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Soybean Oil: Lurking Danger in Processed Foods
Table of Contents What Is Soybean Oil? Uses of Soybean Oil Composition of Soybean Oil How Soybean Oil Is Manufactured Why Soybean Oil Is Bad News for Your Health Side Effects of Soybean Oil Replace Your Soybean Oil With Coconut Oil for Better Health A popular form of vegetable oils, soybean oil is extracted from soybean seeds.1 There has been much hype about its touted health benefits, but there’s more to soybean oil than what’s advertised on product labels. It could be very problematic to use in cooking, due to manufacturing...
read moreTop Traits Happy People Have in Common
The pursuit of happiness is more a choice than something that occurs by happenstance, but there are verifiable traits that those who achieve happiness tend to share. In 2010, in a study titled “Eavesdropping on Happiness,”1 researchers equipped nearly 80 college students with an Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR), which randomly recorded snippets of ambient sounds taken while the participants went about their daily lives. Every 12.5 minutes, the EAR recorded 30 seconds of sound, which allowed the researchers to figure out if...
read moreThe Science of Emotional Eating and Food Addiction
Emotional eating and food addiction are very real problems, and the former can easily lead to the latter. While emotional eating is a universal phenomenon and won’t do any significant harm in the short term, if you find yourself reaching for comfort foods on a regular basis, it can lead to significant problems, both physical and psychological. Physically, emotional eating can lead to obesity and related health problems, and psychologically, it may delay or prevent you from addressing your true emotions and sources of stress. As clinical...
read moreIs the Flu Vaccine Really ‘Working Well’ This Year?
According to interim estimates1 released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on February 15, 2019 — which uses data from 3,254 adults and children enrolled in the U.S. Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network between November 23, 2018, and February 2, 2019 — the overall adjusted effectiveness of the 2018-19 flu vaccine against all influenza virus infection associated with acute respiratory illness (ARI) needing medical attention was 47 percent. While the media has played this up as “good news,”2 and the CDC...
read moreCould You Live Without Plastic?
Plastic is made from a number of different chemicals, some of which are known to act as endocrine disruptors. An endocrine disruptor is similar in nature to a natural sex hormone and interferes with the normal functioning in your body. While not visible, plastic chemicals can be found in fast food packaging, processed and boxed foods, including those marketed as organic.1 Use has skyrocketed from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to 380 million metric tons in 2015.2 This represents an astonishing 18,000 percent increase over 65 years. At this...
read moreWhy Your Couch Could Increase Your Poison Exposure by 600 Percent
In 1973, the U.S. government passed a law requiring all children’s sleepwear to be fire resistant, believing they were preserving public health and keeping children safe. A mere five years later, scientists discovered the chemical used to make the fire retardant fabrics — brominated Tris — was responsible for rising incidences of cancer, and the chemical was banned by 1977. However, other flame retardant chemicals continue to be used in baby toys, clothing, carpeting and furniture. Heather Stapleton, Ph.D., is known as one of the...
read moreLatest Updates on Pink Slime
In 2012, ABC News published an exposé that revealed a beef filler product that looked eerily similar to pink slime could be found in upward of 70 percent of ground beef sold in the U.S.1 The moniker quickly took off, and ultimately cost ABC News a reported $177 million in settlement costs, after the pink slime’s maker, South Dakota-based Beef Products Inc. (BPI), sued them for defamation.2 The pink-colored sludge not only can still be found in ground beef but now, according to a ruling by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), can be...
read moreBill Proposed to Ban Drinking Milk From Hoofed Animals
Who should decide what type of milk you’re allowed to drink or serve to your children? Introduced in Tennessee by Sen. Richard Briggs, Senate Bill 15 (SB15) suggests amending a Tennessee code relating to milk products to make it illegal for a partial owner of a hoofed animal to drink the milk from said animal.1 While graciously allowing a person who is the sole owner of a hoofed mammal to drink the milk personally, the bill is aimed at snuffing out herdshare programs. Congress has never banned raw milk outright, but it’s banned in interstate...
read morePortions of Measles Outbreaks Are Due to Vaccine Reactions and Not Wild Measles Virus
When you hear about reported cases of measles, did you know that a portion of those affected may be experiencing a reaction to the live virus measles vaccine? In a Journal of Clinical Microbiology paper,1 researchers describe new technology developed to “rapidly distinguish between measles cases and vaccine reactions to avoid unnecessary outbreak response measures such as case isolation and contact investigations.” According to this paper: “During the measles outbreak in California in 2015, a large number of suspected cases...
read moreWhat Are the Health Benefits of Vitamin K2?
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for the functioning of several proteins involved in physiological processes. Naturally occurring forms are vitamin K1 (referred to as phylloquinone) and vitamin K2 (called menaquinones).1,2 Vitamin K1, which is derived from green plants, is best known for the role it plays in blood clotting, while vitamin K2, derived primarily from fermented foods and animal products such as eggs, meat and liver,3 is important to hormone production and utilization, as well as bone and heart health. Vitamin K2 does...
read moreWeekly Health Quiz: Artificial Sweeteners, Pesticides and EMFs
1 The most effective way for most people to minimize your pesticide exposure and lower your body’s pesticide load is to: Use intravenous chelation on a regular basis Take detoxification aids daily Weekly sauna bathing Switch to an organic diet Recent research confirms you can significantly reduce your toxic pesticide load by going organic. On average, pesticide and pesticide metabolite level for 14 compounds representing about 40 different pesticides were reduced by more than 60 percent, on average, after six days of eating an...
read moreWhat Can Ashitaba Do for You?
Although it’s not as well-known as many of the herbs commonly used in the West, ashitaba is a green, leafy herb closely related to the carrot, and like the carrot, contrary to what some may believe, both are edible. Most people living in the Izu Peninsula and Izu Islands south of Tokyo, where the somewhat bitter herb originated, are very familiar with its culinary and medicinal usefulness. Also known as “tomorrow’s leaf” due to its rapid growth and regenerative abilities, ashitaba is a very cold-tolerable plant that...
read moreFatty Liver Disease Is Triggered by Choline Deficiency
Choline, initially discovered in 1862,1 was officially recognized as an essential nutrient for human health by the Institute of Medicine in 1998.2 This nutrient, which you need to get from your diet, is required for:3 Healthy fetal development4— Choline is required for proper neural tube closure,5 brain development and healthy vision.6 Research shows mothers who get sufficient choline impart lifelong memory enhancement to their child due to changes in the development of the hippocampus (memory center) of the child’s brain.7Choline deficiency...
read moreSweet Potato Hash Recipe
There’s no denying that sweet potatoes (not meant to be confused with yams), have been immensely popular for centuries. The plant’s origins can be traced back as many as 55 to 58 million years ago in India, where leaf fossils belonging to the morning glory plant (which sweet potatoes belong to) were found. Sweet potatoes are plentiful in markets around the world, and are available in white, yellow, red, purple or brown varieties. They possess either white, yellow, orange or orange-red flesh, and can be used for different dishes, desserts...
read moreSeven Principles of Cancer Treatment
Cancer is at epidemic proportions around the around the world. In the U.S., 1,660 people are expected to die from cancer every day in 2019;1 in China, 4 people die of cancer every minute, or about 5,760 every day.2 Even though China has a larger population, their rate is still higher than the U.S. In this interview, Dr. Antonio Jimenez, author of “Hope4Cancer: Seven Key Principles to Remove Fear and Empower Your Healing Journey,” shares his philosophy on cancer treatment. Hope4Cancer3 is also the name of his integrative cancer treatment...
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