Everything that lives needs salt. Salt regulates water content and blood pressure. It helps maintain acid-alkaline balance and supports the nervous system and adrenal glands. In the truest sense of the word, it is a vital mineral compound. Yet all salt is not created equal. Certainly, it all contains sodium, but sea salt contains […]
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GMOs: Another Case for the Precautionary Principle
One thing that can be a little mind-blowing to realize about food is that whatever we eat, we also consume some of everything else it was exposed to during its lifetime. This is why we’re cautioned against eating some kinds of fish, for example. Bioaccumlative mercury moves up the food chain – from the […]
Why You Need (Deep) Sleep
Under normal circumstances, few of us would go for long stretches of time without eating – or eating enough. None of us can last long without breathing. Yet plenty of folks seem to think they can do with minimal sleep and still stay healthy and productive. Not so. Just as we need food and […]
Why Choose Poison?
This week, there was great news from Portland, Oregon: Voters had overwhelmingly rejected fluoridation, 60% to 40%. Although pre-election polls had shown fluoride losing, enough people remained undecided that, considering margin of error, the vote could have gone either way. “This is not just Portland,” a member of the anti-fluoride campaign told KATU News. […]
Even More Concern About GMO Corn
If you’re an American who eats conventionally grown and processed foods – even if rarely – chances are good you’ve ingested some GMO corn. Not only is 88% of domestic corn genetically modified, but derived products such as high fructose corn syrup and corn starch ensure that the stuff shows up even where you […]
Health & Happiness
If, like us, you get Dr. Mercola’s daily emails, you may have already seen his recent feature on the “22 Positive Habits of Happy People.” Or if you follow us on Facebook or Twitter (and if you don’t, why not head over and connect with us now?), you may have seen it there. It […]
Fluoridation: Is It Ethical? Is It a Good Idea?
All of the evidence is convergent and demonstrates that fluoride compounds should not be added to public water supplies. When examined collectively the evidence clearly demonstrates that fluoridation of drinking water supplies is both unsafe and having significant negative health implications for human health, society and the natural environment. – Declan Waugh, BSc, CEnv, […]
Antibiotics Everywhere – Even in Your Food
No sooner had March begun than news spread about the rise of a new “superbug” that kills about half of all who contract it through bloodstream infections. Microbes like this one – called Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or “CRE” for short – are one result of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. And it’s not just […]