Saturday, July 10, 2010

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The government war on raw milk is an attack against food freedom

(NaturalNews) As a rule of thumb, I don't drink anything that comes out of a cow. But for the last several thousand years, a large percentage of the human population has consumed cow's milk -- a substance that admittedly contains quite an impressive collection...

Spicy peppers may cause your body to burn more calories
(NaturalNews) Losing weight is just a few spicy peppers away, according to a recent report out of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition. Researchers there say that the capsaicin compounds found in peppers that give them their spicy taste, actually help...

Vanishing topsoil will lead to food crisis
(NaturalNews) All the world's topsoil is set to vanish within the next century if current patterns do not change, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney and presented at the Carbon Farming conference. "It could...

Exercise reduces gallstones
(NaturalNews) People who get more exercise are significantly less likely to develop painful and potentially dangerous gallstones, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of East Anglia and published in the European Journal...

BP Gulf Gusher: Protect Yourself from the Toxic Air Mix
The same dispersant BP is using now was used by Exxon for the Valdez spill a couple of decades ago, and thousands were severely affected. Today, there is no one alive that was directly involved with that clean-up. Average age of death was...

Nasal Swabs to Diagnose Flu are Unscientific and Meaningless
During outbreaks of influenza, including the past H1N1 epidemic, it is the Standard of Care for doctors to perform a nasal swab to diagnose the flu. A swab, similar to an everyday cotton swab, is inserted into the nasal cavity for...

Chiropractic Lowers Blood Pressure
Chiropractic adjustments work to harmonize the body's natural systems by realigning the spinal bones and removing pressure and congestion within the nervous system. This process decreases the physiological stress response and restores optimal...

Barefoot Sun Walking Heals the Body and Prevents Disease
"Barefoot sun walking" isn`t a term you`ll find on Wikipedia. But it is a way to simultaneously tap into two of nature`s most powerful healing forces. The term relates to the intersection of the sun and the earth and how they can combine...

The war on raw milk (comic)
(NaturalNews) As a rule of thumb, I don't drink anything that comes out of a cow. But for the last several thousand years, a large percentage of the human population has consumed cow's milk -- a substance that admittedly contains quite an impressive collection...

FDA allows unsafe drugs to be fed to livestock
(NaturalNews) The FDA continues to allow use of a dangerous livestock drug banned in 160 countries, including across Europe, China and Taiwan, even though the agency itself admits that the chemical is highly toxic to humans. The drug in question is...

US opposes honest labeling of GMO foods
(NaturalNews) The official U.S. position on genetically-modified organisms, also known as GMs or GMOs, is that there is no difference between them and natural organisms. Crafted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Agriculture...

U.S. consumers left defenseless against toxic chemicals in consumer products
(NaturalNews) U.S. law leaves consumers vulnerable to poisoning from thousands of unregulated chemicals in regular household products, warns Kathleen Schuler, a contributing author to the report "The Health Case for Reforming the Toxic Substances Control...

Dark Chocolate Lowers Blood Pressure
According to a new meta-analysis published last month in the BMC Medicine journal, dark chocolate may help to reduce blood pressure in those suffering from hypertension (1). Compared to control groups, chocolate-eaters had an average...

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