Reprinted from www.healthdiaries.com The active ingredient in turmeric is curcumin. Tumeric has been used for over 2500 years in India, where it was most likely first used as a dye. The medicinal properties of this spice have been slowly revealing themselves over the centuries. Long known for its anti-inflammatory properties, recent research has revealed that…
23rd November 2012 By Scott Morefield The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, the ‘Father of Medicine,’ once said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.†He was the first recorded physician to teach that disease wasn’t caused by superstition or the gods, but rather by diet, lifestyle, and environmental factors. In an age…
By Sayer Ji GreenMedInfo Calcium deficiency is a common nutritional concern, but how many folks consider the vital importance of magnesium in human health and disease? New research published in the journal BMC Bioinformatics indicates that magnesium’s role in human health and disease is far more significant and complicated than previously imagined. While it is…
Written By: Margie King, Health Coach According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, there is one staple in your pantry that is so closely related to heart attack and stroke that if we just cut its use in half, we could save 150,000 lives each year. They claim it’s the “single deadliest…
Peru has officially passed a law banning genetically modified ingredients anywhere within the country for the next ten years In a massive blow to multinational agribiz corporations such as Monsanto, Bayer, and Dow, Peru has officially passed a law banning genetically modified ingredients anywhere within the country for a full decade before coming up…
by Anthony Gucciardi A new study reveals what the ‘Big Food’ industry simply does not want you to know — high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is making you fat, giving you diabetes, and taking the entire United States healthcare system down with you. Despite repeated (and laughable) propaganda attempts made by those making billions off…
By Raluca Schachter, Contributor One Radio Network Do you think Omega3 supplements are good for everybody? A few years ago I believed they were, because everybody would tell you that: doctors, naturopaths, nutritionists, scientific studies, Omega 3 producing companies…All kind of articles and studies were praising the amazing health benefits of Omega3′s and I…
Written By: Margie King, Health Coach For many of us, sweet potatoes are a once-a-year decadent marshmallow-laden addition to an already overwhelming Thanksgiving menu. But there is no need to feel guilty about eating these hearty and healthy root vegetables and no need to limit them to the holidays. They can be an everyday treat…
Anthony Gucciardi Natural Society Activists and concerned citizens around the world have had enough with corrupt corporations censoring their right to know what’s in their food, and frankly they’re beyond upset. And if the government will not side with the 90 plus percentage of consumers who are in favor of GMO labeling, then they’re going…
Jill Ettinger One Radio Network We all know which foods we do best to avoid (right?). Despite the alluring appeal of Oreos, Mountain Dew or McAnything, processed foods provide little nutrition and a whole lot of risks. But when it comes to the good stuff—what are the best foods to put into our bodies?…
California could have been the first state in the nation to mandate the labeling of genetically engineered foods. We would have joined more than 60 countries where consumers have the right to know if their food has been genetically modified. But the prospect of Proposition 37 terrified the junk food and pesticide companies that want…
by Anthony Gucciardi November 7th, 2012 | Updated 11/07/2012 at 3:43 am With the passing of election day 2012, massive awareness was spread throughout the country thanks to the California GMO labeling bill known as Proposition 37. While the bill did not pass through California legislation due to the many dirty tactics employed by…
6th November 2012 By Scott Morefield One of the most important issues of our day, an issue that directly affects the health and well-being of everyone on our planet, is an issue most people have never heard about genetically modified organisms (GMO)in our food supply. The ‘why’ is a topic we encourage everyone to…
Activist Post It appears that the big advertising push by big food companies defeated the California’s Proposition 37, a ballot initiative to require labeling of genetically modified foods (GMOs). The last few weeks has seen a stunning reversal of poll numbers in favor of Prop 37.Nationwide polls consistently show around 90% of Americans support GMO…
Posted on: Monday, November 5th 2012 at 5:00 am Written by: Sayer Ji & Tania Melkonian Sadly but perhaps unsurprisingly we humans misuse our capacity for opinion . Opinion, it seems, routinely grows from glib, divisive listening. What we take in is parsed into I agree or I disagree; into I like this or I…
5th Novermber 2012 ByCarolanne Wright Guest Writer for Wake Up World With a sad twist of irony, corporate and government elite dine on safe, organic food while the masses, those very people who are supposedly represented and protected by their governments, are poisoned by hidden genetically modified organisms, pesticides and dangerous contaminants. The presidential family…
A single junk food meal – composed mainly of saturated fat – is detrimental to the health of the arteries, while no damage occurs after consuming a Mediterranean meal rich in good fats such as mono-and polyunsaturated fatty acids, according to researchers at the University of Montreal-affiliated ÉPIC Center of the Montreal Heart Institute. The…
Written by Sally Fallon Morell April 8, 2009 Reprinted from The Weston A. Price Foundation Currently making the rounds on the internet is an article resurrected from a 1999 issue of Vegetarian Times, “22 Reasons to Go Vegetarian.†“Consider making this healthy choice as one of your new year’s resolutions. . .†says the teaser….
10th October 2012 By Raluca Schachter, Contributor One Radio Network There is abundant online information these days about Monsanto, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) and the most awaited US election in November, where many concerned Californians are eager to vote YES on Prop 37, in order to enable GMOs labeling. Polls show that a high percentage…
Studies Showing Adverse Effects of Isoflavones, 1950-2010 The Weston A. Price Foundation Soy Isoflavone Studies 1950 Sterility in the Rabbit Associated with Soybean Hay Feeding. J Nutr 1950 Dec;42(4):487-500. The study found that those rabbits that had consumed the soybean hay suffered from “partial reproductive failure.†The effects of this were seen in the…