Canola Oil Might Be Bad For Your Memory, Study Finds
While canola oil has long been hailed by industry advocates as relatively healthy for your body, new research suggests it might not be so great for your brain. In a recent study, researchers from Temple University, Philadelphia looked at the impact of canola on memory, psychopathology and synapse. The results didn’t bode well for the widely-consumed cooking oil, with researchers...
Shocking Report: Office Tea Bags Are 17X Dirtier Than Toilet Seats
It’s winter. It’s cold, and when it’s freezing outside there’s nothing quite like a hot cup of tea. However, that innocent tea break around the office might not seem so refreshing once you know how gross your morning cuppa might be. The short answer: it’s so, so much worse than you think. The average box of office tea bags contain...
Dozens Of Horses Saved As Fires Rages Through California
Six fires that together are larger in size than New York City and Boston combined have devoured an estimated 230,000 acres. Remarkably, only one human life has been taken. But for horses, the death toll has been overwhelming. Now, equestrian communities from LA to San Diego are reeling after fires take the lives of thoroughbred horses and beloved companions....
Woman Burns Down House Trying To Kill Bed Bugs (+5 Ways To Beat Them)
Ten people were left homeless over the weekend when a woman accidentally set her two-story home ablaze late Friday night in order to fight bed bugs. The woman was reportedly trying to combat the bugs with rubbing alcohol, in a multi-family home in Cincinnati. It appears she was near a flame while using the alcohol. A resident took this video of the house...
Eating Live Animals: Gross Cruelty Or Cultural Difference?
Footage continues to emerge of people dining on live seafood, insects and other animals. We recommend caution if you decide to watch these videos (below), where people have filmed themselves eating what look like live mouse babies dipped in soy source, a live and scaled fish, plates of live bugs, still-alive octopus parts, gutting a living frog and laying it on...
8 Benefits Of Going Commando Once In Awhile (Or All The Time)
Ladies: can I tell you a secret? I don’t wear underwear. Like, ever. Unless it’s that time of the month or I’m wearing a flowy dress (and yes, I learned that the hard way on a windy day). Part of it is that I like to hang around in boxers at home as a freelance writer, so there’s no need...
4 Easy Tricks To Remove Pesticides From Your Produce, Naturally
Even if you’re not overly health-conscious, you know that certain things are toxic. You’re well aware that fumes from cars and machinery are bad for your health, you know that taking a big ol’ drag on a cigarette is possibly going to give you lung cancer, and you might even make a point of avoiding BPA-laden plastics in an...
If You’re Craving Too Much Salt In Your Diet, Eat THESE Every Day
Before we begin, let’s make one thing clear: everyone needs salt to survive! Salt is a critical element of our anatomical functioning, essential for regulating blood pressure and volume, and for maintaining proper muscle and nerve function. Without salt, we’d very literally expire! But the problem is that we’re getting too much of the wrong kind of salt. I’m talking about...
Ladies: Try These 4 Foods To Get Your Mojo Back
In recent decades, the growing prevalence of male sexual dysfunction has been popularized throughout the media. Stumble upon any late-night TV shows or male-centered health websites, and you’ll inevitably be met with a barrage of ads selling this penile dysfunction drug or that libido-enhancing supplement. But what about female sexual dysfunction? Women who suffer from sexual dysfunction are more numerous...
This Cannabis And Chemo Combo Can Knock Out Cancer
For decades, the United States has waged an unsuccessful war against marijuana. In the past, government health officials routinely scoffed at the possibility that cannabis might have medicinal value. How ironic, then, that cutting-edge research clearly demonstrates that cannabinoids (compounds in marijuana) hold tremendous potential as the next generation of novel anticancer therapies? More evidence that cannabis kills cancer cells The...
