Are You Feeding Your Baby Insecticidal GMOs? What’s Really in That Gerber Baby Food?
"Children encounter pesticides daily and have unique susceptibilities to their potential toxicity. Epidemiologic evidence demonstrates associations between early life exposure to pesticides and pediatric cancers, decreased cognitive function, and behavioral problems," stated the American Academy of Pediatrics in a policy statement from November of 2012. Do you know what you're really feeding your baby? In an effort to truly determine the...
Not Sleeping Enough? It Could Cause a Muffin Top
According to Fred Turek, a circadian scientist at Northwestern University, "Yes, there are clocks in all the cells of your body. It was a discovery that surprised many of us." Keeping time on our internal clocks Our sleeping and eating schedules have a tremendous effect on our internal clocks. Maintaining regular schedules for both is the best way to keep our...
5 Reasons Why You Should Try Wheatgrass and 4 Ways to Use It
Wheatgrass is the grass in wheat crops that is cut prior to the sprouting of the wheat grain. In this article, I will reveal this superfood’s many health benefits and demonstrate tasty ways in which you can incorporate wheatgrass into your diet. Benefits of wheatgrass Chlorophyll Chlorophyll is the green substance found in plants that allows them to absorb sunlight. Although chlorophyll...
There Are NO Incurable Diseases
Ouch… that hurt. I punctured my fingernail doing some tree trimming two weeks ago and had a nasty looking injury as a result. After rinsing the wound, I applied a small amount of coconut oil daily and watched as my body — amazingly — healed itself in quick order. First, I developed a huge hole in the nail bed and...
DIY Natural Skin Care Solutions
According to The News Herald, 60 percent of what is applied to our skin is absorbed. Unfortunately, many commercialized beauty and skin care products contain chemicals that actually damage our skin and health, causing our skin to age more rapidly. Women can take control of their bodies, eliminate the risk of allergic reactions, and actually improve the quality of...
General Mills Drops Artificial Colors and Flavors from Cereals
Giant food conglomerate General Mills recently made an announcement that by the year 2017, all of its cereals will be free of artificial colors and flavors. This is great news, considering so many of these cereals are marketed to children, and these ingredients have been shown time and time again to have serious potential hazards. However, before you celebrate that...
Does Your Body Show How Hard You Work Out?
No matter how dedicated you may be to regular exercise, your body won't show the obvious results unless you're properly targeting trouble zones. The place to start is deciding what kinds of results you want to show. Whether you're after defined abs, sculpted shoulders and biceps, or tight glutes, you can tailor a workout to target those areas and...
The Importance of Darkness to Your Health
In ancient times, and throughout most of human history, night used to be truly dark, and thus ideal for sleeping. While it's true, of course, that the sun still sets every evening, most of us are exposed to a barrage of artificial light sources all night long. As it turns out, this can spell trouble for our health. Even for...
Syphilis Infection Rates Are on the Rise
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), data shows that between 2012 and 2013, incidents of primary and secondary syphilis infections increased by 10 percent. Those figures are twice as high as they were for 2001. The highest concentrations of syphilis infections are being found in Baltimore, Los Angeles, Portland, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Orlando, San...
Is the Food Industry Finally Listening?
For years, health experts and concerned citizens have been warning about the possible health hazards from artificial colors, artificial flavors, and GMO ingredients in food. Despite the warnings, big food industry companies turned a deaf ear and continued to load up food with questionable and unnecessary ingredients… until now. In some surprising news, it seems there may be serious...
