(ANTIMEDIA) — In an age of technology and constant immersion in the digital sphere, a new initiative in Shetland, Scotland is encouraging individuals suffering from chronic illness to spend more time in nature. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has teamed up with…
Healthcare is a rapidly growing industry, representing 12 of the 30 fastest growing jobs in any profession, so whether you’re new to the work world or just looking for a change, healthcare is home to exciting prospects. To get an interview, though, first you’re going…
By Daisy Luther Coconut oil is a shelf-stable product that really does it all. This pantry item can be used (nutritiously) in place of butter, shortening, and cooking oil, and then pressed into duty as a health and beauty aid. One of my favorite things…
By Jeff Minick How did we arrive at a point in our history where gangs of hecklers chase politicians from restaurants, where senate hearings have lost all decorum, where family members and friends part ways over politics? Every day brings new examples of incivility and…
The use of medicinal herbs and plants has been experiencing a resurgence and for a good reason. Kratom, also known as Mitragyna speciosa, from Southeast Asia is only one plant that has been gaining traction in the last few years. It is clear that many…
By Vic Bishop “Whatever it is that is your vision, you’re just going to have to be passionate enough to invest your attention and your energy into that future over and over again, till all of a sudden you start seeing feedback in your life.”…
Op-Ed by Susan Boskey In 1983 I had the privilege of co-producing the last leg of R. Buckminster Fuller’s national speaking tour at the Marin County, California, Civic Center titled, “Only Personal Integrity is Going to Count.” Sadly, just a few months thereafter, I was…
By Alex Pietrowski To date, there are at least 53 known international scientific studies concluding that fluoride consumption is harmful to the development of intelligence in children; it impairs their learning and memory capacity. Children are commonly exposed to fluoride from municipal water supplies, dental…
By Mat Lecompte, CPT About Caffeine Allergy If you’re like most North Americans, you probably start your day with a cup of coffee or two. About 90% of Americans participate in this morning ritual to help stimulate their central nervous system and provide a little extra…
Like many young adults my age, I received a fair number of participation certificates, ribbons, medals, and trophies growing up. Arguably, the “accomplishments” that earned those awards were not always impressive. For example, I participated in pine wood derby races, and more often than not,…
By Jeremiah Johnson Ready Nutrition Guys and Gals, this article presents some of the differences you need to be aware of that will directly affect you in your everyday life with the change of season. One of the problems with our modern society (definitely post-agrarian,…
By Joe Battaglia In our social lives, we’re constantly engaged in what researchers call “meta-perception,” or trying to figure out how other people see us. Do people think we’re boring or interesting, selfish or altruistic, attractive or not? After we have conversations with new people,…
By Rosanne Lindsay Why is it important not to get bogged down in the Science Debate? Because science does not determine morality. Science cannot give you truth. All it can determine is internal self-consistency based on data within the confines of time and distance. Everything…
By Marco Much like the carefully orchestrated de-legalization of cannabis during the 1930’s, there was a powerful decades-long misleading campaign against psilocybin mushrooms which caused a deep-rooted fear and a subsequent public rejection of this substance. Just as cannabis is now finally seeing an increase…
By Susan Boskey Perhaps not your grandparent’s pain meds, medical marijuana is quickly becoming a favorite ‘go-to’ medicine for Baby Boomers and those ever-more elderly. Getting to this point of therapeutic use, however, has been quite the long and windy road given how the US…
By Rosanne Lindsay, ND If you are alive during this time, you are bound to experience the challenge that rocks your world. It’s inevitable. It is part of the contract that landed you here. You may come upon it unexpectedly, or you may see the…
By Editor, Natural Blaze More than 300 million people suffer from depression and anxiety worldwide. That’s approximately the entire US population. There are simply no words to describe the level of anguish that people – many needlessly – endure. The good news is that among…
Op-Ed by Susan Boskey Cannabis is a very good and ancient medicine that can help and heal many ills. Yet nothing, including cannabis, is ever all one way. When its plant properties are used correctly, cannabis heals but when over-used/abused it can totally ruin someone’s…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Most of my research is based upon the work done by others and published online, for which I want to acknowledge that fact and also to thank them for their contributions to the knowledge pool regarding food, nutrition and human health….
Laurel Mellin, University of California, San Francisco [There’s] a fountain of bad news about natural disasters, immigration issues, growing addiction rates, and a startling 30 percent increase in deaths of despair. It doesn’t matter which side of the aisle you are on, or even if…
