Where inflammation is a chronic problem, as we find effects most Westernized societies – all diseases originate from chronic reduction of healthy system capacity and therefore all roads lead to Rome – the inflammation leads to disease, not the cause of insult bringing the harm but the inflammatory response causing a cascade of dysfunction in many possibly tissues, lesions and ...
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Statins Control Cholesterol, any Risks?
There have been a number of recent publications in the realm of alternative medicine which bring alarm to the Side Effects (SE) and Adverse Effects (AE) of statin drugs. The Red Yeast Rice (Monascus purpurus) fungus statins, originally known as Lovastatin (and taken many names afterward, are basically the same) do carry some risk. In 2005, the Journal of the ...
Read More »Sugar – The obvious wrong?
10 Ways Suger should be limited Added sugar is the single worst ingredient in the modern diet. It can have harmful effects on metabolism and contribute to all sorts of diseases. Here are 10 disturbing reasons why you should avoid added sugar like the plague. 1. Added Sugar Contains No Essential Nutrients and is Bad For Your Teeth You’ve probably heard ...
Read More »CAFO – Industrial Animal Agriculture Effects on the Planet?
This article is mostly from the Grace Communications Foundation. We summarize the CAFO situation: Industrial animal agriculture farms, also called factory farms or confined / concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) pollute the air, water and soil in many ways. In air there are emissions of greenhouse gases, particles and foul odors and numerous toxic chemicals. In the United States and ...
Read More »Honey – Amazing Benefits
Prologue by Benefits of Honey: Discover the enormous host of honey benefits; the myriad floral tastes and countless health applications. The versatility of honey and the goodness it can bring into your everyday practical life is WOW! Just a Sweet Placebo? Not only does this delectable liquid stimulate your taste buds and whet your appetite, its unique taste and aroma ...
Read More »Spirulina – What’s It All About?
I don’t like using the term superfood, though it could certainly be applied to Spirulina (and is sometimes used for coconut oil). Surprisingly, you may know this amazing compound by its common name… Pond scum: This nutrient rich substance is actually a cyanobacteria and it boasts its fair share of health promoting properties. It is rich in Chlorophyll, and like plants, gets ...
Read More »Cholesterol – Get LDL Below 100 mg/dl
1. Limit your intake of foods full of saturated fats, trans fats, and dietary cholesterol. Foods with a lot of saturated fat include butter, fatty flesh like red meat, full-fat and low-fat dairy products, palm oil, and coconut oil. If you see partially hydrogenated fat in the Ingredient List of a food label, that food has trans fats. Top sources ...
Read More »Porbiotics-What are probiotics and why are they so important?
What is gut microbiota? Probiotic bacteria and other microbes are referred to as the individual’s probiotic community, gut flora, friendly flora but scientifically referred to as the micro biome “microbiota”. The word microbiota represents an ensemble of microorganisms that resides in a previously established environment. Human beings have clusters of bacteria in different parts of the body, such as in ...
Read More »Review of the Basics – PROBIOTICS
What is the gut microbiome? Microbiome” What is gut microbiota? Probiotic bacteria and other microbes are referred to as the individual’s probiotic community, gut flora, friendly flora but scientifically referred to as the micro biome “microbiota”.The word microbiota represents an ensemble of microorganisms that resides in a previously established environment. Human beings have clusters of bacteria in different parts of ...
Read More »Countries Most Dependent On Others For Food
High populations and economic power drive countries like the United States and China to import the most food globally. Although many of them are already independently food self-sufficient, the world’s largest economies, such as the U.S. and China, are also the largest importers of food. Food security was, and still is, a major issue, for both wealthy and poverty-ridden countries ...
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