Category: General

Ooh, That Smell: How To Get Rid Of Unwanted Odors Without Resorting To The Use Of Toxic Air Fresheners

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Ooh, That Smell: How To Get Rid Of Unwanted Odors Without Resorting To The Use Of Toxic Air Fresheners
Unnatural Air Fresheners May Be Doing Toxic Damage: Here’s How To Get Rid Of Unwanted Odors Naturally Smells and odors are inextricably linked to the deep genetic memory of our ancestors. Smell is one of the first signs that something is amiss, for instance that a potential food or water source has gone bad, or that a companions wound is serious.… Read the rest

Cause For Red Meat’s Link To Cancer Finally Isolated, Effect Seen As An Immune Response

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Cause For Red Meat’s Link To Cancer Finally Isolated, Effect Seen As An Immune Response
Cancer And The Link To Red Meat: New Evidence Shows It Is Akin To An Immune Response We’ve long known about cancer and its link to red meat consumption. We’ve had decades of knowing this information, with medical professionals urging people to cut down on the amount of red meat they eat at a sitting, or to limit the number of times per week they eat it.… Read the rest

Strategy Is The Key To Healthy Eating: How To Stock Your Fridge For Success

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Strategy Is The Key To Healthy Eating: How To Stock Your Fridge For Success
Healthy Eating Strategies And Stocking Your Fridge For Success It’s hard to maintain a healthy diet in this go-go world, but setting yourself up for success can go a long way toward keeping a healthy weight and avoiding unhealthy snacking. Part of the reason why garbage snack foods and fast food are so tempting is of course the documented truth that food manufacturers pay chemists lots and lots of money to concoct food formulae that are literally as addicting as possible through a combination of fats, salt and sugar.… Read the rest

Holy Mixed Signals, Batman: U.S. Attorney General Admits Marijuana Not A Gateway Drug

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Holy Mixed Signals, Batman: U.S. Attorney General Admits Marijuana Not A Gateway Drug
Mixed Signals Are Us: U.S. Attorney General Admits Marijuana Not A Gateway Drug And Opioids Are There is something so satisfying when a serial liar–or at least a serial lie–is finally called out for what it is. Especially if that comeuppance comes from their own mouth; that is the crown jewel of comeuppance, the most glorious kind there is. The only problem is that this sort of thing doesn’t often happen in real life.… Read the rest

From Cradle To Grave, We Belong To Monsanto Now: Glyphosate Found In Baby Food, Oatmeal

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From Cradle To Grave, We Belong To Monsanto Now: Glyphosate Found In Baby Food, Oatmeal
From Cradle To Grave: Glyphosate Found In Baby Food, Oatmeal. We Are All Monsanto’s Children Now As regulators and investors begin to sort through the implications of Bayer’s proposed blockbuster merger with Monsanto, bad news continues to dog the agrichemical giant. For example, the normally supine Indian government, which never met a genetically modified seed it doesn’t like has suddenly sprouted a backbone and is putting up some pretty stiff resistance to Monsanto’s proposed introduction of GMO mustard seed there.… Read the rest

‘But What About The Children?’ They’re Doing Just Fine, Thank You: Fewer Teens Than Adults Smoke Marijuana

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‘But What About The Children?’ They’re Doing Just Fine, Thank You: Fewer Teens Than Adults Smoke Marijuana
CDC Says The Kids Are All Right: Changing Marijuana Laws Have Had No Effect On Teen Marijuana Use The weird, wild ride of marijuana as an illegal substance in the U.S. appears to be coming to an end. There are currently 25 states that allow some form of legal, regulated medical marijuana use, along with four–Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska–that allow recreational use.… Read the rest

Monsanto Glyphosate Study Determines That Glyphosate Is Perfectly Safe. Thanks For Clearing That Up.

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Monsanto Glyphosate Study Determines That Glyphosate Is Perfectly Safe. Thanks For Clearing That Up.
Monsanto-Funded Glyphosate Study Graciously Informs The World That Glyphosate Is Completely Safe. Oh they just won’t stop trying, will they. Monsanto is in the news again–aren’t they always?–and this time it isn’t about their proposed merger with Bayer, a troubling development not only to the German government, but also to anyone who thinks food and the means to feed ourselves shouldn’t be controlled by a handful of mega-corporations.… Read the rest

You Need Tryptophan: Here Are Some Foods That Can Boost Your Tryptophan Intake, Help Serotonin Levels

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You Need Tryptophan: Here Are Some Foods That Can Boost Your Tryptophan Intake, Help Serotonin Levels
Mood-Altering Tryptophan: Some Foods That Will Help Regulate Your Serotonin Levels Through Tryptophan Intake Tryptophan used to have a bad rep. The amino acid found in turkey and other foods was thought to be the major cause of sleepiness on the U.S.’s annual turkey day. Thanksgiving would roll around and all people could talk about was how turkey contains so much tryptophan that your Uncle Kevin was perfectly justified in falling asleep on the couch after his third helping.… Read the rest

Washington State Grandmother Defies Expectations About Retirement, Builds Her Own Timy Hemp House

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Washington State Grandmother Defies Expectations About Retirement, Builds Her Own Timy Hemp House
Tiny Hemp House: Washington State Grandmother Joins Tiny House Movement With Hemp Construction Materials McMansions are so out. Perhaps it was a result of the forced cutbacks following the banking meltdown in 2008, but unless you’re a television preacher or a newly minted rock star, ostentatious, tacky, giant houses are no longer on everyone’s wish list. In fact, quite the opposite is the case.… Read the rest

Physical Activity For Seniors May Be Even More Important Than We Thought–May Speed Recovery From Injury

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Physical Activity For Seniors May Be Even More Important Than We Thought–May Speed Recovery From Injury
Seniors And The Importance Of Exercise: How Regular Exercise Speeds Recovery From Injury The importance of exercise throughout all of life’s cycles, and especially as we age is something that becomes more and more apparent every day. Study after study confirms what we already know: as people age, if they choose not to exercise due to discomfort or fear of injury or lack of energy, they exacerbate some or all of those problems; Not exercising is a self-fulfilling prophecy, then.… Read the rest