With the arrival of spring, it’s time to start planning this year’s garden. While tomatoes are the most popular garden item, they are difficult to grow from seed as they must be started indoors, often requiring grow lights. However, the second most popular garden item is extremely easy to grow – Pole Beans! Pole beans require little…
Transgenic materials from genetically modified (GM) corn crop byproducts are present in streams throughout the Midwest, even long after harvest, reports ecologist Jennifer Tank and her colleagues at the University of Notre Dame. Beyond the damage such transgenic materials may cause to aquatic life in the waterways, other findings of their study are especially alarming because transgenic material…
Yet another example of deceptive marketing! 7Up is heavily marketing its “Antioxidant Cherry 7Up” drinks in both regular and diet versions with prominent images of natural cherries on consumer ads and packaging labels. Unwitting consumers are taking a look at the drinks 7Up introduced last year and wondering what could be so bad about a soft drink that…
Once upon a time, when bread was considered the staff of life, the bread people ate was of a quality that actually supported life. But the wholesome content of “our daily bread” has dwindled greatly since the late 1800s, in a slow and steady decline that began with the bleaching of flour. In the early 1900s, Dr.…
We are on the verge of the first approval of a genetically modified animal for human consumption, a decision sparking controversy and speculation it could make a major turning point in the way food is produced. The GMO (genetically modified organism) in question is salmon, one of the healthiest foods on earth and a food eaten by people worldwide. The…
Ghee is butter made better. To make it, butter is clarified to a perfection that releases even more of its many health benefits. Ghee is considered medicinal in Indian Ayurvedic medicine, which predates Chinese medicine and is gaining popularity in the western modern world. It’s expensive to buy ghee from a health food store, and…
There are strategies, employed consciously or unconsciously, which lead to permanent and lasting illness and general malaise and malfunction throughout life. Those strategies and the common tools used with them to create disease are revealed in this article. If your goal is a lifetime of sickness and debilitation, read them closely. It is important to know that the…
An editorial in the British Medical Journal is calling for trans fats to be “virtually eliminated in the UK by next year” claiming that reducing the proportion of trans fats consumed by a mere 1% could prevent 7000 deaths each year in England alone. But what are trans fats, why are they used, and why the fuss?…
If you shop in any of the traditional grocery stores, you are eating genetically modified food (GMO). This is laboratory created food, not food the way it was designed by nature. GMO is very different from food that comes from hybridized plants. GMO is the result of mixing plant and animal genes. The jury is still…
Sugar, alcohol and fat are believed to be three of the biggest offenders that cause weight gain, disease and overall poor health. Yet recent research has demonstrated that a few of our favorite weaknesses may actually be beneficial when used in moderate amounts and with acute awareness of balance. Dark Chocolate: A Snickers bar may still be something to avoid,…