Honeybees ‘entomb’ hives to protect against pesticides, say scientists

‘Entombed’ pollen is identified as having sunken, wax-covered cells amid ‘normal’, uncapped cells. Photograph: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
by Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent
guardian.co.uk
Honeybees are taking emergency measures to protect their hives from pesticides, in an extraordinary example of the natural world adapting swiftly to our depredations, according to a prominent bee expert.

Scientists […]

Why High-Fat Diets Are Not Fattening

By Dr. John Briffa
The EpochTimes

It is easy to believe that fat is fattening. Compared to carbohydrate or protein, fat is rich in calories. However, the evidence does not link eating fat with obesity.

Eating low-fat diets is quite ineffective for weight loss. The evidence suggests that fat is not fattening. Understanding how this […]

Maine Rep Opposes Bill to Prevent Forced Vaccinations and Right to Know Ingredients of Vaccines

by Ginger Taylor
Adventures in Autism

The state of Maine is considering, get this shocker, passing a law to prevent forced vaccination.

End of the world… I know.

So yesterday I hopped up to the state house when I heard that they were having debate on this bill. Turned out they were also considering a bill […]

Mother on trial for murder after allegedly failing to administer chemotherapy drugs to son

by Jonathan Benson
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Refusing to comply with state-sanctioned protocols for cancer treatment — even when they cause immense pain and suffering, and possibly even a more rapid death — can get you tried for murder if a loved-one under your care with cancer ends up dying. A Massachusetts woman currently faces murder charges […]

Children exploited for profit using fictitious mental disorders

by Monica G. Young
(NaturalNews) We’re ashamed that exploitation of children for profit was once tolerated in America: such as children as young as five shackled to machines while working 16-hour days in factories, or black children auctioned and sold as slaves. Yet future generations will look back on our era too with shame: a […]

Iowa organic farmer says non-GMO corn outperforms GMO

By Ken Roseboro
The Organic & Non-GMO Report

Jason Wells, a farmer in Milton, Iowa, who grows both non-GMO and organic corn, says that the non-GMO corn variety he grows produces higher yields than genetically modified varieties.
Other farmers prefer non-GMO
Wells has grown a Pioneer Hi-Bred non-GMO corn variety called 34YO2. In 2009, Wells says the corn […]

Growing and Eating REAL Food is Affordable

by Chiots
Not Dabbling In Normal

Growing your own food isn’t just about saving money, it’s about so much more. I truly believe that as humans we posses an innate desire or need to take a hand-on role in the production of the food we consume. Whether through growing your own, foraging in the […]

Locally Grown Food? You May Be Deceived

by Mary Clare Jalonick

USA TODAY Your Life
Walking into her neighborhood grocery store in Washington, Kathleen Merrigan saw a beautiful display of plump strawberries and a sign that said they were local produce. But the package itself said they were grown in California, well over 2,000 miles away.
The popularity of locally grown food — which many […]

New antidepressant warning – Prozac and other drugs cause thick arteries, raise heart risk

by Sherry Baker
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Millions of Americans take antidepressant drugs — most are Prozac and related antidepressant medications in the class known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). A gigantic money maker for the drug giants, the SSRIs bring in billions to Big Pharma a year. They are promoted and prescribed as safe treatments […]

Are Vaccines More Important than Breastfeeding?

by Christina England

VaccineTruth
Just when we thought the world could not get any more insane, it does! News came in today of a study entitled ‘Inhibitory Effect of Breast Milk on Infectivity of Live Oral Rotavirus Vaccines’ advising nursing mothers to delay breast-feeding until after vaccinations. According to the authors this is because breastfeeding lowers the vaccines […]