By Tess Pennington It is a fact that our country is more reliant on electrical power today than at any time in its history. Our way of life – from everyday conveniences and the security of local emergency services to commerce and communications – is…
By Arjun Walia Cannabis has been making a lot of noise lately. Multiple states across the United States and countries around the world have successfully legalized medical Marijuana, and the Uruguay parliament recently voted to create the world’s first legal marijuana market. This is good…
GMOs and wild weeds become friends with benefits… XIAO YANG by Heather Callaghan A lot of GMO talk surrounds the rapidly growing appearance of superweeds due to herbicide resistance. Did you too suspect that genetically modified plants were also transferring their genetic material to these…
By Helen Jenkinson The benefits of coconut oil have been reported for some time. Being healthy is a goal for all of us and when we gain added benefits then we’re even happier. Coconut oil will give you so much more than one benefit. What…
by Catherine J Frompovich Those words or something similar, which were spoken millennia ago, probably are more prophetic than anyone realizes. Today’s wheat consumption exemplifies that it was a primary food crop throughout recorded history and a key dietary staple. However, in the last hundred…
By Daisy Luther Nothing says summer like taking nibble from a peach, still warm from the sun, that is so juicy it runs down your chin when you bite into it. If you aren’t lucky enough to have a tree in your own back yard,…
A UCLA School of Nursing study has found that both healthy-weight and obese children who participated in an intensive lifestyle modification program significantly improved their metabolic and cardiovascular health despite little weight loss. “These findings suggest that short-term lifestyle modifications through changing diet and exercise…
By Sarah Burrows Fast-food giant could reverse “natural” beef shortage, if consumers agree to pay more Chipotle Mexican Grill made headlines all over the country last week when it announced it was considering selling meat from cows treated with antibiotics because of a growing demand…
Flickr / Skyseeker By Amanda Froelich We all have those memories, dozing off, forehead in hand in church while an insufferably long speech is made on the values of right and wrong. Minds on the parties to attend after the hour-long-session or things-to-do work to…
By Erin Schumacher Making your own nut milk is easy! And it’s much healthier for you than the store bought kind. You can control which nuts you get to use. The nuts will be fresh and (ideally) raw! And there aren’t any additional fillers like…
Surprise! Your morning cup of tea or coffee may be doing more than just perking you up before work. An international team of researchers led by Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Duke-NUS) and the Duke University School of Medicine suggest that increased caffeine intake may reduce…
By Mae Chan A new study from Finland appearing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that daily consumption of sea buckthorn berries, its extracts, or bilberries may boost the overall metabolic profiles of women. Using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics, researchers from…
By Anne Gordon Would you eat chicken that ate arsenic and banned antibiotics? You probably already have. When eating that delicious nugget, or scrumptious chicken salad…. do you ever wonder how the tender, juicy, and appealing shades of pink get to your dinner plate? Welcome…
By Jacinta Quesada By Jonathan Parker It’s really no surprise to anyone that the Affordable Care Act remains mired in controversy. And it’s no surprise to some that the long process of implementing it is turning into a nightmare. The facility I am employed at is…
Case raises intriguing questions about memory and forgetting One night when she was trying to fall asleep, a 60-year-old woman suddenly began hearing music, as if a radio were playing at the back of her head. The songs were popular tunes her husband recognized when…
Virginia Commonwealth University finds that curcumin, found in turmeric, kills cancer. VCU In a laboratory, preclinical study recently published by the journal Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers combined structural features from anti-nausea drug thalidomide with common kitchen spice turmeric…
by Paylie Roberts It’s no secret that at one point I left a major city and bugged out to a rural location, far away from most of the city conveniences. My reasons for this are many, and my choice of location had much to do…
by Joe Martino An Earthship is a remarkable housing innovation that creates a completely off-grid and full-featured sustainable home. Utilizing passive solar as its main source of energy, Earthships also collect and treat their own water, keeps the climate warm and cool when necessary, and…
by Natural Blaze As the American public continues to consume increasing levels of sugars, a study published just recently in Nature Communications shows that the accepted safe sugar levels for humans might not be so clear cut as previously thought. Wayne Potts is an evolutionary…
By Erin Schumacher Last night I decided I wanted ice-cream. But not just any ole ice-cream, real ice-cream. The Italian-style Gelato to be exact. So, what did I do? I went ahead and created a recipe. I’ve been into Irish Moss lately. Chances are, unless…
