by Michele Simon
When Michelle Obama first announced her Let’s Move program to end childhood obesity “within a generation” last year, I tried to remain open-minded. Like many others, I was happy to have the First Lady bring attention to this important problem. And there’s no doubt that her leadership has helped, for example, to get Congress […]
by Bosky Khanna
While the central government and environment minister Jairam Ramesh are mulling over the idea of promoting genetically modified (GM) crops, farmers in the state are strongly opposing it.
“We will not allow GM crops to be grown or even tested in the state. Land for such tests will not be given on lease, even […]
by Nidhi Prakash
The key to alleviating world hunger, poverty and combating climate change may lie in fresh, small-scale approaches to agriculture, according to a report from the Worldwatch Institute.
The US-based institute’s annual State of the World report, published yesterday, calls for a move away from industrial agriculture and discusses small-scale initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa that work towards […]
by Natural Remedies World
You can use a natural sunscreen to protect your skin from dangerous UV rays. Anything you put on your skin will be absorbed into the body. If you’re sunblock contains toxic chemicals, they will be absorbed into your body. To prevent this from happening make your own organic sunblock at home […]
by Citizens Commission on Human Rights
Psychiatry’s diagnostic criteria are literally voted into existence and inserted into the American Psychiatric Association’sDiagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM). What is voted in is a system of classification of symptoms that is drastically different from, and foreign to, anything in medicine. None of the diagnoses are supported by […]
by Endocrinetoday
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome appear to have higher levels of serum bisphenol A when compared with women without the syndrome, according to researchers from Greece and the United Kingdom. In addition, bisphenol A was significantly associated with testosterone and androstenedione.
Bisphenol A is a known endocrine disruptor that is used as a plasticizer in […]
by Sara Novak
Marion Nestle said in the Atlantic this week that it seems the USDA will again approve a genetically modified crop but this time they seem to realize the threat that GMOS will have in the future if mixed with pure organic crops. This is especially true of alfalfa, the latest crop up for approval, […]
by Stephan Guyenet
The diet-heart hypothesis states three things:
Dietary saturated fat increases blood cholesterol
Elevated blood cholesterol increases the risk of having a heart attack
Therefore, dietary saturated fat increases the risk of having a heart attack
To evaluate the second contention, investigators have examined the relationship between blood cholesterol and heart attack risk. Many studies including MRFIT […]
Alliance for Natural Health
If government is going to act as a scientific arbiter, it needs to have clean hands. That means getting private commercial interests out of the decision-making process. In this week’s vitamin D update, we discussed the glaring conflict of interest in the recent IOM report on vitamin D. Unfortunately this is […]
On January 24, 2011, the United States Department of Agriculture will consider the approval of the biotech industry’s newest product, a livestock feed given to our nation’s dairy cows – genetically engineered alfalfa. This livestock feed (alfalfa) will not only affect our nation’s milk supply, given the novel proteins and allergens […]
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.*
Joseph Goebbels (pictured left)
Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
The history of our race, and each individual’s experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that […]
Confessions of an Ex-Ad Woman Part III
The other day, we watched a commercial for a new drug that promised relief for neuralgia, but added that it might cause lupus, cancer, heart problems, and rashes that could indicate a life-threatening disease. As the commercial wrapped up with a warm and fuzzy moment, […]
Given that the general public doesn’t accept that vaccines can injure and yet, there are so many stories about vaccine-injuried children, I decided to start a list stories written by parents of their child’s vaccine injury.
This is only the very tip of the iceberg and stories that I know of off the top of my head. In […]
For the past two weeks, I have watched with amazement the media circus that has characterized the debate on Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s study first published in The Lancet in 1998. According to the article written by Brian Deer and recently published in the British Journal of Medicine–the one that the mainstream […]
Physical fitness and training is a huge business in our culture today, as we become a more sedentary population in the age of science and technology. Athletes must prepare and implement a specific plan to train physically in order to compete successfully. Likewise today, many of us who lead sedentary lifestyles must make specific plans to stay physically fit through regular exercise, or our health will deteriorate. But Paul told Timothy that training to be godly was far more beneficial for one’s health than physical training. He stated that physical training was only of some value, whereas godliness has value for all things. Physical training is only good for as long as your body lasts in this life, while godly training has value both in the present life and also in the future life to come. This principle is especially true in our modern society, as we exalt and emphasize the physical realm, and either ignore or deny the spiritual realm altogether. So what is “godliness?”
by Tom Philpott.
Remember the case of the leaked document showing that the EPA’s own scientists are concerned about a pesticide it approved that might harm fragile honeybee populations?
Well, it turns that the EPA isn’t the only government agency whose researchers are worried about neonicotinoid pesticides. USDA researchers also have […]
Yesterday we presented some of the science around why coconut oil can lead to weight loss. Today, we give you some of the more dramatic weight loss testimonies we have received over the years from people who have lost weight after adding coconut oil into their diet, starting with the story of Kelly Inglet […]
Intro
This week we are going to focus on the weight loss characteristics of coconut oil to start off the New Year. Our first blog entry this week deals with the science behind this weight loss aspect of coconut oil, which is the length of the fatty acid chains in coconut […]
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition characterized by the frequent occurrence of abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, bloating and/or gas. If that sounds like an extremely broad description, that’s because it is. The word “syndrome” is medicalese for “we don’t know what causes it.” IBS seems to be a catch-all for various persistent digestive […]
A new study has found that the protective shield fluoride forms on teeth is up to 100 times thinner than previously believed. This raises questions about how this renowned cavity-fighter really works.
It has long been believed that fluoride changes the main mineral in tooth enamel, hydroxyapatite, into a more-decay resistant material called fluorapatite. But […]
