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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Image by Fotografiecor.nl on Shutterstock Guest Post By Ellie Shipley Hericium erinaceus (HE) caps the chart for most creatively named mushroom. In Japan it’s known as Yamabushitake, after the costume of Buddhist monks. In China it’s known as houtou, meaning “monkey head,” and other nicknames include white pom pom, bearded [...]
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Adderall, the most popular drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has been used by many of the 6.4 million American children currently diagnosed with ADHD but also misused by 20-30% of all students who are trying to gain better concentration for taking tests in college. It can be [...]
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With the variety of natural protocols out there for anything from the common cold to treating cancer, a question arises – why do they help one person and not the other? While every human body has unique differences from genetics to life-long experiences and trauma, there are tools [...]
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Bill Nye’s TV show on Netflix was designed to make “science” palatable to the masses and to appeal to a wide audience on topics that the mainstream population supposedly does not know a whole lot of information about. The show titled ‘Bill Nye Saves the World’ was allegedly created to [...]
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There is no doubt that Adderall helps concentration for those with or without ADHD – but that benefit comes at the expense of every organ in the body, including the brain. While Aderrall has become commonplace to help people focus and be more productive, there is a laundry list of [...]
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For vegetarians (especially new ones), it is often a challenge to find convenient, meat-free products to serve as a main course, which makes it especially disappointing when big corporations end up bending the truth about the ingredients that make up their favorite products. Many people turn to the convenience of [...]
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Drinking soda, be it Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper or others, is a daily ritual for over half of Americans. The majority of these consumers have an understanding of how bad these sugary drinks are, yet due to an addiction to sugar or artificial sweeteners — a real epidemic — most [...]
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Famous in Asia since 1999, black garlic won the hearts of many as a functional food — food that has huge health benefits and can decrease risks of lifestyle-related diseases. Black garlic got introduced in the U.S. to culinary chefs and natural doctors a few years ago, and people immediately fell in love [...]
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