Health
Is Stress Destroying Your Immune System?
Mike Barrett
NaturalSociety
The serious impact of stress on the body should never be overlooked. Stress not only brings your overall happiness level down, but also plays a significant part in the development of illness and disease. Recent research shows how long-term stress can significantly compromise your immune system and increase your risk of contracting a cold. What’s more, the research helps to show what is widely known — that traumatic events in life often pave way for illness and disease.
The New Health Paradigm
Anthony Gucciardi
NaturalSociety
If you ask the average person to list some “healthy” foods, they may detail a variety of fruits and vegetables, or perhaps assorted whole grain products. Some individuals may even add dairy products to the list. The truth of the matter is that, given the nature of our modern society, this kind of thinking is no longer valid. Thanks to the negative bi-product of scientific advancements, you simply cannot judge the health properties of a given food product based on your preconceived notion of the food being ‘healthy’.
Traditionally healthy food items such as conventional vegetables, prominently pushed as the healthy choice in grocery stores and conventional wisdom alike, now contain dirty secrets that render them completely unhealthy.
Holistic Health
Foods that Improve Memory
Naomi Woods
NaturalSociety
A bad memory can be a serious handicap to anyone — particularly when it affects your daily life. Bad memory is also a characteristic of poor health, it can actually indicate that your brain is functioning slowly. There are many things that you can do to help improve your memory (like slim down your waistline), but one simple technique that you can do right away is to add healthy foods into your diet. Here is a list of some of the best foods that can help boost your memory and increase
Herbs and Supplements A – Z
By Cathy Wong,
Looking for information about a nutritional supplement, vitamin, or herbal remedy? Here you’ll find information about the health benefits and side effects of herbs, vitamins, and nutritional supplements…..
Healing With Hesperidin
What You Need to Know About Hesperidin
By Cathy Wong,
Hesperidin is a natural substance found primarily in unripe citrus fruit. Also available in supplement form, hesperidin is classified as a “bioflavonoid” (a type of compound with antioxidant effects).
Uses for Hesperidin
Hesperidin is thought to have beneficial effects on the blood vessels. It’s touted as a natural remedy for a number of health problems, including:
allergies
hemorrhoids
high blood pressure
menopausal symptoms
premenstrual syndrome
varicose veins
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Pet Health
Why “Overgrowing” Your Large Breed Puppy is Dangerous
Four Simple Stretches to Keep Your Dog Moving
By Dr. Becker
Whether your dog is a canine athlete, getting up in years, is a large or giant breed, or just deserves some TLC (and what dog doesn’t?), stretching is a great natural tool to improve the well-being and longevity of your pet.
Older dogs are prone to joint problems, loss of muscle tone and size, decreased flexibility, and the aches and pains of an aging body.
Dogs involved in athletic events — especially strenuous sports like flyball and agility — put a lot of stress on their bodies during competition.
Stretching is extremely important for these canine athletes.
Large and giant breed dogs are more prone to musculoskeletal problems than smaller pets, so keeping your big guy lean, strong and supple is crucial to his well-being.
Traditional veterinary medicine doesn’t have a lot to offer these pets beyond drugs and surgery, delivered only after a problem has developed and the dog’s health and quality of life are jeopardized.
That’s why natural therapies like stretching, chiropractic, and regular physical activity are so important to maintaining your dog’s comfort, mobility and quality of life.
You might be surprised how easy it is to help your pet preserve and even increase mobility and range of motion – and decrease pain – in just a few minutes a day.
The key is consistency.
Providing daily walks followed by a short session of gentle stretching can do wonders for your pet both physically and mentally…..
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Wildlife
USDA Admits Exterminating Birds, Crops, and Bees
By Eddie Sage on 08 April 2012
http://worldtruth.tv/usda-admits-exterminating-birds-crops-and-bees/
The USDA has been under fire recently for its admitted assault against nature, after multiple investigations have uncovered its deliberate tampering with both plants and animals alike. One such investigation has put an end to the mystery surrounding the death of millions of birds, with USDA documents revealing the organization’s role in the massive slaughter. In addition to the mass bird killings, it turns out the USDA was fully aware that a highly-popular herbicide chemical was a known bee-killer, which may have aided the bee decline. The USDA has also threatened the genetic integrity of the nation’s crops. Information has surfaced regarding the USDA’s illegal approval of Monsanto’s biotech crop, sugar beets. These crimes are simply an excerpt from the long list of USDA crimes that are continually being exposed.
In December of 2010, mystery struck the world. Reports of mass fish and bird die-offs were coming in from Texas to Sweden. The first occurrence in the series of strange events started in Arkansas, where 3,000 birds fell from the sky. In the following days and weeks, similar incidents were reported with no solid explanation. The reason has now been found, thanks to documents found on the USDA’s website. Claiming to be protecting farmers from predators, the birds were victims of a little-known government program. Like millions of other animals since the Bye Bye Blackbird program was created in the 1960′s, the birds were poisoned and killed for being considered a nuisance to farmers. It is important to take note that many of these animals don’t pose any immediate threat to farmers.
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Positivity Mind and Body
See What Happened to the Man with the Golden Voice
Tony Robbins – Awaken The Giant Within
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Articles of Interest
FDA Warns: Don’t Use This on Your Skin But You Can Put It in Your Mouth in Higher Doses
By Dr. Mercola
Has the FDA officially gone mad?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that mercury poisoning has been linked to skin products.
The products in question are primarily skin lighteners and anti-aging treatments, most of which are manufactured overseas and sold illegally in the United States.
“Exposure to mercury can have serious health consequences,” says Charles Lee, M.D., a senior medical advisor at FDA.
“It can damage the kidneys and the nervous system, and interfere with the development of the brain in unborn children and very young children.”
… “You don’t have to use the product yourself to be affected, says FDA toxicologist Mike Bolger, Ph.D.
“People—particularly children—can get mercury in their bodies from breathing in mercury vapors if a member of the household uses a skin cream containing mercury.”
Infants and small children can ingest mercury if they touch their parents who have used these products, get cream on their hands and then put their hands and fingers into their mouth, which they are prone to do, adds Bolger.”
This is a remarkable admission from an agency that repeatedly has refused to acknowledge the dangers inherent with dental amalgams, which contain about 50 percent mercury—not silver, as the name “silver fillings” might have you believe…..
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