their head directly to the plant and eating it right away. Carniv...