Each year more than 62 million Americans are diagnosed with digestive orders, and the frequency and prevalence of these disorders tends to increase with age, according to GIAlliance.com’s Gastroenterology blog. The most common digestive disorders include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), lactose intolerance, hiatal hernia, different types of cancers, and gastroesophageal reflux [...]
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The United States government welcomed longtime environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to its post as Head of the Department of Health and Human Services this February, a welcome step for fans of natural food, the environment and accountability for drug companies. Kennedy Jr. has promised to change the way [...]
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If you were sick with a cold or flu in the 20th century, your family or your doctor would have likely applied a hot mustard patch to help your body sweat out the illness. It is one of the forgotten old century cures that may have been overhyped in the [...]
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The world of healthcare has progressed significantly over the last century, as emergency medicine has helped the United States achieve one of the top 50 lifespans in the world despite our nation’s general state of ill health, with as many as 6 in 10 people currently suffering from a [...]
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The Chicago-based Kellogg’s Cereal company was founded in 1906 by W.K. (Will Keith) Kellogg with the intention of improving nutrition during uncertain times. Since then, Kellogg’s has gone on to become one of the most famous breakfast cereal companies in the world with a presence in 180 countries worldwide. The [...]
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When it comes to natural health products, there is one category of food that shows perhaps less innovation than any other: meat jerky. Vegan substitutes like mushroom jerky have made waves in recent years while chicken, turkey and other varieties of jerky have also found their way into the limelight. [...]
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The world of nutrition has expanded in recent years as more and more people have become interested in exotic healing fruits, herbs, and other natural substances designed to heal the body from the inside-out. One of them is soursop, a healing fruit that comes from the graviola tree and has [...]
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Cannabidiol based, or CBD based products, have become incredibly popular in recent years due in large part to the calming effect they have on human beings, as well as dogs, cats and other animals. The CBD product market has grown exponentially in the past few decades as more information has [...]
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Mango is one of the most underestimated and underappreciated fruits in the supermarket, and it also makes for a delicious snack, especially when it comes in the dried fruit variety. I have personally been purchasing dried mango snacks at Trader Joe’s for quite some time, which is just part of [...]
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The original ‘Ghostbusters’ movie debuted in June 1984, one year after I was born. My favorite characters in the movie was Winston Zeddemore, one of the four main Ghostbusters characters played by Ernie Hudson, an actor from Benton Harbor, Michigan who went to college at Wayne State University in downtown [...]
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