by Dr. Mercola
David Kirchoff, president of Weight Watchers, the world’s largest diet company, recently said on their website: “Calorie counting has become unhelpful.
When we have a 100-calorie apple in one hand and a 100-calorie pack of cookies in the other, and we view them as being ‘the same’ because the calories are the same, […]
by Dr. Mercola
You can avoid sugar, aspartame, trans-fats, or MSG if you’re a savvy reader of labels. But if you want to avoid genetically modified organisms (GMO’s), it’s not so easy. They’re not listed on labels. You could buy organic foods, which by law can’t contain more than 5 percent GMO’s — but now […]
Alliance for Natural Health
Not only may the drugs meant to cure your depression actually drive you to suicide, but these dangerous and addictive drugs may be behind the Columbine shooting—and dozens of others. Ask the FDA to warn the public that SSRIs may make people commit violence against others! […]
The Estrella Family Creamery was a mainstay at farmer’s markets in the Seattle area with their raw milk artisan cheeses produced from the milk of their own grass-fed cows. They have caves where they age their cheese, and at one point in the past there was apparently one positive test for Listeria among the cave that […]
Alliance for Natural Health
So-called weight-loss drugs are huge business, but they’re going from bad to worse. The newest include antidepressant ingredients—and most users won’t even know they’re there—with more really awful side effects.
On February 1, the FDA declined to approve the weight-loss drug Contrave for the time being, expressing concern about […]
by GM Watch
“Responsible” soy – Don’t buy the lie, green groups tell retailers
New scheme endorses the use of GM soy
London/Brussels/Amsterdam, Tuesday 8 March – Supermarkets across the EU are being urged to boycott products containing soy labelled as “responsible” ahead of the introduction of a new EU-wide labelling scheme for soy. A coalition […]
By Chris Kilham
FoxNews.com
According to a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, approximately 10 percent of Americans are taking antidepressant medications. This means that over 31 million Americans are gobbling Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Elavil, Norpramin, Luvox, Paxil, Wellbutrin and other antidepressant psychiatric drugs like M & M’s. This drug use accounts for billions of […]
By Jill Richardson
AlterNet
There are a billion hungry people in the world and that number could rise as food insecurity increases along with population growth, economic fallout and environmental crises. But a roadmap to defeating hunger exists, if we can follow the course — and that course involves ditching corporate-controlled, chemical-intensive […]
from Citizen’s Commission on Human Rights International
In “The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth,” just released in paperback, psychology professor Irving Kirsch argues that antidepressant drugs are not effective and that the idea of depression as a chemical imbalance in the brain is pure myth. Kirsch provides what he […]
by Cindy Jones-Shoeman
(NaturalNews) Imagine a beautiful model walking into an automotive store and buying a quart of motor oil, then proceeding to pour it on her hair and smooth it into her face and arms. That picture might seem silly, but how many beauty products contain the same basic ingredient used in cars? Plenty. […]
by Tony Isaacs
(NaturalNews) For many people, vanilla may be the key for eliminating headaches. Vanilla extract contains eugenol, an essential oil that has antiseptic and analgesic properties and that helps unclog blood vessels.
The ancient Egyptians discovered that vanilla beans would cure a headache almost every time regardless of how serious the duration or intensity. […]
by Melanie Thomassian R.D.
Diet-Blog.com
Excerpts:
“There is a considerable amount of controversy surrounding the issue of saturated fat, cholesterol, and heart disease these days. Certainly, it seems that cholesterol on its own is a lousy predictor of heart disease. And, just to add to this confusing mix, a new study published in the journal Annals of Neurology suggests […]
Town Hall in Sedgwick Maine
Update March, 2013: Brooksville Becomes Ninth Maine Town to Pass Food Sovereignty Law
Here’s a Way to Eliminate the Regulators and Lawyers, and Build Community At the Same Time: Organize and Declare “Food Sovereignty,” Like Sedgwick, Maine
by David E. Gumpert
The Complete Patient
Maybe the citizens of tiny Sedgwick on the Maine coast were […]
Millet laced with mozzarella and coconut oil. Photograph by Emily Malone
How to Eat: Millet
People have been cooking with this nutrient-packed grain for centuries. Here’s how to incorporate it into your diet.
By Emily Malone
Washingtonian.com
With all the focus on whole grains these days, it’s hard to believe that more people don’t know about this superfood. An ancient […]
Gwen Olsen spent fifteen years as a pharmaceutical sales rep working for such healthcare giants as Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Abbott Laboratories. She enjoyed a successful, fast-paced career until several conscious-altering experiences began awakening her to the dangers lurking in every American medicine cabinet. Her most poignant lessons, however, came as both […]
photo by Leah Nash for The New York Times
By ISOLDE RAFTERY
New York Times
CORVALLIS, Ore. — For years, Tyler Jones, a livestock farmer here, avoided telling his grandfather how disillusioned he had become with industrial farming. After all, his grandfather had worked closely with Earl L. Butz, the former federal secretary of agriculture who was known […]
From GM Watch
THE TRUTH ABOUT GMOs
From GMWatch www.gmwatch.org
The last 12 months have seen a number of biotech industry lies bite the dust. One of them is that developing countries are hot for GMOs with only affluent Westerners obstructing their acceptance. In fact, the opposite has been shown to be the case, with deeply rooted […]
by Glenn Blain
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU
Groups pumped $210.6 million into efforts to influence state lawmakers in 2010, a 6.5% increase from the year before, the New York Public Interest Research Group reported yesterday.
Read the Full Story here: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/03/05/2011-03-05_albany_lobbyists_spend_2106_million_to_influence_lawmakers_in_2010.html
The Dose of Intervention and the Land of Dr. Oz
by Gary Taubes
Today marks my appearance on the Dr. Oz Show, which was, let’s just say, an interesting experience and leave it at that. It was the show, though, that (finally) prompted me to address an issue I’ve wanted to […]
by Shane Starling
NutraIngredients.com
The omega-3 industry must devote more resources to lobbying and educating government, health care professionals and the general public to help plug a ‘policy gap’ that is contributing to a growing epidemic of cognitive disorders, a congress has been told.
The two-day omega-3 summit in Bruges, Belgium, had a scientific and sustainability focus but […]
