Some forces in the world are so strong that they overtake fear and pain with ease. Such is the incredible strength of a mother when protecting her children. When Carrie Blackwell’s son Deryn exhausted all options of modern medicine, she risked spending 14 years behind bars in an effort to [...]
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Over the course of my ten-plus years as a health researcher and journalist, I have been grateful to come across several healing modalities and devices that have improved my life for the better. Chief among them have been exercise machines such as the Bellicon rebounder, red light therapy machines [...]
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Yogurt is often considered as one of the healthiest foods at supermarkets and farmers markets. Homemade and organic are typically the healthiest types of according to a landmark hospital study that showed homemade yogurt can heal symptoms of IBS and Crohn’s disease. Store-bought, conventional yogurts are a different type of [...]
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The world’s healthiest and longest living people have been the fascination of researchers for several decades running. Residents of Okinawa, Japan attribute their longevity to several habits, chief among them an exotic vegetable that has been a staple of their diets for centuries. The Hunza of Pakistan have their own [...]
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The growing focus on organic agriculture in the past few several years has benefitted bee populations in local areas and municipalities, but there is still much work to be done. In 2023, the Associated Press reported that nearly half of U.S. honeybee colonies died the previous year. The task to [...]
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Meal delivery services are a great way to get more healthy nutrition in your life during times when you’re constantly on the go and don’t have a whole lot of time to shop or cook. One of my favorites is Daily Harvest, an organic, chef-curated and vegan company that sells [...]
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The genetically modified food experiment carried out on the unsuspecting public by Monsanto has only been taking place for about 25 years, and began with the first-ever failed GMO food, tomatoes, back in 1994. The so-called “FlavrSavr” GMO tomato was roundly rejected by consumers, restaurant chains, and supermarkets alike, leading [...]
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The electrolytes category has grown significantly in recent years thanks to endorsements from social media influencers, celebrities and athletes. Electrolytes are defined as essential minerals like sodium, calcium, magnesium and potassium that have a negative or positive charge when dissolved in water. I have tried several brands of electrolytes in [...]
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Haribo gummy bears have existed since the 1920s with the first bear created from licorice. The gelatin-based gummies appeared in 1960s and have been steadily growing in popularity in America after stealing the hearts of their home country – Germany. In 2016 Haribo gummy sales in the U.S. hit almost [...]
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While the pink ribbon, Susan G. Komen and her organization’s widely attended nationwide cancer walks, and Breast Cancer Awareness Month have all become mainstream over the past decade thanks to a relentless marketing campaign and the ongoing “feminization of breast cancer,” few people realize that the movement came from [...]
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