American Foods Chockfull of Ingredients Banned in Other Countries

By Dr. Mercola

More than 3,000 food additives — preservatives, flavorings, colors and other ingredients — are added to foods in the United States.

While each of these substances are legal to use in the US, whether or not they are safe for long-term consumption — by themselves or in combination — is a different story […]

“Approved” Nutrition Advice Bought Out by Processed Food Companies

New World Order Dietitians from Sentient Dietitian on Vimeo. 

Health Impact News Editor Comments: The article below by Dr. Mercola explains how the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics threatens your First Amendment rights and attempts to censor anyone else giving out different nutrition or diet advice. But the video above, which a user recorded walking through the 16th International […]

Boost Your Workout with Beet Juice

by Margie King, Health Coach
GreenMedInfo.com

How would you like to be able to work out longer and use less effort to get the same benefits?  Oh, and without resorting to Lance Armstrong’s strategies?  It’s possible, according to research finding that juicing beets can enhance the performance of elite athletes.

But even for those not planning to race in […]

Healthier Alternatives to the Seasonal Flu Vaccine: Garlic, Zinc, and Vitamin D

By Dr. Mercola

The cold and flu season got off to an early start this year in the US, and everywhere you turn, you’ve undoubtedly seen ads and media reports urging you to get the flu vaccine.

Meanwhile, scientific reviews by the independent Cochrane Database published last fall again refuted pervasive “expert” health and media claims that […]

Blueberries and Strawberries Reduce Heart Attack Risk

 

By Dr. Mercola

When it comes to fruit, berries are among the healthiest variety to choose, as they are densely packed with a variety of potent phytochemicals and fiber while at the same time being relatively low in sugar.

Blueberries and strawberries, in particular, have recently been highlighted by Harvard researchers as ‘superfoods’ for heart health.
Reduce […]

Apricot Kernels Display Promising Effects in Fighting Cancer

by Dr. Veronique Desaulniers
GreenMedInfo.com

In September of 1983 my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was dead in 6 weeks. I remember the anguish and the frustration as the medical doctors offered no hope. I had been in practice for only 3 years and the Internet was nonexistent back then. But I recall going to […]

Are America’s Nutrition Professionals in the Pocket of Big Food?

Public health attorney and author Michele Simon asks: Are America’s nutrition professionals in the pocket of Big Food? While the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ 74,000-member trade group partners with the likes of Coke and Hershey’s, the nation’s health continues to suffer from poor diet.

Why The Apple Is One Of The World’s Most Healing Superfoods

by Sayer Ji
GreenMedInfo.com

This commonly overlooked superfood protects the body from nuclear fallout, kills a wide range of cancers, and keeps the arteries unclogged — to name but a few, experimentally confirmed ways in which the apple awakens your inner physician.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

This age old saying has never rang with greater […]

Is It Safe to Eat Bacon?

By Dr. Mercola

Just to be clear, although I have cautioned against the consumption of pork, I am NOT anti-pork (or anti-bacon). My concern about pork is that you are cautious about the source of the pork you consume—just as you should be cautious about the source of your beef, eggs and poultry. If your pork is pasture-raised […]

Black Seed – ‘The Remedy For Everything But Death’

This humble, but immensely powerful seed, kills MRSA, heals the chemical weapon poisoned body, stimulates regeneration of the dying beta cells with the diabetic's pancreas, and yet too few even know it exists.

70 Percent Commercial Pork Contaminated with Dangerous Pathogens

By Dr. Mercola

Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, there may be good reason to carefully consider your decision to include pork as a regular part of your diet, because despite advertising campaigns trying to paint pork as a “healthy” alternative to beef, research suggests it may be hazardous to your health on multiple levels. One […]

Dr. Oz Slanders Families Who Choose Safe Organic Food for Their Children

Dr. Oz in Time Magazine Slandering Families Who Choose Safe, Organic Food for Their Children

From Tomb To Table: Cumin’s Health Benefit’s Rediscovered

by Sayer Ji
GreenMedInfo.com

Traded along spice routes separating ancient cultures by vast distances, spices like cumin were once worth their weight in gold. Has modern science now revealed why, beyond their remarkable aesthetic value, they were so highly prized?

Many spices are perfectly happy living a charmed life as seasonings, peppering things generously with flavor, and […]

Are Registered Dieticians “Practicing Medicine” Without a License?

by Alliance for Natural Health

If so, it would be ironic, since RD groups are using similar laws to attack and suppress other, often better qualified nutritionists.

The Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians met on February 17. According to the minutes, the meeting included six board members, the executive director for the Georgia Board of […]

Protecting Children’s Health: American Academy of Pediatrics Misses the Big Picture in Their Flawed ‘Organics’ Analysis

By Charlotte Vallaeys
The Cornucopia Institute 

For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has weighed in on organic foods for children.  Its news release was widely covered in the national media.

While the AAP should be commended for acknowledging the potentially harmful effects of pesticide residues on conventional foods, their report—and associated press coverage—is […]

Dietetics Board Wants to Limit Free Speech and Your Choices for Independent Nutrition Information

 

by Alliance for Natural Health

Working on a tip from ANH-USA, a reporter discovers internal documents detailing the true motives of the dietetics board.  Action Alert!

In July we reported that the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is being sued because the board wanted to prevent a blogger, Steve Cooksey, from offering free nutrition advice based on […]

Research: Ginger Selectively Kills Breast Cancer Cells

by Sayer Ji
GreenMedInfo.com

New research published in the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology found that “ginger may be a promising candidate for the treatment of breast carcinomas.”

[i]  This is a timely finding, insofar asbreast cancer awareness month is only days away, and one of the primary fund-raising justifications is the false concept that a low-cost, safe and effective […]

Benefits of Drinking Coffee

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By Dr. Mercola

For years, physicians have been warning about the negative health effects of drinking coffee. You may have been told that coffee will raise your blood pressure, lead to heart disease, give you an ulcer or make you diabetic. But studies […]

Good News for Health Freedom: Michigan Recommends Deregulation of Dietetics and Nutrition

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Currently regular citizens of Michigan can be charged with a felony for giving nutritional advice or nutritional counseling without a Dietitian or Nutrition license. But hopefully that’s about to change! Michigan’s Office of Regulatory Reinvention (ORR) is now recommending that the occupation of Dietetics and Nutrition be deregulated, and the […]

Internal Documents Reveal USDA Dietary Guidelines Influenced by Big Pharma and Industrial Food Companies

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Under pressure from the Healthy Nation Coalition, the USDA revealed identities of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines “Independent Scientific Review Panel,” credited with peer-reviewing the Guidelines for scientific accuracy. Seven of eight panel members are Registered Dietitians (RDs). At the same time, RDs across America are reeling from the news that Centers for Medicare and […]