Toxic Trio in Energy Drinks: What You Should Know Now
How often do you feel that you need just a little pick-me-up? Something to help you get through the day, improve your athletic performance or survive that all-nighter you have to pull for work or school? Do you, like millions of other Americans, find yourself consuming energy drinks to make it through your grueling schedule? If so… we urge...
Warning: Some Obesity Research Funded Directly by Coca-Cola
In a compelling and disturbing exposition published in Forbes magazine, reporter Larry Huston explores how the Coca-Cola company directly pays for some obesity research, allegedly to get favorable results and laughably downplay the role of sugar in our nation's serious - and escalating - obesity epidemic. Huston writes, "for-profit companies like Coke and Pepsi don't spend enormous sums of money...
What is Ozonated Olive Oil and What are the Benefits?
While you may not have heard about ozonated olive oil, it's actually been around for over 100 years. It was said to have been discovered accidentally back in the early 1900s when breathing ozone through oil was used for treating tuberculosis. After many treatments, the oil would turn to gel and hold ozone for a long time, which made...
Green Coffee Beans – What’s the Scoop?
There has been a great deal of buzz in recent years over green coffee beans, especially in regards to weight loss. While they are certainly not a replacement for a healthy diet that includes a variety of nutritious foods and regular exercise, some research shows that they may indeed make a positive contribution to a well-rounded weight loss plan. Green...
Losing Weight Not Only Improves How You Look, but Also Your Mood and Sleep Patterns
Different people have different motivations for making the decision to lose weight. Some common motivators are wanting to look better, fitting into favorite clothing, being able to keep up with their family members' high energy levels, and just wanting to be healthier overall. Along with these factors, new research states that you can add two more benefits of shedding those...
Importance of Iodine During Pregnancy
According to a new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), approximately one third of pregnant women may be mildly deficient in iodine, an important nutrient necessary to fetal brain development. While recommendations for increasing iodine intake include iodized salt and supplements, it may be possible to increase your iodine naturally to the recommended level simply by eating iodine-rich,...
Better Than Vitamin D? – Revolutionary New Coriander Oil May Be Your #1 Weapon in Your Fight for Better Health
Believed by the Chinese to bestow immortality, coriander, or “Coriandrum Sativum,” is a powerful herb with many health benefits… earning it the name, “The Wonder Herb.” Hippocrates, the famous ancient Greek healer who became known as the "Father of Medicine," was said to have used and regularly recommended coriander for a wide range of conditions. Discovered by archeologists in Egyptian pharaoh...
Why Saving the Ocean is Essential and a Look at a Teenager Who Plans to Clean Half the Pacific
Our oceans are the lifeblood of humanity and the Earth. They flow over nearly three-quarters of the planet, holding 97 percent of its water and producing over half of the oxygen in the atmosphere, as well as absorbing the most carbon from it. Even if you live nowhere near an ocean, they still affect your life as well as the...
3 Foods that Beat Statins
In 2010, nearly 255 million prescriptions were written for statin drugs in the United States alone. These highly controversial drugs are often used as a tool to help reduce the risk of vascular disease, especially in those aged 50 and older. Many health professionals argue that these drugs are often prescribed without warrant and end up causing more harm than...
Why Fat Creams Don’t Work
In an outrageous display of how far people will go to find a 'quick fix' for weight loss to avoid good old fashioned diet and exercise, researchers from the University of Melbourne and King's College London have performed a study which they claim shows promise in the development of a "fat cream" to topically melt away fat underneath the...
