Dental X-Rays Double Your Chances of a Brain Tumor You’re in the dentist chair to get your teeth cleaned and sooner or later your hygienist or dentist is likely to say, “It’s time for your annual X-rays.” Here’s why you should just say “no.” For years, dentists and the American Dental Association (ADA) have told [...]
BIG PHARM - Making The Decisions It’s no secret our nation is in the midst of a prescription drug addiction epidemic. Since 1999, fatal painkiller overdoses have quadrupled. So have sales of these dangerous medications. The latest numbers show that 165,000 Americans have died in the epidemic. This is more Americans than were killed in [...]
Scientists: Mouse Poop and Rat Hair in Your Food… Why That’s a Good Thing The FDA publishes something called the Defect Levels Handbook. It sets allowable limits for “natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans.” You might be surprised what is allowed in food. The FDA lists 179 “defects” [...]
Memory Loss: How to Tell if It’s Alzheimer’s “Where are my darn car keys...what’s the name of my neighbor’s barking dog…I can’t remember where we’re going to dinner tonight.” “Could I have early Alzheimer’s disease?” If you’ve had these thoughts, don’t panic. As we get older, we all experience some memory loss. Neural growth declines [...]
Poison Under Your Sink: Natural Alternatives to Chemical Cleaners No one wants to live near a toxic waste dump. But if you’re like most people, that’s essentially what you have underneath your kitchen sink. Commercial cleaning products are full of chemicals that can cause serious health problems. They include laundry detergents, bathroom cleaners, dishwashing soaps, [...]
Fast and Natural Way to Purify Tap Water Since the Flint, Mich., water crisis more Americans are concerned about what’s coming out of their taps. There’s good reason to worry… Even if you don’t live in Flint. Studies of more than 24 municipal water supplies found tap water with unhealthy levels of copper, aluminum, lead, [...]
What the CDC Isn't Telling You About Zika Last year the Food and Drug Administration quietly released a statement to blood donation sites in South Florida. In it, they warned the establishments to stop collecting blood immediately. Why? Because the state was investigating an undisclosed number of Zika virus cases in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. [...]
Scientists Discover the World’s Grossest Superfood The superfood of the future could come from an unlikely and disgusting source. Cockroach milk may be the single most nutrient-rich substance ever identified, researchers say. The lowly and repulsive cockroach produces a milk-like substance that is four times as nutritious as cow’s milk and is loaded with protein [...]
The Super-Fruit That Can Save Your Heart What if there was a fruit that could significantly lower your risk of heart disease? What if this super-fruit could actually repair damaged arteries, reverse arteriosclerosis, and regenerate blood vessels? And what if it could do all this in just 12 weeks? You’d make it part of your [...]
Scientists now believe that one vitamin may lower your risk of diabetes. It’s already known to be vital to your everyday health. It’s widely accepted that low levels of it contribute to many other diseases. Now, the latest research shows it may play a big role in diabetes. The news comes from Helmholtz Zentrum München, [...]
