by Barbara Loe Fisher
My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.[1]
What is liberty?
Webster’s Dictionary defines Liberty as “the quality or state of being free,” which means:[2]
“Freedom from physical restraint;”
“Freedom from […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: I saw the screening to this film this past weekend in L.A. It is definitely worth seeing if you want to be educated on the issues related to food freedom in the U.S., and the current attacks against family farms. Check here for screenings: http://farmageddonmovie.com/screenings/ Below is an interview with Kristin […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVwItGutqyg
You would not be wrong thinking of Joel Salatin as a kind of food evangelist.
After all, he travels the country preaching common sense and real food with
all the energetic fervor of a true believer.
Recently, Mr. Salatin spoke to a sell-out audience (co-sponsored by The
Woodstock Land Conservancy and the Woodstock Farm Festival), where he
had plenty […]
Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana
by Melissa Luck | KXLY4 Executive Producer
To call what the Hyde family has been through a “parent’s worst nightmare” sounds like a horrible cliche. But, it’s hard to imagine what else you could call it. Their two-year old son Cash was diagnosed last year with a stage 4 […]
INDIA’S biggest manufacturer of ghee is planning to push it as a health food
by Robin Pagnamenta
The Times
Excerpts:
Ghee is the raw material at the heart of every authentic Indian curry and a holy offering revered in Hindu weddings.
The managing director of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation, which owns India’s No1 ghee brand, Amul, […]
GM Crops – Farmer to Farmer
Michael Hart, a conventional livestock family farmer, has been farming in Cornwall for nearly thirty years and has actively campaigned on behalf of family farmers for over fifteen years, travelling extensively in Europe, India, Canada and the USA.
In this short documentary he […]
In this interview with Dr. Mercola, Cherie Calbom talks about the advantages of juicing for health, and how juicing helps with Chronic Fatigue and weight loss. She also recommends coconut oil in the diet for weight loss.
Video transcript here.
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Virgin Coconut Oil:
How it has changed people’s lives and how it […]
By CCHR Int
At just 6 years of age, still grieving over the death of the only mother he’d ever known, his foster mother, Giovan Bazan received the first of many psychiatric “diagnoses” and drugs that would plague him for the next twelve years of his life. Moved from foster home to foster home, orphanages and other […]
by: Dr. Mercola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=225qvrCiAys
Here’s some news about cell phones and cancer which even the mainstream media has found impossible to ignore. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
by The Urban Farming Guys
Food hitting our plates with who knows what pumped into it and growing economic uncertainty. We took the seeds in our pockets and every square foot we owned and went about like mad scientists testing out innovative ideas from all around world and making them work […]
Photo by Carlos Ortiz/Flickr
by Will Allen
GrowingPower.org
Video Courtesy of Fresh The Movie
Dear Friends,
Growing Power is undertaking the most ambitious challenge in its 18-year history. In a partnership with the City of Milwaukee, we have been tasked to create up to 150 full-time jobs for low-income city residents. The plan is both a […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
The CDC says 1 in 3 US adults will be diabetic by 2050. But the ADA—the supposed authority on diabetes—is providing seriously misguided information on how to manage and reverse the disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there will be nearly 140 million diabetics […]
by Amanda Rose
traditional-foods.com
Bone broth is a staple in our household because it adds flavor and richness to our meals and minerals at the same time. Consumers are becoming increasingly interested in making their own bone broth and some people struggle with finding an efficient technique. Here we share our observations on bone broth from our […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: The story below is a very common one. The FDA routinely issues warning letters to companies that produce natural products where health benefits are mentioned. According to the FDA, only approved drugs can make claims to health benefits. So if a company producing a natural product wants to publish […]
by Sarah Shilhavy
FreeCoconutRecipes.com
3 tablespoons coconut oil, or as needed
1/2 -1 white or yellow onion, roughly chopped
2-4 cloves garlic, peeled
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
3 whole cloves
salt, to taste
2 lb tomatoes, quartered
3/4 cup coconut water vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
Melt coconut oil in a large saucepan and add onion and garlic. Sauté lightly […]
