A Flourishing Hemp Industry Is Growing in Colorado

April 20, 2018 Natural Health News

By Michael Maharrey Colorado’s industrial hemp industry continues to grow despite ongoing federal prohibition. The early successes in creating a viable hemp marketplace hinged on the state’s willingness to ignore federal law, along with the actions of farmers and entrepreneurs who have taken advantage of the relaxed state legal structure. The Centennial State legalized industrial […]

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Could Goldman Sachs Report Be Exposing Pharma’s Real End Game?

April 19, 2018 Big Pharma

By the World Mercury Project Team Together, the U.S. government and American families are spending billions on medications, therapy, insurance, education, housing, etc. to address the epidemics of chronic childhood diseases. These include autism, ADHD, diabetes, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, allergies (including deadly peanut allergies), autoimmune conditions, obesity and more. The costs are staggering. A recent government survey found that 1 in […]

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How to Make a Medicinal Mushroom Extract

April 19, 2018 Homeopathic Remedies

By Jeremiah Johnson For those of you who may be wondering, I can state this article is completely objective.  As far as mushrooms are concerned in the diet?  I hate ‘em.  I hate the very sight of them regarding cooking and as an accouterment to meals.  That being said, I still actively gather them when possible and have plenty […]

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Why you shouldn’t want to always be happy

April 19, 2018 Health And Wellness

Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College In the 1990s, a psychologist named Martin Seligman led the positive psychology movement, which placed the study of human happiness squarely at the center of psychology research and theory. It continued a trend that began in the 1960s with humanistic and existential psychology, which emphasized the importance of reaching one’s […]

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Iron Supplements Grow Cancer Cells – Throw Them Away

April 18, 2018 Natural Health News

By Heather Callaghan, Editor As much as we support supplement freedom in the U.S., there are some very questionable supplements on the market. Some are made from rocks, hair or metals. Iron can build up in the system and become toxic so we are going to have to wave them goodbye. We forget sometimes that iron is […]

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Middle School Reading Lists 100 Years Ago vs. Today

April 18, 2018 Natural Health News

By Annie Holmquist I recently dug up a 1908 curriculum manual in the Minnesota Historical Society archives. It provided instructions on everything from teacher deportment to recommended literature lists for various grades. As a book lover, I was especially interested in the latter! With the exception of a few textbook-like anthologies, the chart below lists the recommended […]

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Does sugar make you sad? New science suggests so

April 18, 2018 Health And Wellness

  By Anika Knüppel, UCL The thought of a cupcake, skillfully frosted with fluffy vanilla icing, may put a smile on your face, but research suggests that, in the long term, a sweet tooth may turn that smile into a frown – but not for the reasons you think. In a new study, published in […]

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The Painful Truth About Last Year’s Failed Flu Vaccine

April 18, 2018 Vaccines

By Gary G. Kohls, MD, guest to Natural Blaze “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” – Mark Twain “…most ‘flu’ appears to have nothing to do with influenza. Every year, hundreds of thousands of respiratory specimens are tested across the US. Of those tested, on average 16% are found to be […]

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Environmentalists and Farmers Seek Court Decision Halting Use of Dow’s ‘Agent Orange’ Pesticide

April 17, 2018 GMO

By Earthjustice Late [last] Wednesday, a coalition of environmental organizations and farmers represented by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earthjustice filed new legal papers in federal court seeking the reversal of Scott Pruitt and the Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of Dow Chemical’s toxic pesticide, Enlist Duo. The novel pesticide is a combination of glyphosate and 2,4-D, to […]

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Pesticides Are Making Children Aggressive

April 17, 2018 GMO

By Evaggelos Vallianatos Pesticides cause a multitude of adverse effects  on humans. However, they are especially harmful to children. They may have something to do with the mass-shootings in schools all over America because some of them are neurotoxins. This means they affect and damage the central nervous system and the brain – of all animals, including humans. SEE: Is Monsanto […]

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Sugar in the diet may increase risks of opioid addiction

April 17, 2018 Big Pharma

By Francesco Leri, University of Guelph Could a diet high in refined sugars make children and adults more susceptible to opioid addiction and overdose? New research, from our laboratory of behavioral neuroscience at the University of Guelph, suggests it could. Approximately 20,000 people died of fentanyl-related overdoses in the United States last year and in […]

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Young Hive Bees Poisoned By Insecticides Gathered By Addled Forager Bees

April 16, 2018 Environment

  By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze New research in both Europe and the United States has demonstrated yet another disturbing link between insecticides known as neonicotinoids and their adverse effects on honey bees. Prior to the research, which was conducted at the University of Buenos Aires by Carolina Gonalons and Walter M. Farina, it was already widely known that […]

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Digital Addiction Increases Loneliness, Anxiety and Depression

April 16, 2018 Natural Living

By Natural Blaze How to Outsmart Digital Isolation and Addiction, According to San Francisco State University Smartphones are a permanent fixture in most people’s lives, a constant source of notification and quasi-connection. The downside of that convenience is that many of us are also addicted to the constant pings, chimes, vibrations and other alerts from […]

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Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

April 16, 2018 Natural Health News

Margaret Kristin Merga, Murdoch University and Saiyidi Mat Roni, Edith Cowan University There is a common perception that children are more likely to read if it is on a device such as an iPad or Kindles. But new research shows that this is not necessarily the case. In a study of children in Year 4 […]

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Philosopher Erich Fromm on Why People Fail at Love

April 15, 2018 Health And Wellness

By Barry Brownstein Seeking advice about the qualities he should look for in a mate, an unmarried man in his 30s posted at the online sports forum of my alma mater. He invited comments on his list of top attributes: looks, camaraderie, cooking ability, love of the alma mater (this man attends every game), and patience. […]

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Get Moving, Get Happier

April 13, 2018 Health And Wellness

By University of Michigan via Natural Blaze Physical activity has long been known to reduce depression and anxiety, and is commonly prescribed to prevent or cure negative mental health conditions. However, less is known about the impact of physical activity on positive mental health conditions, such as happiness and contentment. Weiyun Chen, University of Michigan […]

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Rescued and Armless Squirrel Shows How Precious It Is to Be Alive

April 13, 2018 Natural Health News

By Melinda Cafferty If our readers just let out a collective “Awwwww!” when they saw this picture – well, we were right there with them. We shudder to how many veterans would have euthanized a squirrel with gangrenous limbs. Interestingly, a team of Turkish rescuers never gave up! GNN reports: When Karamel the squirrel was found […]

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Corn Syrup As an Additive in So Called Organic Milk

April 13, 2018 Natural Health News

By Heather Callaghan, Editor Millions of cartons of milk labeled “organic” contain a mysterious additive. It’s a nutrient called DHA but the millions of customers buying the cartons do not realize how it’s manufactured. While the additive itself is causing people to question whether it should even be called organic, we think the more shocking ingredient is […]

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Donald Trump Moves To Rejoining The TPP

April 12, 2018 Natural Health News

  By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Donald Trump is proving to be following in the footsteps of his predecessor in terms of the possibility of being the most disappointing president of modern times. His latest debacle now comes in the form of the TPP which Trump pulled out of days after assuming the Presidency. Now, however, Trump […]

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Yoga and Mindfulness In School Helped Children With Anxiety

April 12, 2018 Health And Wellness

By Heather Callaghan, Editor A small study compared school-based yoga/mindfulness to typical school methods of dealing with anxiety in children. Typical methods of school-based help for anxiety include speaking to a counselor and other activities guided by a social worker. A Tulane University study published in the journal Psychology Research and Behavior Management reports that “participating in yoga and […]

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