by Andrew Martin What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. – David Suzuki A Brief History of Agriculture Before we look at what the future might look like we need to understand how we got…
As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mulls over whether to rein in the use of common antibacterial compounds that are causing growing concern among environmental health experts, scientists are reporting today that many pregnant women and their fetuses are being exposed to these substances….
The China Development Strategy Research Society Committee of Cultural Strategy organized a unique event in Beijing during the last week of July to discuss the global harm caused by GMOs and glyphosate-based herbicides. The Food Safety & Sustainable Agriculture Forum 2014 held in China’s capital…
By Mae Chan Magnesium is an essential mineral for staying healthy and is required for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. Multiple health benefits of magnesium include transmission of nerve impulses, body temperature regulation, detoxification, energy production, and the formation of healthy bones…
By Heather Callaghan Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson made waves last week with a video and Facebook letter aimed at critics of genetically modified organisms in food. His argument spun the idea that the process to achieve a GMO is exactly the same as traditional agricultural…
by Dr. Victor Marchione I love spicy food and try to eat it as much as I can. There’s something about the flavor and the feeling that comes with it that I can rarely get enough of. I know spicy food can be too much…
Workplace stress can have a range of adverse effects on health with an increased risk of cardio-vascular diseases in the first line. However, to date, convincing evidence for a strong association between work stress and incident Type 2 diabetes mellitus is missing. Risk of diabetes…
You might be realizing that most of the products out there that aren’t made organically or naturally contain a lot of toxic chemicals. Not only that, many of these products can be harmful to our environment in a number of ways. Making things yourself not…
By Natural Blaze Research explores why interval walking training is better than continuous walking training: For glucose metabolism in people with diabetes Interval training is alternating bursts of intense activity with intervals of lighter activity or rest. Runners do interval training in short running bursts…
A drug that is commonly used to treat anxiety in humans and which regularly finds its way into surface waters through wastewater effluence has been shown to reduce mortality rates in fish. The results, which have been published today, 8 August, in IOP Publishing’s journal…
By Heather Callaghan While people have been torn over beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s recent comments on genetically modified organisms, another beloved Neil took a stand – largely unnoticed. While Tyson claims he never took a side, he still holds that genetic engineering is no…
Study shows managing gut parasites may be healthier than harshly eliminating them as “simple nutritional supplements could be an effective way to promote tolerance in people.” In the first evidence that natural selection favors an individual’s infection tolerance, researchers from Princeton University and the University…
By Heather Callaghan Of course not – he is, after all, a PhD – but he will let fans think that. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, Cosmos host, and is beloved for his sense of humor and putting complex concepts into layman’s terms. He…
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted. An international team, led by Dr David Llewellyn at the University of Exeter Medical School, found…
New research published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry addresses the effects of two broad-spectrum systemic insecticides, fipornil and imidacloprid, on honeybees. These insecticides are widely used in agriculture, and the authors conclude that fipronil and imidacloprid are inhibitors of mitochondrial bioenergetics, resulting in depleted cell…
Immunosuppressive drugs called thiopurines have been found to increase the risk of myeloid disorders, such as acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare bone marrow disorder, seven-fold among inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. These data were reported in a new study published in Clinical…
Today, 64 established scientists, researchers and professionals submitted an open letter to the U.S. National Academy of Science’s National Research Council (NRC), strongly criticizing the council’s proposal of a panel of experts tasked with completing a new NRC study, “Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects.” According…
In some women abnormally high levels of a common and pervasive chemical may lead to adverse effects in their offspring. The study, published recently in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, is the first of its kind to shed light on the possible harmful…
Among people with type 2 diabetes, eating pistachios may reduce the body’s response to the stresses of everyday life, according to Penn State researchers. “In adults with diabetes, two servings of pistachios per day lowered vascular constriction during stress and improved neural control of the…
By Heather Callaghan Earlier this year, two Oregon cities voted at the ordinance level to ban GMO cultivation. This November, Oregon state residents will have the ability to vote on whether they want genetically modified foods labeled – or not. There has been an outpouring…
