Written by Daniel Smith | 18 April 2007

You go to Mom's for some good, old-fashioned home cooking. You sit up to the table, mouth watering, and she serves you a plate with a heaping pile of white sugar, bleached flour, a scoop of lard and a meatball Between a couple chunks of diced tomato. Yum, yum! Eat up!

Proportionally, that wouldn't be too far off what most Americans are eating nowadays, even in Mom's good home cooking.

Very often today, the discussion about what we eat and how it's affecting our health revolves around the massive portions we receive in our restaurant meals and the high-fat, high-sugar foods and snacks we consume that someone else prepares for us.

But research shows that even when we're actively feeding ourselves at home, most of us are not doing a very good job of it. We've gotten used to those cheap and gigantic restaurant servings, so we're using the super scoop at home more often. We're busier, so we're buying more quick-and-easy processed items and less fresh food. We're eating in front of the TV more, so we're cramming down more food unconsciously while we're distracted by our shows.

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Written by Daniel Smith | 15 February 2007

A huge study from Denmark offers what they believe is the latest reassurance that cell phones don't trigger cancer. Scientists tracked 420,000 Danish cell phone users, including 52,000 who had gabbed on the gadgets for 10 years or more, and some who started using them 21 years ago.

They matched phone records to the famed Danish Cancer Registry that records every citizen who gets the disease and reported Tuesday that cell-phone callers are no more likely than anyone else to suffer a range of cancer types.

Is this to be considered a Valid Study?
Studies of health risks of cell phone use that are funded exclusively by industry are substantially less likely to report statistically significant effects. Compared to studies funded by public agencies or charities, industry funded studies find adverse effects approximately 1/10th as frequently. This pattern is consistent with research funded by the tobacco and chemical industries.

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Written by Daniel Smith | 06 February 2007

Environmental investigations have been their specialty at the Environmental Working Group since 1993.

Their team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and their own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions.

Their research brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know. It shames and shakes up polluters and their lobbyists. It rattles politicians and shapes policy. It persuades bureaucracies to rethink science and strengthen regulation. It provides practical information you can use to protect your family and community.

And because their investigations and interactive websites tend to make news, you've probably heard about them. Even if you've never heard of the comp.

Which is fine. they'd rather you remember their work than their name.

 

Written by Administrator | 23 January 2007

All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was the one in charge.

"I should be in charge," said the brain, "because I run all the body's systems, so without me nothing would happen".

"I should be in charge," said the blood, "because I circulate oxygen all over so without me you'd all waste away."

"I should be in charge," said the stomach," because I process food and give all of you energy."

"I should be in charge," said the legs, "because I carry the body wherever it needs to go."

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Written by Administrator | 17 January 2007

Thyroid hormone affects all aspects of physical function, as it determines the rate of activity of any type of cell. Doctors judge thyroid problems by lab tests. The general testing done fails to identify key aspects of thyroid hormone (such as active T3 compared to reverse T3). Thus, the tests themselves fall short. Even if the tests were more complete, they would still fail to understand the function of the hormone in relation to many factors of the individual’s history and metabolism. This is why 90% of thyroid problems are not recognized in traditional medicine, yet the problems clearly exist and must be resolved to prevent worsening health.

You can fill out the Thyroid Questionnaire Online by clicking here or

You can download the Thyroid Metabolism Questionnaire here...

Written by Administrator | 17 January 2007

Volcanic Mineral Defends the Health of Your Cells

One hundred million years ago, volcanoes rose from the sea, dividing continents, creating mountains and forming much of the land as we know it. As these volcanoes erupted, molten lava and thick ash poured into the sea. The combination of thick ash and the salt from the sea caused a chemical reaction, and over thousands of years, precious minerals like zeolites began to form in the hardened lava.

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