How Omega-3 fatty acids can change your everyday life.

Omega-3 fatty acids, found in wild fish and certain nuts and seeds like flaxseeds, are healthy fats that help determine how well your brain, eyes, heart, and immune system work.

That's because omega-3s affect every cell in your body. They help form the cell membranes of all of your trillions of cells and regulate hormones and inflammation throughout your system.

Think about it: If you're not getting enough omega-3s, your body -- including your brain -- just can't work to its optimum potential!

On the other hand, Americans are getting way too much linoleic acid, which you'll find in oils made from soy and seeds. The problem? All that linoleic acid isn't normal. In fact, our bodies evolved to eat more omega-3 fatty acids, not linoleic acid. For millions of years, humans got most of their fats from seafood, not French fries and donuts.

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Glucosamine’s Benefits Are Disputed

Glucosamine's validity disputed original article found here

"Any practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine could have told
Norwegian researchers that glucosamine, alone, will not address lower back pain. Glucosamine is believed to help prevent cartilage degeneration and treat arthritis. But glucosamine will not alleviate the discomfort of osteoarthritis. For this reason, a Traditional Chinese  Medicine herbal formula includes frankincense and myrrh -- together with glucosamine sulfate -- to help address pain issues." - Classical Medicine

FDA: Antibiotics in Livestock Affects Human Health

Recently in the news: while the FDA request for a cease to growth harmones was enacted by many food producers; a new and equally un-natural alternative was found to increase livestock growth: antibiotics. Read HERE to find out more.

Spending just pennies a day on Dietary Supplements can reduce our healthcare expenditures by $24 billion over five years.

Spending just pennies a day on healthcare can reduce our expenditures by $24 billion over five years.

New research from the Lewin Group has shown that spending pennies a day on a few key nutritional supplements can dramatically reduce sickness and chronic disease -- and greatly decrease healthcare expenditures as a result.(i) How did they come to this conclusion? And why haven't we heard about it?

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Aspartame, unhealthy in any aspect.

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The following is an exerpt of an original article by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history, and its approval for use in food was the most contested in FDA history. In the end, the artificial sweetener was approved, not on scientific grounds, but rather because of strong political and financial pressure. After all, aspartame was previously listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical warfare agent!

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Milk linked to Prostate Cancer? - Mounting Evidence...

Could milk cause prostate cancer? Here are the facts: Major studies suggesting a link between milk and prostate cancer have appeared in medical journals since the 1970s. Two of six cohort studies (research studies following groups of people over time) found increased risk with higher milk intakes. Five studies comparing cancer patients to healthy individuals found a similar association. One of these, conducted in northern Italy, found that frequent dairy consumption could increase risk by two and one-half times.¹

In 1997, the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research concluded that dairy products should be considered a possible contributor to prostate cancer. And yet another research study came out in April 2000 pointing to a link between dairy and prostate cancer: Harvard’s Physicians’ Health Study followed 20,885 men for 11 years, finding that having two and one-half dairy servings each day boosted prostate cancer risk by 34 percent, compared to having less than one-half serving daily.²

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A well written introduction to Qigong.

Qigong (also spelled Chi Kung) comes from the Chinese words "Qi" meaning "Energy" plus "Gong," meaning "work" or "practice." This Chinese Exercise system focuses on cultivating and attracting life-force energies. Through training in this healing art, practitioners build up their health by combining discipline of the mind and the body's "Qi" (vital force). Those who practice it regularly can experience profound improvement in every aspect of their life.

According to the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Qigong is recognized as a Mind-Body Medicine. Focus on the breath, body posture and state of awareness opens up the channels for energy (Qi) to be moved. Through Qigong exercises practitioners are able to correct energy imbalances within the body.

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