• Goodbye, My Liver: Surprising Health Benefits of Eating Liver, and Tastier Ways to Prepare It

  Chicken livers. My first memories of them recount my father relishing the greasy, fried things I found so distasteful; not only for their overpoweringly fried smell, but for their appearance as non-identifiable, misshapen, oily little things. However, since then I have learned that there are far healthier---and tastier ways---of consuming these nutritious little organs. Promptly, the question is beckoned: were my taste buds changed, or was there another reason behind this revelation?

  

• On the Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline: An Attempt to Gather the Facts

  Whatever your view on the subject, it would seem clear that the benefits are of a national caliber. According to Dakota Access Pipeline Facts, the controversial construction "...will enable domestically produced light sweet crude oil from North Dakota to reach major refining markets in a more direct, cost-effective, safer and environmentally responsible manner."

  

• Gatlinburg's Fire Outbreak Surfaces Heartbreak, Hope, and Perceived Divine Revelation in Passage Found

  "To You, O Lord, I cry; for fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness and the flame has burned up all the trees of the field. Even the beasts of the field pant for You; for the water brooks are dried up and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness."

  

• Fermentation: Why You Should Give it a Try---Your Digestive Tract Will Thank You For It

  "Fermented foods are foods that have been through a process of lacto-fermentation in which natural bacteria feed on the sugar and starch in the food creating lactic acid. This process preserves the food, and creates beneficial enzymes, b-vitamins, Omega-3 fatty acids, and various strains of probiotics. Natural fermentation of foods has also been shown to preserve nutrients in food and break the food down to a more digestible form. This, along with the bevy of probiotics created during the ferme

• 'Tis the Season For Frankincense: A Balm for Digestion, Relaxation, and Even Cosmetic Purposes

  Frankincense, of course, is the gift brought to the Christ-Child by the magi; it was also brought to His burial, and is featured in the Bible a total of seventeen times. From the Boswellia genus, like its related substance, myrrh, frankincense is DERIVED from sap while it is hardened, and steamed into an oil. Called the "king of oils" for good reason, the oil is highly prized for its treatment of arthritis, blood clotting properties, and even as a hair stimulant in re-growing hair. Like all esse