by Dr. K.J. McLaughlin Protein can come from several different places in our diet, animal or plant. Animal protein includes fish, seafood, poultry, game, eggs, cheese, yogurt, milk, and red meat. Plant protein is derived from legumes and whole grains. Protein contains amino acids that…
By Heather Callaghan There is a funny cult featured in the show Parks and Recreation that call themselves the Reasonablists. Because anyone criticizing them would seem unreasonable. That’s how I feel about the renaming of Global Warming to Climate Change – and using the term…
by Lizzie Bennett Our garden is not huge, a good size by British standards but small by U.S. standards from what I can gather. If you do have a good-sized plot, regardless of where you are, read on, you may never need to buy firewood…
by Dr. K.J. McLaughlin I know that there are many nutritional supplements that purport to treat a condition or make some claim to that effect. Of course, there are laws in place that make it mandatory that there must be scientific proof that this is…
by Dr. Victor Marchione I remember sitting in my school cafeteria as a child when Stephanie, a girl one year older than me, turned red and started choking. In a matter of moments, she was on the ground and convulsing. There was disarray all around…
By Heather Callaghan Previously, I’ve written about Dr. Don M. Huber who once sent a warning letter to the USDA about a new pathogen discovered in genetically modified crops, affecting cattle. David Murphy of Food Democracy Now interviews Dr. Don M. Huber Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology, Purdue University….
First major review provides evidence of sharp increase in deaths from painkillers in US and Canada and leading causes. The number of deaths involving commonly prescribed painkillers is higher than the number of deaths by overdose from heroin and cocaine combined, according to researchers at…
Findings could pave way for inexpensive food-based preventative strategies. A clinical trial involving nearly 300 Chinese men and women residing in one of China’s most polluted regions found that daily consumption of a half cup of broccoli sprout beverage produced rapid, significant and sustained higher…
At a time when obesity, type 2 diabetes, and their complications are a veritable epidemic worldwide, researchers at the University of Montreal and CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) recently demonstrated the potential of retinoic acid (RA), a derivative of Vitamin A, in treating obesity and type…
image source By Heather Callaghan Here is yet another instance of a healthy food freedom advocate going on air, against all odds, to defend that basic right. That takes courage! And we need that voice, whether you care about the troubles of the world’s food…
by Catherine J. Frompovich Saturday, June 14, 2014, around 10AM while having breakfast, this writer was listening to KYW 1060 All News Radio, a CBS affiliate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when to her great surprise she heard a news report that caught her off-guard. Why off-guard?…
by Catherine J. Frompovich Who would have thought that it ever would have happened? Someone in mainstream medicine and peer reviewed literature and journals would publish the ‘unthinkable’: fluoride, the stuff they put into municipal water supplies supposedly to ‘protect’ teeth from cavities, is a…
by Dr. David Juan I have a good friend who’s always tired. It impacts her mood, diet, and ultimately how she performs every day. When she’s not at work, she’s sleeping, and when she’s not sleeping, she’s usually lounging around, unable to expend much energy….
by Heather Callaghan I’m retelling this story not to cause sheer outrage or bring down shame and fire on one school in one instance, but to let you know definitively that Monsanto representatives could visit a school near you to teach a class. And you…
by Dr. Victor Marchione When you were very young, you likely got the bulk of your nutrition from breast milk. This milk was highly digestible, high in nutrition, and gave your developing body what it needed to grow. But as you grew, you likely began…
People with diets higher in protein, especially from fish, may be less likely to have a stroke than those with diets lower in protein, according to a meta-analysis published in the June 11, 2014, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy…
by Megan Heimer, NHE, JD, ND First the flu, then pertussis, then mumps, polio, and now predictably…the shmeasle measles. I know what you’re thinking: Gasp! Did she just make a play on words with a horrifying, deadly disease? Doesn’t she know that measles is at…
Hawai’i has become “ground zero” in the controversy over genetically modified (GMO) crops and pesticides. With the seed crop industry (including conventional as well as GMO crops) reaping $146.3 million a year in sales resulting from its activities in Hawai’i, the out-of-state pesticide and GMO…
by Dr. Richard Foxx Why spend hundreds of dollars on anti-aging skin care products when you can grow an herb garden and get all you need to fight the effects of aging? In addition to enhancing the taste of food, many herbs also have strong…
Kyrgyzstan has Wednesday become one of the first countries in the World to ban the cultivation of GM Crops alongside the import and sale of all GMO products, the news agency 24.kg has announced. The Kyrgyz Members of Parliament approved the third reading of the…
