Coconut oil: 12 Inexpensive Beauty Products to Make at Home

by April Dykman
SheKnows

Skin care products can bust anyone’s budget. Moisturizer, eye cream, lip balm, body butter, scrubs, hair products — even drugstore brands can add up. Even when money’s tight, there’s no need to go without when it comes to beauty! Here’s how to use coconut oil to make effective, inexpensive beauty products […]

Student Dies From Flu Even Though Vaccinated – Vaccination Effectiveness Questioned

by Carlos Jenkins
Daily Health Report
Nearing the peak flu season, many people, especiallychildren, have already received vaccinations for both flu and swine flu (H1N1). However, many children are still becoming infected with either virus and in some cases, dying from complications caused by the virus.

In New Jersey, a student in elementary school died fromhealth complications after contracting […]

How Eating at Home Can Save Your Life

by Mark Hyman, M.D.
The Huffington Post

The slow insidious displacement of home cooked and communally shared family meals by the industrial food system has fattened our nation and weakened our family ties. In 1900, 2 percent of meals were eaten outside the home. In 2010, 50 percent were eaten away from home and one in […]

Is Your Neighborhood Making You Fat?

by Kristin Kirkpatrick
The Huffington Post

Is your neighborhood making you fat? According to several studies, it just might be. Most individuals know that the keys to good health are a combination of good nutrition, regular physical activity, stress management and genetics. Nutrition and regular physical activity, however, can take a back seat when your […]

Organic Food: USDA Asked To Decide If Organic Means Outdoor

by DAVID MERCER

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When the doors to the hen house open, the 14,000 chickens on Edwin Blosser’s organic egg farm make a mad dash for the pasture outside, where they can scratch and peck in the dirt.

“It’s just like an ocean of birds going out the doors – zoom!” Blosser said.

Greg Herbruck […]

Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? Film Examines the Dire Global Bee Crisis

About the film

In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, a scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. His prediction has come true with Colony Collapse Disorder, where bees are disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear single explanation. In an alarming inquiry into the insights behind […]

Bulgaria Becomes 7th EU Country to Ban GMOs

Bulgaria’s Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov. Photo by bgnes
by novinite.com
Bulgaria will explicitly oppose to the proposed import of GMO-containing food products and livestock fodder in the EU.

“I received a demarche rom Argentina, Brazil, Canada and the US asking us to support their demand that EU allows GMO-containing food products and livestock fodder on its territory,” Bulgaria’s Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenovrevealed […]

Lack of Vitamins C and E Linked to Metabolic Syndrome.

by S. L. Baker

(NaturalNews) What do millions of Americans who have plenty to eat have in common with poverty level Ecuadorians consuming a limited diet? A lot, when it comes to poor health. A new epidemiological study has revealed that low-income, older residents of Ecuador have high rates of metabolic syndrome — a cluster […]

Cinnamon Promotes Weight and Blood Sugar Control

by Alex Malinsky

(NaturalNews) Studies have shown that cinnamon, the common kitchen spice frequently sprinkled on breakfast oatmeal and included in sweet potato pie, lowers blood glucose levels. Along with the benefits that it brings to this area, additional testing and folklore say that cinnamon also has fat-burning properties that will aid in weight […]

Hidden Dangers in Kids’ Meals: Genetically Engineered Foods

Video on Hidden Dangers in Kids’ Meals: Genetically Engineered Foods – Jeffrey Smith discusses the dangers of GMO foods.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5559950370092458530&hl=en#

This Could Threaten the Future of Food – Destroying the Entire Food Chain…

by Dr. Mercola

Roundup, Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide, is causing Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS), a serious plant disease, in many fields. Study after study shows that glyphosate is contributing not only to the huge increase in SDS, but also to the outbreak of numerous other diseases.

Glyphosate is the world’s bestselling weed killer; it was patented by […]

Legally Prescribed Drugs that Lead to Violent Behavior – Avoid Them

by Dr. Mercola

Some medications have been linked to an increased risk for violent, even homicidal behavior. A recent study identified 31 drugs that are disproportionately linked with violent behavior.

Time Magazine lists the top ten offenders:

Varenicline (Chantix): The number one violence-inducing drug on the list, this anti-smoking medication is 18 times more likely to be […]

Soy is NOT a Healthfood – How it is Destroying our Nation’s Health

By Dr. Mercola
In the early 1990’s, soy and soy products exploded onto the supermarket scene with promises of bountiful health benefits. This “new miracle food,” soy, was supposed to lower cholesterol, take the heat out of hot flashes, protect against breast and prostate cancer and offer a filling alternative to […]

The Big Issue is Ultra-Processing ‘Carbs’: The Answer

Commentary. The big issue is ultra-processing
‘Carbs’. The answer

Carlos Monteiro
Centre for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition
University of São Paulo
Biography posted at www.wphna.org
Email: carlosam@usp.br

Access the pdf of this commentary here
Acess the pdf of the November editorial here
Access the pdf of the November commentary here
Access the pdf of the first January commentary […]

Newsweek Publishes Disgraceful Article on Antioxidants

Alliance for Natural Health
Jonathan Wright, MD

In their January 25 issue, Newsweek published a scientifically unsupportable article, claiming that antioxidants “may not be good for your health.” We asked natural biomedical researcher and physician Jonathan Wright, MD, to comment—and he didn’t mince words!

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Here we go again. Another one-sided “mainstream media” […]

Michael Pollan and Others Sign Organic Unity Statement Against Monsanto’s GE Alfalfa

Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by tea_time
by eatdrinkbetter
Heavy hitters in the food movement signed a unity statement in favor of fighting the USDA’s recent approval of GE alfalfa.
Here is the statement, in full:
In response to the USDA’s full deregulation of genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa, the following statement was released by more than 20 groups and individuals […]

After Decades of Chemicals, Farmers in the Philippines are Seeing the Benefits of Organic Farming

by John Cavanagh, Robin Broad
yes! Magazine
posted Jan 31, 2011
In an increasingly vulnerable world, we’re searching for rooted communities—and what we can learn from them. Read more at our blog, Finding Rootedness.

Authors Robin and John with Gil and Teresa (at center) and Don Bosco staff.

Photo courtesy of Robin […]

Common Misconceptions about the Nutritional Value of Coconut Oil: Exposing Three Common Myths

by Brian Shilhavy, Editor Health Impact News Daily

When we first started publishing the research and the truth about coconut oil in 2000, almost nobody else on the Internet was publishing anything about coconut oil, even though many studies existed. Today, with the rise in popularity regarding coconut oil, many people are now touting its […]

New USDA Dietary Guidelines Ignore Science on Carbohydrate Restriction and Saturated Fats

Taking Questions from the Media
by Kimberly Hartke, Publicist, Weston A. Price Foundation

Yesterday, the US Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Department of Agriculture finally announced the 2010 dietary guidelines. The official “food policy” of our nation doesn’t just guide our food choices, but dictates what ingredients go into manufactured food. […]

Legally Poisoned: How the Law Puts Us at Risk from Toxicants

Photo from UC Riverside
by EurekAlert

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Americans are exposed to hundreds, if not thousands, of suspected toxic substances every day, substances that affect the development and function of the brain, immune system, reproductive organs or hormones. Children are the most vulnerable. But no public health law requires product testing of most chemical compounds […]