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Genetically Modified (GM) Foods

From Dr. Mercola's Newsletter For an in-depth education on the many dangers of GM foods, I highly recommend reading Jeffrey Smith's books, Seeds of Deception and Genetic Roulette. Smith documents at least 65 serious health risks from GM products of all kinds, including: • Offspring of rats fed GM soy show a five-fold increase in…
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Sugar More Addictive than Cocaine?

According to a new research study, refined sugar is far more addictive than cocaine -- one of the most addictive and harmful substances currently known. An astonishing 94 percent of rats who were allowed to choose mutually-exclusively between sugar water and cocaine, chose sugar. Even rats who were addicted to cocaine quickly switched their preference…
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Multivitamins Support Weight Management

The relationship between dietary multivitamin and multi-mineral intake and the risk of becoming overweight or obese was evaluated in a new study. In the United States, approximately 68 percent of adults are overweight or obese, and over 33 percent qualify as obese. Overweight and obesity are categorized based on body mass index (BMI), which is…
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Why Grass Fed Beef?

Grass-Fed Beef In A Nutshell The health problems associated with diets high in Omega-6 and low in Omega-3 are cancer, heart disease, depression, obesity, insulin resistance, allergies, autoimmune diseases such as lupus and arthritis, diabetes, attention deficit syndrome, and the list goes on. These diseases are not associated with bacterial infections. They are all body…
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Water-the good, the bad, and the ugly

The next time someone offers you a bottle of water, take a stand and say something clever like, "No thank you, I don't believe in it." This simple move will open up a conversation about the massive swindle that is bottled water ,and possibly persuade one more person to give it up entirely. Even beyond…
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Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction (ED), defined as the inability to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance, affects up to one third of men at some point in their lives. The prevalence of ED in men younger than 59 years old is 12 %, and in men ages 60-69 it's 22%, and in men…
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KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT MAMMOGRAMS

(information below obtained from Dr. Mercola) In the latest study, researchers analyzed data from over 40,000 Norwegian women with breast cancer and found that those who had mammograms and were treated by special breast cancer medical teams had a 10 percent lower breast cancer death rate than women who had neither. However, they also found…
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Vitamin D Important During Pregnancy

Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies indicates that vitamin D is crucial during pregnancy. The American Pregnancy Association reports that of the estimated 6 million pregnancies per year in the United States, 875,000 women experience one or more pregnancy-related complications. In addition, they state that 467,201 babies are born prematurely,…
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FLU SHOTS – WHY NOT TO GET ONE!

With the 2010-2011 flu season here, so is the wonderment on whether to get a flu shot or not! You're not the only one confused and perhaps this article will assist you with your decision. Last year, the swine flu, tagged as "pandemic," was actually much less than the media warned. Statistics show that flu…
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