Salt consumption is not dangerous and may in fact be beneficial

To Salt or Not to Salt, That is the Question
Newswise — A new eight year long European study concludes that salt consumption is not dangerous and may in fact be beneficial. This is certainly contrary to advice from American Medical Association, American Heart Association and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which […]

80 Uses for Coconut Oil

Offering a myriad of health benefits, coconut oil is affordable, readily available and completely natural. I have completely fallen in love with coconut oil and use it for EVERYTHING. Literally. I buy it in 5 gallon increments and keep it all over my house. I even have some in the car. So here is a little information to inspire you to check out this amazing oil including 80 uses for it!

The Federal Government’s War Against Raw Milk

Amish Buggies
by Daniel Sayani
The New American
The federal government, in using its illegitimate and unconstitutional authority to regulate various industries — such as food, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and other commodities — has raised the ire of producers and advocates of raw milk consumption, including Amish communities throughout the American heartland.
Raw milk […]

Afghanistan’s Last Locavores

Graveyard in Kabul – photo by Martien van Asseldonk
by PATRICIA McARDLE
New York Times
Many urban Americans idealize “green living” and “slow food.” But few realize that one of the most promising models for sustainable living is not to be found on organic farms in the United States, but in Afghanistan. A majority of its 30 million citizens […]

Coconut Oil Increases Good Cholesterol and Lowers Abdominal Obesity

by Dr. Mercola

A study has shown that dietary supplementation with coconut oil may result in a reduction in waist circumference and other benefits.

A randomized, double-blind clinical trial of 40 women divided them into two groups — one that received daily dietary supplements of soybean oil (group S) and another than received a similar amount […]

Statin Side Effects – Why Doctors Need To Start Listening To Their Patients

by Dr. John Briffa
The Cholesterol Truth

Excerpts:

Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended caution in prescribing the statin simvastatin. The evidence suggests that at doses of 80mg, this drug significantly heightens the risk of muscle damage and breakdown known as rhabdomyolosis. The breakdown products of muscle can actually go on to cause kidney […]

New Study Shows Using Statins Actually Worsens Your Heart Function

by Dr. Mercola

A study found that statin drugs are associated with decreased myocardial (heart muscle) function.

Statin use is known to be associated with myopathy, muscle weakness and rhabdomyolysis, a breakdown of muscle fibers resulting in the release of muscle fiber contents into the bloodstream. For the study, myocardial function was evaluated in 28 patients.

According […]

Is Your Moisturizer Increasing Your Risk for Skin Cancer?

by Dr. Mercola

A study has found that topical applications of moisturizers such as Dermabase, Dermovan, Eucerin Original Moisturizing Cream, or Vanicream could increase skin cancer risk.

Irradiated mice who were treated with the moisturizers exhibited a significant increase in their rate of tumor formation and increase in tumor size per mouse. Treatment of the mice […]

Supplements are Safer than Drugs Latest Report Confirms

by Alliance for Natural Health
The latest 200-page annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers, published in the journal Clinical Toxicology, shows no deaths whatsoever in 2009 from any dietary supplement, amino acid, herb, vitamin, or dietary mineral supplement.
As a press release from the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service puts it,
Over half of the U.S. population […]

FDA tells consumers it’s OK to put toxic substances on their skin, and advises them to avoid natural sunlight

by Alliance for Natural Health
After thirty-three years of deliberation, the FDA tells consumers it’s OK to put toxic substances on their skin, and advises them to avoid natural sunlight!
The US Food and Drug Administration last week issued a final rule on the labeling of sunscreen products. The regulation says that sunscreen products which pass the […]