by Suzanne Goldenberg, Washington
smh.com.au
US FARMERS are growing the first corn genetically modified specifically to put more ethanol in petrol tanks rather than producing more food.
Aid organisations warn that the corn could worsen a global food crisis – exposed by the Somalia famine – diverting more corn into energy production.
The food industry also opposes the corn […]
by PreventDisease.com
Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she’s been much happier ever since.
Heidemarie’s incredible story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged secondary school teacher emerging from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s […]
by SHANTANU NUNDY, MD
KevinMD.com
The science of nutrition is changing and not in the way you might expect. After years of “reductionist” thinking — where food has been viewed as the sum of its parts – a call to treat food as food has been sounded. No more poring over nutrition labels to calculate grams of fat […]
by Barb Berggoetz
indystar.com
Healing oil
» What it does: Plantain and yarrow stop bleeding and soothe pain, while marigold (calendula) and lavender flowers reduce inflammation, prevent infection and promote healing.
» Ingredients: 5 1/2 ounces each yarrow leaves and flowers, marigold (calendula) petals, lavender flowers, plantain leaves; 9 ounces virgin coconut oil, warmed.
» How to make: Wash and […]
by Dr John Briffa
The Cholesterol Truth
Excerpts:
Fibrates are drugs that lower levels of ‘unhealthy’ triglycerides, while at the same time boosting levels of HDL cholesterol (which is associated with reduced heart disease risk). They are commonly prescribed to diabetics who, in addition to raised blood sugar levels, tend to run high levels of triglycerides and low […]
by Brian Shilhavy
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man […]
by John G. West
Evolution News and Views
It has to be challenging to be a presidential candidate. After all, you are expected to dispense wisdom (or at least comments) on almost everything under the sun, and you never know what question is going to come up next. Still, some questions should be easier […]
By Anna Lappé
Civil Eats
With all due respect, Nina Federoff’s New York Times op-ed reads like it was written two decades ago when the jury was still out about the potential of the biotech industry to reduce hunger, increase nutritional quality in foods, and decrease agriculture’s reliance on toxic chemicals and other expensive inputs that […]
by: Ethan A. Huff
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) At a time when drug industry corruption is reaching a pinnacle of public exposure, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is actually proposing eliminating one of the few pseudo-effective measures in place that restricts the agency from becoming a full-blown Big Pharma “rubber stamp” […]
by Dr. Mercola
Recent research has shown that moderate coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Since reactive oxygen species (ROS) are believed to be involved in both of these diseases, it was theorized that antioxidants in coffee might contribute to the risk reduction.
Scientists examined whether […]
