Health

  Love a good run, but keep getting leg injuries? That could be because the way we run puts the brunt of jogging’s hard impact shocks on our lower limbs. The average recreational runner usually clocks between 150 and 170 steps a minute. This means that in a light, half-hour run, your feet will strike the ground…
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  As new guidelines set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to curb antibiotic overuse and abuse on factory farms slowly come into effect, the drug industry is apparently setting its greedy sights elsewhere – towards countries where restrictions on antibiotic use are looser, or simply where…
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  Music is one of the greatest joys on Earth. From those who play it to those who listen to it, it is a driving force and accompaniment for so many things in life. Many of us do not need scientific evidence to know it enhances our lives, but to learn of such evidence is surely important, especially for those who could…
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According to the U.S. CDC and FDA, vaccines are “safe”. That’s the motto both have been propagandizing for longer than anyone can remember, but is it true? Well, consider: “The results of this new investigation show the presence of micro- and nanosized particulate matter…
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 The overuse of prescription drugs in America has long since reached epidemic proportions. One of the driving forces behind this mass over-prescription, of course, is Big Pharma. And despite the evidence that certain drugs aren’t always necessary, reports indicate that doctors continue to prescribe them…
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  Robert Frost (1874-1963), the best known and most beloved American poet of the 20th century, won the Pulitzer Prize four times and was Poet Laureate of the US from 1958-1959. Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken is most famous for the lines: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less…
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By Dr. David Brownstein, Holistic Family Medicine When I was a child, nearly everybody became ill with chickenpox. Like nearly all kids, when I became ill with it, I stayed home from school about a week and fully recovered. All that changed in 1995, when the FDA licensed and…
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The findings of two recent studies add to the growing body of evidence that links soda to serious health problems. Excess sugar – especially the fructose in sugary drinks – might damage your brain, the research suggests. If you think drinking diet soda puts you in the clear, think again: one of the…
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  Deep, long-standing fatigue problems are significantly under-recognized in our busy world. We can owe it, in part, to the continuous push of external expectations and internal pull of our personal drives. Pressing the accelerator year-round, season after season, however, comes with its consequences. We call this…
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  You may already know that oregano is the secret herb that takes tomato sauce to a new level of savoury and can even put flavour in butter sauces and zucchini or Brussels sprout with sour cream dishes that have people begging you for your recipes. Oregano is an ancient, perennial herb, being an integral cooking…
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