Essential oils are often used as a way to relax and add a unique fragrance to home living spaces, but more and more people are discovering their transformational health qualities when used in concentrated, therapeutic forms. This switch from cosmetic to medicinal use is not surprising. The market was once [...]
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Everybody knows by now that energy drinks are not the healthiest options for beverages. Besides unnaturally high amounts of caffeine, Red Bull, Monster, and other popular drinks contain high levels of sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and artificial sweeteners, as well as too much of the amino acid taurine, along [...]
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A report by the Natural Resources Defense Council along with its allies Friends of the Earth, Consumers Union, Food Animal Concerns Trust, and Center for Food Safety came out this past September with a new report on reducing the rate of antibiotic use in meat supply used by popular [...]
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Analysis The flu season is coming, and the flu vaccine debate with it. While divisive arguments have become the norm in many areas of society, sometimes the argument is not about who is for or against vaccines, but whether our doctors are giving us all of the information for [...]
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Many are looking for the key to longevity, but there are few in this world who find it: centenarians. While there is no magic pill, and a long life depends on a combination of a healthy diet, knowing how to handle stress, keeping active, and your genetics, there are many things we [...]
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One of the privileges of living in the 21st century is the ability to find quality food items and even import foreign food that would otherwise be inaccessible. Unfortunately, there is a price to pay with this system as many take advantage of the customers’ growing demands. Food fraud is [...]
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The flu shot has become America’s latest blockbuster deal as CVS, Target, Kroger and other supermarkets have begun creatively advertising the new vaccine each year. The deals are questionable enough in their own right considering the potentially serious side effects and toxins associated with each shot, but a recent charity [...]
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As the GMO debate continues, and more and more consumers are learning the truth about health and environmental concerns related to genetically modified foods, pro-GMO companies and farmers are feeling the pressure to fight back. The good news is: many of them themselves admit that they are losing. “We are [...]
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At first glance, Matthew and Lauren Phelps’s story sounds like a straightforward, tragic homicide. Husband kills his wife, calls the cops, and pretends to be clueless about how the murder took place by finding an excuse. In Matthew’s case, the excuse is – although not completely unknown – not very [...]
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“What’s being done to our food in the name of profit?” It’s an omnipresent question that becomes more important with each passing year. Our produce is being gassed, sprayed with chemicals, and even genetically manipulated to the point where it’s becoming and harder to keep track of how many different [...]
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