by Andrea Lynn
Dr. Larry McCleary, retired Acting Chief of Neurosurgery at Denver Children’s Hospital and author of Feed Your Brain Lose Your Belly, credits coconut oil as a good source to boost a mommy-to-be’s brain power due to its high percentage of medium-chain triglycerides, which are a unique form of dietary […]
by Food Democracy Now
Over the past 12 days, the Obama administration has unbelievably chosen to approve two biotech crops, Roundup Ready genetically modified (GMO) alfalfa and Roundup Ready genetically modified (GMO) sugar beets. While the planting of both crops had been temporarily halted due to court decisions, Obama’s recent approval of them will allow […]
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by MrsMoney
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and it’s time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day activities! If you’re looking to save money and be green with your Valentine’s Day gifts, look no further. I’ve got some fun, frugal, and eco-friendly gift and date ideas.
Plant a tree or flower for your […]
by Dr. Mercola
Microsoft founder Bill Gates was recently interviewed by CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta. Gates was attending the World Economic Forum to push his mission of eradicating polio by 2012. Gates, through his foundation, has pledged $10 billion to provide vaccinations to children around the world.
In the course of the interview, in […]
We created GardenPool.org to document our journey of converting an old backyard swimming pool in to a way to feed our family and live more self-sufficiently. When we purchased our first home in Mesa, AZ on October of 2009, it came with a large, empty, and run-down pool. Rather than spending […]
by Dr. Mercola
The U.S. government, faced with a diminished drug-development pipeline in the private sector, is starting its own federal drug development center. The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences will receive $1 billion in funding to conduct drug research, with the goal of attracting private investors.
In the past, the National Institutes of Health […]
by Dr. Mercola
New research reveals that there could indeed be a link between the controversial MMR vaccine and autism, as well as bowel disease in children. The study appears to confirm the findings of doctor Andrew Wakefield, who suggested a possible link in 1998 and has since been accused of fraud.
A research team is […]
by Makeup Tips
Have you ever had your hands caked in grease and dirt or paint and tried to wash it off using ordinary hand soap? You can scrub until your skin is raw and still not remove it all. Grease, motor oil, oil-based paints, printing ink, varnish, and other oil-based products can be a […]
Comment from Health Impact News editor: Fred Pearce of MailOnline in the UK has written an excellent piece today looking at the current food crisis. He makes a good claim that the last thing we need is more food. His article does a good job of pitting the biotech solution to world hunger against small-scale […]
God has a master plan. He has the last say. A long-term view of life sees that God and righteousness always win in the end. So when we see injustice and things in life that are just “not fair,” we need to first understand that God sees it also, and he has a plan to make all things right, to bring everyone into an account for their actions someday.
by Brian Shilhavy
(Health Impact News) Results of an extensive study on coconut oil in the diet of people iving in Sri Lanka were published today in the Sunday Sun Times of Sri Lanka. Dr. Janaki Gooneratne, the head of Food Technology at the Industrial Technology Institute in Sri Lanka, conducted the research while analyzing […]
David Mihalovic, ND
The International Medical Council on Vaccination
Since the flu pandemic was declared, there have been several so-called “vaccine experts” coming out of the wood work attempting to justify the effectiveness of vaccines. All of them parrot the same ridiculous historical and pseudoscientific perspectives of vaccinations which are easily squelched with […]
Without issuing an environmental impact study, the USDA is going to allow permitting that would allow some farmers to grow genetically engineered sugar beets this spring.
By Leah Zerbe and Emily Main
Rodale
RODALE NEWS, STATE COLLEGE, PA—In an unprecedented, and what some food safety groups call an illegal move, the United States Department […]
By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers
GUELATAO, Mexico — Yank the husks off ears of corn grown in the mountains of southern Mexico, and you may find kernels that are red, yellow, white, blue, black or even variegated.
It’s only one measure of the diversity of the 60 or so native varieties of […]
An anti-GMO poster from Bayan Muna
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Government agencies and institutions that are supposed to promote organic agriculture in the Philippines are violating the law because these, too, are proponents of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño said this week.
Casiño said Congress should […]
Health Impact News Editor’s comments:
This excellent blog post records a four month trial feeding one calf raw milk, and one calf pasteurized milk. The weight of the two calves was basically equal at the beginning of the feeding trial. At the end the raw milk calf weight 200 kg and the pasteurized milk calf weight […]
by Diabetes In Control
Increased insulin, IGF-1, and IGF-2 signaling through the insulin receptor and IGF-1 receptor can induce….
tumorigenesis.
The purpose of the study was to review the epidemiologic studies that describe the relationships among diabetes, obesity, and cancer; animal studies that have helped to decipher the mechanisms of cancer development; and some of the therapeutic […]
by Dr. Mercola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3STwBBOEgI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYrcOonO0l8
In a nearly unprecedented about face, U.S. federal health officials admit Americans are getting too much fluoride. It’s causing spots on children’s teeth (dental fluorosis) and could be resulting in other, more serious problems.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced plans to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water […]
by Dr. Mercola
Child abuse is a horrific act, no matter how you define it.
That’s why we have so many laws, and public and private agencies, set up specifically with the charge to protect children and maintain their safety. It’s exactly why so much funding is directed toward this goal.
But did you know that the […]
Dr. Mary Newport, who made headlines in 2008 by publishing the results of using coconut oil with her husband who has Alzheimer’s, recently posted to her blog a one-year report of someone with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and their experience with coconut oil.
Here are some of the changes noted since taking coconut oil:
1. Have […]
