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A new study appears to have concluded that the universal staple of Latin America, beans and rice, are a mixed bag, health-wise. The beans, t...

In our last post , we defined industrial food in detail, and told you how it has created the health crisis. Industrial food is obviously uns...

How did our food get so bad? Ironically, the catastrophic decline in food quality began more than 200 years ago with breathtaking improvemen...

Tart cherries have a unique combination of powerful antioxidants that may help reduce inflammation http://bit.ly/hJOYvv Strange but true:...

The makers of an upcoming documentary called Wine From Here have posted a trailer for the movie. The documentary is about the burgeoning n...

The standard villain in any discussion of the global health crisis is the so-call " Western diet ." The meaty, sugary, refined-gra...

Your mother told you that "germs are bad." The germ theory of disease says that we get sick when pathogenic microorganisms invade ...

The huge range of harmless and beneficial microbes that live in our guts may be the key to health without antibiotics. http://bit.ly/fk2WOD ...

Good bread is one of the healthiest foods you can eat. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to find. Your town's fanciest bakery do...

Study finds most plastics overload you with female sex hormones: http://bit.ly/ihnicv PCBs, found in plastics, may impair fertility http:/...

Politicians love to cite reports that demonstrate dramatic declines in the test scores of American children. A recent test, called the Pro...

Children are trained by their parents to prefer toxic junk food - study http://usat.ly/g64MU6 New gym charges you less if you work out mor...

How winter makes you fat http://bit.ly/gLKtOB How your mind affects your immune system http://bit.l...

Millions of people go on diets every once in a while in order to lose weight. Unfortunately, going on and off weight-loss diets usually make...