Monsanto Victory a Slap in the Face to Sustainable Agriculture
Last Monday, Vernon Hugh Bowman, a 76-year old Indiana farmer, lost a Supreme Court battle with Monsanto, genetically engineered (GE) seed tycoon and the world’s biggest seed company. Bowman was ordered by the Supreme Court to pay $84,000 to the billion-dollar conglomerate for planting a mix bag of soybean seeds that contained some of Monsanto’s Roundup-resistant seeds, as they were...
Can Walking Help Lower 80% of Our Country’s Healthcare Costs?
Do you roll out of bed each morning, hop in your car, jump out, onto the elevator and take a seat at your desk for 8 hours? If so, you are not unlike many Americans who live a car to desk lifestyle. Perhaps you often skip lunch or sit at your desk and eat a quick bite while working. You...
5 Balancing and Strengthening Super Herbs
You have heard of super foods but have you ever heard of super herbs? Just the word "super" conveys that these herbs are special, in fact, they are extraordinary. Super herbs have been used for thousands of years to promote health and well being. Super herbs have two impacts on the body - they are adaptogenic or tonifying. Adaptogenic herbs bring...
7 Things Your Nails are Saying About Your Health
How often do you look at your fingernails and wonder what they are saying about your health? If you are honest - your answer is probably very infrequently. However, fingernails like other body parts, are places where we can see visible signs of imbalance that we would be wise to acknowledge. The human body has amazing ways to express...
Toxic Ingredient Even In Organic: The Effects of Carrageenan
Carrageenan is a highly popular additive often found in organic foods. It is derived from red seaweed, but, unfortunately, the process used to make it leaves it unhealthy and refined. This additive is used in both conventional and organic products with regularity. There are two types of carrageenan, degraded and food-grade. Degraded carrageenan is not allowed in food, but food-grade...
Statin Myth: Debunking The Connection Between Cholesterol and Heart Disease
The documentary Statin Nation: The Great Cholesterol Cover-Up, presented by Rethink Productions, provides strong evidence that the widely-believed ideology that high cholesterol leads to heart disease is completely false. It details how the scientific groundwork that this belief is based upon was heavily manipulated from the start, and presents large-scale studies that clearly show the lack of connection between...
5 Benefits of Eating Locally Grown Food
There is not a fresher sight than a roadside fruit and veggie stand bursting with color and freshness. Produce, picked from the vine just hours earlier, drips with ripeness and wholesome nutrition. The local movement is in full swing in America. The United States Department of Agriculture noted that the number of farmers markets in the United States increased over...
Fast Food Fails Big on Promise to Serve Healthier Fare
Many fast food eateries have been touting their so-called healthier options after promising to make nutritional improvements in the food they serve, but unfortunately, they’ve failed to come through. While they have increased the use of the term “healthy” on their menus, simply labeling food as such doesn’t make it so. Over the past decade or so, a study published...
Why Many Gluten-Free Foods May Not be so Healthy
Remember when many people were under the impression that any food labeled non-fat was healthy? The same thing seems to be happening with gluten-free foods. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow famously touts this diet, but it’s important to remember that it isn’t as easy as just switching to gluten-free foods. Avoiding gluten is essential whether or not you have an intolerance as gluten...
3 Amazing Essential Oils that You Should Have at Home
Essential oils are the oldest known form of medicine to mankind. Defined, essential oils are fragrant liquids drawn from flowers, seeds, stems, leaves, bark, bushes, herbs and shrubs. History of Essential Oils The evidence that essential oils have been used for a very, very long time is well documented in hieroglyphics and ancient manuscripts. A scroll that is carbon dated to...
