The Alternative Daily

Mindfulness is catching; it seems like people mindfully practice just about anything these days. And why shouldn’t we? We’ve have been using mindfulness techniques...

As health experts finally begin to lift their long-held (and unjustified) ban on saturated fats, the popularity of coconut oil and grass-fed butter has...

If you’re anything like me, you walk into any supermarket with a distrustful squint in your eye and a mind that’s fully focused on...

There’s a lot more at stake than the loss of some beach real estate as we battle with climate change. In fact, no matter...

Rejoice, workaholics worldwide, because it turns out your steady diet of caffeine and alcohol might actually be doing you some good. No, you didn’t...

Cancer has proven to be a crafty adversary. So far, the disease has found ways to circumvent the body’s defenses and many sophisticated medical...

Shedding extra pounds is supposed to be good for you. But some recent headlines have suggested that crash diets can lead to serious heart problems...

People have been using herbs for thousands of years as medicines, to season meals and (in some cases) to expand minds. Science is confirming...

We all know cancer’s worst enemy is fresh food. The epidemic of the modern era is often blamed largely on processed foods, and most cancer...

Learning how to grow some basic food crops can not only be great fun, but also important. In our post-GFC world of economic uncertainty,...