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Wheatgrass: A Sprout Made From Grains, but Are the Benefits Worth the Risks?
Table of Contents What Is Wheatgrass and How Is It Used? Growing Your Own Wheatgrass at Home Studies Regarding the Benefits of Wheatgrass Is Wheatgrass Right for You? Known Side Effects of Wheatgrass Remember To Be Careful and Do Your Research Before Taking Wheatgrass Supplements Wheatgrass FAQs Sprouts are one of the healthiest vegetables you can grow. Essentially, they’re young plants that have recently emerged from their seeds that you can eat right away. At first, it may be weird to harvest them at such a young age, but...
read moreHow to Grow Tulips
If you want splashes of color in your spring garden, the classic tulip is a timeless essential. Even if there’s a chill in the air, you can get started with planning — and planting — these cheerful harbingers of spring. If you’re a novice, however, it’s wise to research tips for planting tulips to maintain their growth. The basic tulip is cup-shaped with three petals, sturdy stems and six elongated leaves. While they’re associated with Holland, tulips originated near where the present-day borders of China, Tibet,...
read moreFasting Shown to Drastically Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
According to research1 presented at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, March 23, 2019, intermittent fasting, where you eat all your meals for the day within a narrow window of time — in this case eight hours — drastically reduces a woman’s risk of breast cancer. According to Dr. Manasi Das, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Diego, who led the research team:2 “Improving the metabolic health of postmenopausal women with obesity may mitigate their risk for breast cancer. Time-restricted eating may...
read moreCan Mushrooms Help Prevent Cognitive Decline?
Edible mushrooms are an unassuming superfood with health benefits that can rival even the most nutritious vegetables. Mushrooms — which are fungi, not plants — have recently been shown to support brain health, such that they may slash your risk of cognitive decline even if you eat them only twice a week.1 Considering mushrooms are widely available, relatively inexpensive and suitable for a wide variety of culinary uses — not to mention delicious — adding them to your diet may be one of the simplest ways to support your brain health — and...
read moreHelp Ease Inflammation With Hollyhock
Table of Contents What Is Hollyhock? Health Benefits of Hollyhock Hollyhock Uses How to Grow Hollyhocks Spring Salad Recipe With Hollyhock Flowers Harvesting and Storing Hollyhock Seeds Hollyhock: A Beautiful and Useful Addition to Your Garden Frequently Asked Questions About Hollyhock Hollyhock, or Alcea rosea, is an herb known for its vibrant and attention-grabbing flowers, with colors ranging from light pink to dark purple. Aside from its beautiful blooms, hollyhock is also well-known for its medicinal purposes. If you have hollyhock...
read more40 Kilos of Plastic Found in Guts of Whale
The food chain is an ordered series of organisms, each dependent on the previous as a source of food. In other words, herbivores eat plants to survive and carnivores eat herbivores and other carnivores. In the water, small fish eat plankton, and are then eaten by slightly larger fish, finally eaten by larger fish and then potentially ending up on your dinner plate. Marine megafauna are large marine filter feeders that filter thousands of gallons of sea water to capture small plants and animals.1 These creatures play a critical role in the...
read moreTeenage Psychosis Linked to Air Pollution for the First Time
A number of studies have demonstrated the negative health effects of air pollution on adults and children. A recent report from the Health Effects Institute1 shows 90 percent of the world live in an area where pollution levels are higher than deemed safe by the World Health Organization (WHO). The sheer magnitude of air pollution in quantity and in the effect it has on health contributes to making it the largest environmental cause of death in the world.2 Air pollution known to trigger significant health damage is fine particulate matter (PM)...
read moreHow Top Opioid Maker Seeks to Avoid Justice
In November 2016 then-U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy reported that 78 Americans were dying every day from opioid overdoses — four times as many as in 1999.1 Requesting a nationwide call to action, Murthy asked the country to shift away from current policies and approach the problem as a clinical or public health issue, rather than a criminal one.2 As of June 2017, opioids had become the leading cause of death among Americans under the age of 50.3 The following graph by the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows the progressive incline...
read moreUnvaccinated Americans Barred From Public Spaces?
If you had any doubts about growing tyranny in the U.S., several recent news stories should open your eyes to the harsh truth. The U.S. Constitution protects the civil liberties of all Americans, including freedom of thought, speech, conscience, religious belief and the right to dissent and petition the government, as well as the right to assembly.1,2,3 Yet these constitutional rights are being infringed upon in remarkably blatant ways these days: Unvaccinated infants, children and teens under the age of 18 are being banned from entering...
read morePumping Up the Pesticides
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, is the most widely used herbicide, sprayed with unprecedented abandon throughout the world.1 The consequences of this practice are now becoming apparent, with weeds becoming increasingly resistant to it — and a jury finding in yet another landmark trial that the chemical caused cancer. With the resistance, farmers sold a bill of goods about glyphosate are now scrambling to find a solution for uncontrollable weeds that have outsmarted the man-made chemical. The solution from...
read moreThe Hidden Gold in Your Garbage
If you’re still tossing your vegetable peels, egg shells, apple cores and lemon rinds in the garbage, you’re missing out on this hidden source of “gold.” Kitchen scraps like these are ideal for creating compost, a deceptively simple tool for building phenomenal soil health and environmental health all at the same time. Since 2015 food waste has been the largest component of waste sent to U.S. landfills, making up 22 percent of the amount landfilled, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The...
read moreWeekly Health Quiz: Glyphosate, Depression and Pain
1 The following individual has publicly stated he believes children whose parents refuse to vaccinate should become property of the state: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID Dr. Paul Offit, chief of the division of infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Dr. Paul Offit has stated he believes children whose parents refuse to vaccinate should become property of the state. Learn more. Art Caplan, professor of bioethics and head of the division of medical ethics at New York University School of Medicine Dr. Peter Jay...
read moreSpirulina May Be an Effective Treatment for Leptin Resistance
Last year, James DiNicolantonio, co-author of my book, “Superfuel,” published a groundbreaking paper,1 “Antioxidant Bilirubin Works in Multiple Ways to Reduce Risk for Obesity and Its Health Complications.” Bilirubin is a breakdown product of red blood cells (heme) and the chemical responsible for the yellow color of bruises, urine and jaundice. In that paper, DiNicolantonio explains how bilirubin inhibits NADPH oxidase (typically abbreviated as NOX) — a metabolic enzyme activated in a large number of pathological conditions that generates a...
read moreUnderstanding Your Liver Health
Your liver weighs about 3 pounds and is located on the right side of your abdomen. Reddish brown in color, it’s rubbery to the touch and protected by your rib cage.1 Your liver is the largest solid organ and one of the largest glands in your body, carrying out over 500 essential tasks to maintain optimal health.2 One of the main jobs of the organ is to process and purify blood coming from the hepatic artery and the hepatic portal vein. The liver has two main lobes, each of which have eight segments.3 Each segment is made up of...
read moreTop Benefits of Celery Juice
It may surprise you to learn that celery is part of the same family of plants, called Apiaceae, as carrots and parsley, but it’s probably not a surprise that it’s also related to celeriac, a root vegetable. Most people think of celery as a pleasingly crunchy veggie that goes well with carrots and radishes on party platters. But recent studies have revealed the pale green stalks, aka Apium graveolens, also have a substantial array of health benefits, as do the tiny seeds and even the juice, in spite of the fact that the stalks are...
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