Three Truths about how God Communicates with Us
Psalm 19 shows us three truths about how God communicates with us, and how we can know him.
New in Paperback: Hitler’s Ethic by Richard Weikart
Evolution News & Views
One of the most controversial parts of the movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed was the segment where Ben Stein interviewed the history professor Richard Weikart about his book, From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany. Darwinists went apoplectic, deriding Stein and Weikart for daring to […]
Pulitzer Winning Journalists Uncover Shocking Truth of How Drugs are Approved
Pulitzer winning journalists James Steele and Donald Barlett uncover the shocking truth about how clinical trials conducted outside the US in developing countries are used to approve drugs for use in the US. They report that there is often very little oversight by the host country or the FDA, leaving pharmaceutical companies great power […]
New Research on Coconut Oil: Weight Loss, Hair, Lipid Profiles
Health Impact News
Three new studies on coconut oil were published in peer-reviewed journals in the past couple of months.
In the June 4, 2011 volume of Lipids, a study was published by the Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences of West Virginia University entitled “Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid Induces Lipolysis in Adipose Tissue of Coconut Oil-Fed Mice […]
The Real Reason the Cancer Industry Never Talks About Prevention
In the video above Robyn O’Brien shares her personal story and how it inspired her to become a Real Food evangelist. Her journey started when one of her children had a dangerous allergic reaction to a “typical” breakfast, and unfolded into discovering one reason why the United States may have the highest cancer rate […]
Urban Agriculture: The City Chicken Project in New York
Be a Good Egg—Support the City Chicken Project!
Through the City Chicken Project, Just Food provides the training, coops and hens that schools and community gardening groups need to raise healthy chickens and delicious eggs. This project was started in partnership with Heifer International, but Heifer is no longer funding projects in NYC, so we need […]
3 reasons why coconut milk may not be your friend
by Chris Kresser
The Healthy Skeptic
Excerpts:
[Coconut milk] is high in saturated fatty acids and medium-chain triglycerides (MCT), which are both easily burned as fuel by the body. MCTs are particularly beneficial in that they don’t require bile acids for digestion, and they’re directly shunted to the liver via the portal vein.
So what could be wrong […]
Life expectancy in U.S. trails top nations
Health Impact News Comments: As life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, more media sources are picking up the story. What is sorely lacking in most of these reports, however, is any real dialog as to what is causing the problem. In the video below “obesity” is correctly observed as a correlating trend, […]
Beware of the carbohydrates and glucose of Aunt Bee’s pie says Barney Fife
Health Impact News Editor Comments: If you think the low-carb high-fat and high-protein diet is a recent dietary fad, think again! Watch this old clip from an Andy Griffith show where Barney Fife basically repeats the common dietary wisdom prevalent back in the 1950s and 1960s, that glucose and refined carbohydrates (such as Aunt […]
House moves to bar FDA from approving genetically modified salmon
by MARY CLARE JALONICK
ASSOCIATED PRESS – miamiherald.com
WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption.
The FDA is set to decide this year whether to approve the modified fish, which grows twice as fast as the natural variety. The FDA said last year that the […]
Do Antidepressants Make You Sad?
by Casey Schwartz
thedailybeast.com
In the pendulum-swinging debate over the effectiveness of antidepressants, the latest findings by some researchers will not be good news for users and supporters of the ubiquitous meds: Used over the long term, antidepressants may “do more harm than good,” and once discontinued are more likely to cause […]
US docs are overprescribing drugs – 50% of Americans on Prescription Drugs
Health Impact News Editor Comments: While a common theme on this news site, even “mainstream” media can no longer ignore the prescription drug problem in this country any more, although this story did not exactly make headlines.
Reuters
msnbc.com
Excerpts:
U.S. doctors are too quick to reach for their prescription pads, according to a new report urging […]
Coca Cola Company Teaching Dietitians that Sugar, Fluoride, Artificial Colors are SAFE for Children
by Alliance for Natural Health
We wish we could say we are surprised. Registered dietitians are now being given formal education by the Coca-Cola Company on how safe its ingredients are.
The credentialing arm of the American Dietetic Association, the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), has approved a program created by the The […]
Farmageddon: The unseen war on Americas farms
by Adam Helfer
washingtontimes.com
There is just something comforting about frequenting a local farmers market or passing the small farms on a weekend jaunt through the countryside. It’s a genuine slice of Americana that’s not only aesthetically pleasing and soothing, but the standard in how we should feed ourselves and families in […]
Threatened by Contamination from Genetically Modified Organisms, Family Farms Amplify Compaint Against Monsanto
by Cornucopia Institute
New threats by Monsanto have led to the filing of an amended complaint by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) in its suit on behalf of family farmers, seed businesses, and organic agricultural organizations challenging Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seed.
“Our clients don’t want a fight with Monsanto, they merely want to be protected […]
New Court Brief: Raw Milk Legal to Drink in all 50 States, FDA Has No Legal Authority to Stop Interstate Transportation
by David Gumpert
The Compete Patient
Excerpts:
The FTCLDF brief makes yet a further legal and Constitutional argument challenging the FDA’s effort to eliminate the availability of raw milk. The FTCLDF filed suit last year on behalf of five plaintiffs who were admittedly purchasing raw milk in states where it’s legal, and bringing […]
The Healing Power of the Truth
If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Journal Apologizes and Pays $10,000 to Mathematician After Censoring Article Criticizing Darwin
by John G. West
Evolution News and Views
In one of their favorite soundbytes, members of the Darwin lobby like to assert that intelligent design scientists do not publish peer-reviewed research. That claim is manifestly false. But the fact that intelligent design scholars do publish peer-reviewed articles is no thanks to Darwinists, many […]
The Proven Cancer Cure the FDA Has Tried to Suppress
Note: This blockbuster film is available FREE. Watch it below. The film is 1 hour and 48 minutes long. Here is the 3 minute opening scene you can preview first. But beware, because like an addictive book you cannot put down or get to next page fast enough, this scene may move you so […]
Feds Want to Put Drug Company Execs Behind Bars for Fraud Instead of Just Fines
Getting personal: Feds pursue top execs in health care fraud cases previously settled for cash
Associated Press
WashingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON — It’s getting personal now. In a shift still evolving, federal enforcers are targeting individual executives in health care fraud cases that used to be aimed at impersonal corporations.
The new tactic is raising the anxiety level […]