Antioxidant: Turmeric Smoothie
Turmeric has been dubbed a Super-Spice and is widely recognized by natural health professionals as one of the world’s healthiest foods. Here are four recipes for delicious health boosting smoothies...
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Female Bloggers Paid By Monsanto To Attend Panel
The genetically modified crop and agrochemical giant Monsanto has drawn of the ire of countless thousands of health bloggers and alternative media sources in recent years as more information and...
Less Meat, Less Water
Going meatless once a week may reduce your risk of chronic preventable conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. It can also help reduce your carbon footprint and save...
Toxic Tampon
85 percent of menstruating women use tampons, but very little research has been done to confirm, or refute, their safety. As noted by Alexandra Scranton, Women’s Voices for the Earth...
Health: Heart Med Found to Increase Death in People
In ‘An Account of the Foxglove and Some of its Medical Uses,' published in 1785, Sir William Withering cautioned readers that extracts from the plant foxglove, also called digitalis, was...
Fracking Fluids Raises Red Flags
Many people worried about what chemicals are used in fracking cite the potential danger of a hypothetical scenario wherein fluids leaking into the groundwater as the primary reason for their...
Dementia Can be Caused By Vitamin D Deficiency
Older men and women with low levels of vitamin D are nearly four times as likely to have problems with their memory, attention and logic, according to a new study...
Soda: Avoided By 63% Americans
A soda or soft drink is a beverage that typically contains carbonated water, a sweetener and a flavoring. The sweetener may be sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, sugar...
Insecticides to Harm Honeybees
Pesticide issues for bees and wildlife have improved greatly since the 1960s. The EPA has done a good job of banning the most environmentally harmful insecticides – the organochlorines and...
Risk To Leukemia Caused By Exposure To Inflammatory Bowel Disease Drugs
Leukemia is cancer of the body's blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic system. Many types of leukemia exist. Some forms of leukemia are more common in children....