by Brandon Turbeville In a recent anti-supplement propaganda article by NPR entitled “The Case Against Multi-Vitamins Grows Stronger,” the notorious “news” agency lavishly reported the alleged findings of “experts” proving that “vitamin supplements don’t help most people and can actually cause diseases that people are…
by Victor Marchione Here’s a fruit that often gets forgotten when most people buy their weekly groceries: pomegranate. This delicious fruit with the tiny seeds is actually super healthy and could help prevent the onset of some common diseases. Pomegranate may also be good for…
by Tess Pennington You can spend a fortune on food for long-term storage, but if you don’t protect your investment, that money could be completely wasted. Proper storage containers don’t have to cost a fortune. You can glean many different kinds of containers from things…
by Rady Ananda The Ontario Dairy Council shared in funding a study showing that the anti-cancer properties of green tea can remain bioavailable when extracted and placed in a milk medium. The Dairy Council is looking to enhance profits with a value-added substance. Which leads…
by Sayer Ji A new study published in the journal Vaccine has brought to light an extremely disturbing though still virtually unreported dark side to immunization campaigns within low-income countries, namely, the observation that infant mortality sometimes increases when the number of co-administered vaccines increases;…
by Rady Ananda Brazil’s Judicial Commission has tabled a bill allowing for genetically modified terminator seeds until February 2014, when it will again take up the topic. Terminator seeds are lab-engineered for sterility; genes are modified to switch on production of a toxin that would…
by Dr. Richard Foxx In our busy, fast-paced world, moments of rest and quietness are few and far between. This can take a toll both physically and mentally. We evolved to have moments of rest, interspersed with intense activity. We weren’t really meant to stay…
by Gaye Levy These days, most people define “homesteading” in terms of lifestyle. This is especially true among preppers who seek self-sufficiency by embracing old-style, pioneer-era skills to define their independence from traditional supply chains and government interference. This does not necessarily mean we live…
by Christina England On December 3, 2013, UK newspapers reported that in the future, doctors will be given the power to lecture any parent who refuses to have their child vaccinated with the MMR vaccine. This move is a part of a government campaign to…
Fruits raised levels of hormone involved in regulating blood sugar, fat A tomato-rich diet may help protect at-risk postmenopausal women from breast cancer, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Breast cancer risk rises in…
Rady Ananda Country of Origin Labels may seem an obscure food issue, but they go to the heart of the ongoing battle to preserve food freedom as a fully informed individual choice, and to the heart of the battle to preserve food sovereignty so that…
by Catherine J. Frompovich According to Consumer Reports, “The number of children taking powerful antipsychotic drugs has nearly tripled over the last 10 to 15 years, according to recent research.” Whooaah! Has anyone done a retrospective study to find if there’s a correlation between antipsychotic…
The nutritional value of food and drinks advertised on children’s television programs is worse than food shown in ads during general air time, according to University of Illinois at Chicago researchers. The study is published in the December issue of the journal Childhood Obesity. Using…
by Dr. Kelly Brogan, M.D. There are few anxiety triggers as provocative as the primal desire to conceive. To experience that drive, and to be thwarted by seemingly uncontrollable and unidentifiable factors is maddening. Many patients end up in my office because they feel they…
A controversial oil and natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, uses many chemicals that can disrupt the body’s hormones, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s journal Endocrinology. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, are substances that can interfere with…
by Joe Wright Even though climate change has taken center stage in the nation’s environmental debate, the well-documented and persistent threats of factory farming continue to accumulate across the country. Whether it’s the health effects of production and run-off from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (as…
by Dr. Victor Marchione Inflammation isn’t all bad. Inflammation is the way your immune system responds to an injury perpetrated against your cells, whether it’s a blow to your body or an infection in your blood. Inflammation signals the release of leukocytes—white blood cells that…
By John Summerly Practiced for thousands of years by cultures around the world –detoxification is about resting, cleansing and nourishing the body from the inside out. By removing and eliminating toxins, then feeding your body with healthy nutrients, detoxifying can help protect you from disease…
By Maureen Diaz When talking with others about feeding their family well, I often hear the same mantra: ”Well that’s fine for you, but it would not work for me; I could never do that!” What do people think I am, Super Woman? Married to…
by Case Adams Research from Australia’s Edith Cowan University has confirmed an ancient treatment – that osteoarthritis pain and mobility is reduced with the application of ginger root topically. The researchers recruited 20 adults between the ages of 35 and 90 years old – average age…
