By Anna Hunt Many Japanese elders refer to the plant ashitaba as the immortality plant and believe it will keep you looking and feeling young. For ages, people in Japan have been using this plant as medicine to prevent illness. Now, researchers are discovering why….
By Rosanne Lindsay, ND In a previous blog, I asked, “what happened to informed-consent?” Informed-consent is the cornerstone of Health Freedom, a form of art, really, since it can be crafted to suit the needs of the writer. Unfortunately, its original purpose has all but…
By Elias Marat What makes a human being truly human? A number of factors play a role: creativity, social connections, bonding, and empathy immediately come to mind. And according to a new study by a team of Dutch scientists, psilocybin–the active ingredient in psychedelic or…
Depression is all too common, but there are natural ways to resolve some of the major symptoms. Simple lifestyle changes, like improving your diet and exercising regularly, can gradually help you reduce those symptoms, and certain supplements, like fish oil or folic acid, may be…
By Deepa Burman, University of Pittsburgh and Hiren Muzumdar, University of Pittsburgh As clocks march ahead of time on March 10, 2019 and daylight saving time begins, there is a lot of anxiety around losing the hour of sleep and how to adjust to this…
By Crop-to Kitchen Standing room only event rallies locals around legalizing cannabis cuisine OAKLAND, Calif. – March 6, 2019 /Canna Newswire/ – Last week’s Crop-to-Kitchen’s education-focused panel discussion at The Alice Collective in Oakland, CA about the future of fresh, made-to-order cannabis cuisine in the California…
By Sofia Adamson Alcohol is such an ingrained part of our culture that we rarely consider the negative effects it may be having on our health and wellness. In fact, the most dangerous drugs in the world are alcohol and tobacco, yet both of these…
By Veronique de Rugy Tobacco kills half a million people a year. Talking about the impact of smokers’ switching from cigarettes to vaping in a recent interview with Medscape, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said this: At face…
By B.N. Frank Last fall 46-year-old actress, Selma Blair, announced that she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis (MS). Despite how much this is affecting her, she has been giving interviews about her struggle. [do_widget id=text-16] Many of the symptoms associated with…
By James Walpole I decided a while back to make some form of daily exercise* a regular part of my life. The secret to consistency? I can literally roll out of bed and be in the gym. I’ve made a few fitness acquisitions over the years…
By Catherine J. Frompovich More threatening than an outbreak of Measles? Yes! Children are exposed to it daily, and for hours at a time, but no one considers it abnormal nor as health threats. As a matter of fact, exposure to it is considered necessary…
By Charles Hugh Smith What is left unsaid by many articles on these healthy oldsters is the variety of fiber-rich foods in their diets. This essay was initially distributed only to subscribers and patrons, but at the suggestion of some longtime subscribers, I’m sharing it…
By Aaron Kesel All over the U.S., a new trend is taking form — several restaurants are suddenly offering cannabidiol (CBD) infused snacks and drinks; however, according to several state regulators, selling them is illegal. Meanwhile, the battle on the federal level already seems won…
By Susan Boskey “Almost everything you think you know about the health effects of cannabis, almost everything advocates and the media have told you for a generation, is wrong.” [1] Yes, this is from a February 2019 article by a writer, Alex Berenson, “Marijuana, Mental…
When it comes to sporting injuries, joint pain, and even arthritis, many of us will turn to over the counter (or OTC) medicines to help us work through the pain. Synthetic medicine has been a crutch to lean on for the vast majority of us…
The apparent spread and prevalence of cancer is one of the more upsetting realities in modern health care and medicine. Although the western medical approach of using chemotherapy and radiation can often cause cancer to shrink and shift into remission, it’s far from one-hundred-percent effective…
By Jon Queally A new peer-reviewed study shows that eating a completely organic diet—even for just one week—can dramatically reduce the presence of pesticide levels in people, a finding that was characterized as “groundbreaking” by critics of an industrial food system that relies heavily on synthetic toxins…
By Neenah Payne Royal Raymond Rife (1888 – 1971), a microbiologist, inventor, and engineer, developed an optical microscope with new magnifications and resolutions. His Universal Microscope was the world’s most powerful microscope because it had a resolution of 30,000 diameters compared to today’s state-of-the-art microscopes…
By Alex Pietrowski The dairy industry is big business, and globally is ‘expected to generate revenues worth USD 442.32 billion in 2019,’ while the U.S. dairy industry spends up to a billion dollars a year in advertising. With so much money on the line and the continual push…
Until scientists launch a magical pill that can help us roll back the years on a whim, we’ll be forever looking for methods to help us stay young. Of course, there have been some developments. It might be through the likes of surgery, with breast…
