By Catherine J. Frompovich Finally, there’s documented medical proof that electromagnetic hypersensitivity is a real-time health issue that actually can be verified using standard medical procedures and testing capabilities. An international group of researchers aced it when they published their findings from the clinical study…
By Growing Your Greens John from Growing Your Greens goes on a field trip to the Intervale Center in Burlington, Vermont. In this episode, John will share with you how you can make your local food system stronger, as well a crop that the Native…
By John Vibes This year, we have published several stories about the dwindling monarch butterfly populations and some of the efforts that have been made to save the species. New reports last week have indicated that these efforts may be paying off, because Monarch populations…
By Natural Blaze ATLANTA — A healthy diet may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women, according to data presented at the Eighth American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically…
By Natural Blaze Use your phone to empower your food choices. Below you have at your fingertips the resources to not only carve out your place at a fancy restaurant but to shop local and seasonal, get the most nutritious foods possible, create home menus…
By Sayer Ji, GreenMed Info What if millions of medical diagnoses, procedures, and treatments were based on, at best, questionable scientific evidence, but still performed daily, the world over, in the name of saving patients lives or reducing their suffering? A new JAMA review indicates this…
By Catherine J Frompovich According to Organ(y)c online, Well, most [pads and tampons] are not made of cotton. Many well-known, nationally-advertised brands of tampons, pads and panty liners are made of mostly synthetics. Like rayon. Feminine pads from many of the best known brands also…
By Daisy Luther That magic moment when you go to wash your hands….and nothing comes out of the tap. Late on Friday evening – you know, too late to reach the local repair guy – that was the scenario at our rented farm. Nary a…
By Amanda Froelich Here’s a grocery store model more food markets should adopt! Earlier this summer, a unique non-profit grocery store opened its doors in Minneapolis with the aim to help low-income residents afford healthy groceries. Founded by a former pastor of 14 years, the…
By Natural Blaze The video below might have a shocking title about tampons, but it is provocative for all the right reasons. A recent study found that most cotton hygienic products are contaminated with glyphosate from pesticides – what does that mean for the personal…
By Amanda Froelich If something were to happen today, tomorrow, six months down the road, or even three years into the future, would you be able to sustain yourself and your family? A large percent of Americans do not have any resources – financial or…
By Yelena Sukhoterina The Birth of the Ribbon The idea of using a ribbon as a symbol first appeared in 1979, when Penney Laingen tied yellow ribbons as a message of hope of seeing her husband again, who was taken hostage in Iran. Then in…
Op-Ed by Paul A. Philips Whether it’s through marketing deception, misunderstanding, bad education, bad science, misguidance or old wives’ tales… when it comes to health there are a number of reasons to believe that what we’ve been told is true is in actual fact false….
By Brandon Turbeville and Heather Callaghan As anti-fluoride activists are taking to the streets across the pond in Bedford Borough (UK), Texas is witnessing a surge of activism surrounding water fluoridation as well. The group Fluoride Free San Marcos has organized a successful petition drive…
By Brandon Turbeville and Heather Callaghan The streets of Bedford, England was the scene of an anti-fluoride campaign on Saturday, October 17 throughout the streets teams of activists with Fluoride Free Bedford were carrying clipboards and information packets to educate and encourage shoppers and passersby as to…
By Catherine J. Frompovich As the sciences involving food, nutrition and eating—yes, eating, which everyone obviously doesn’t consider a science—evolve, we begin to learn more and more about how food is the third most important element to life and living for all humans. The first…
By Amanda Froelich To convey society’s addiction to technology, the photographer removed all smartphones and digital devices from his portraits of everyday life. Despite the obvious benefits advances in technology have contributed to our society, the social and physical implications are slowly revealing themselves. Eric…
By Daisy Luther Our world today would seem magical to our ancestors. Our needs are met almost immediately, we have clean water at the turn of a knob, heat at the push of a button, and light with the flip of a switch. Food is…
By Dr. Marianna Pochielli Microbes are major actors in biological environments and play critical roles in both the prevention and advancement of disease. Cancer diagnosticians may soon be able to predict key genetic mutations with simple test kits which analyze specific gut bacteria linked to different…
By Nick Meyer When I first started getting into the world of organic “superfoods,” I was a broke 23-year-old kid fresh out of college who had no idea where to start. It all began after reading the classic book The Hundred Year Lie about chemicals in…
