Nearly 90% of Americans Are Now in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana

January 5, 2020 Natural Health News

By Tyler Durden Nearly 90 percent of Americans are in favor of legalizing marijuana, according to a September study conducted by Pew Research. As Statista’s Maria Vultaggio notes, at 69 percent of approval, marijuana legalization was most common among 18 to 29 year olds. At 12 percent, it was least common among Republicans. [do_widget id=text-16] The CBD […]

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Bread Making Options When You Have NO YEAST

January 4, 2020 Preparedness

By Mac Slavo Much to the dismay of preppers everywhere, yeast does expire.  It loses the ability to make bread rise, as it’s a living culture.  You can get it to last about a year or more in the freezer, but since it isn’t great for long-term food storage, alternatives to making bread should be […]

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Arizona Bill Would Establish Parental Choice on Vaccines, Reject Federal Narrative

January 3, 2020 Vaccines

By Davis Taylor A bill prefiled in the Arizona House would strengthen parental rights to make vaccination decisions and push back against any future federal vaccine mandates. On December 11, 2019, State Rep. John Fillmore (R-Apache Junction) prefiled House Bill 2050 (HB2050), which would give parents of children who are “pupils” under Arizona law the […]

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Trump Administration Announces Nationwide Ban on Most Flavored Vaping Products

January 3, 2020 Natural Health News

By John Vibes This week, the Trump administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that flavored vaping products will be banned across the country. The measure stopped short of banning all vaping products, and as a result there will still be some openings for consumers who are looking for a […]

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Science Shows What Happens To Your Brain When You Complain Too Much

January 3, 2020 Health And Wellness

By Alanna Ketler The Facts: The more we complain, the more we wire our brain to focus on the negative aspects of our lives. Luckily this is a two-way street, and we can undo the damage and begin to step into a more positive mindset and outlook. Reflect On: How much do you complain? The […]

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“Wildlife Warriors”: Steve Irwin’s Family Helps Over 90,000 Animals as Fires Rage in Australia

January 3, 2020 EnvironmentVideo

By Elias Marat Australia’s bushfire crisis has ravaged local animal and plant life as ecologists warn that the potential loss of nearly 500 million mammals, reptiles, and birds—including 8,000 koalas—could devastate the country’s biodiversity in an unprecedented manner. Despite the terrifying scope of the tragedy, Australians have stepped up in the thousands to confront the […]

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Mediterranean Diet May Help Preserve Kidney Health of Transplant Recipients

January 3, 2020 Diet

A new study indicates that following the Mediterranean diet may help kidney transplant recipients maintain transplant kidney function. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of CJASN. Despite improvements in the survival of transplanted kidneys in the early years after transplantation, loss of kidney function within 10 years still occurs in more than one-third of […]

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How Plants Can Improve Your Work Life

January 3, 2020 Natural Living

A study out of the University of Hyogo in Awaji, Japan, details the stress-reducing benefits to office workers that even a small plant situated within easy viewing can impart. Masahiro Toyoda, Yuko Yokota, Marni Barnes, and Midori Kaneko explored the practical use of indoor plants to boost mental health among employees typically removed from exposure […]

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Thousands of Tons of Radioactive Fukushima Water to be Dumped in Pacific as Independent Testing Banned

January 2, 2020 Environment

By Phillip Schneider The Japanese government is refusing to allow independent testing of contaminated water found in the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, which has been leaking ever since a tsunami and earthquake devastatingly hit the facility in March 2011. The decision not to allow independent testing was allegedly arrived to over “safety concerns” in […]

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Ecotherapy Aims to Tap into Nature to Improve Your Wellbeing

January 2, 2020 EnvironmentHealth And Wellness

By Carly Wood, University of Westminster As many as one in six adults experience mental health problems like depression or anxiety every week. And not only is mental ill-health one of the most common causes of disease worldwide – it’s also on the rise. Finding ways to improve mental health is therefore essential. One type […]

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“We Were in Hell” — Thousands in Australia Seek Refuge on Beach as Wildfires, Dry Storms Rage

January 1, 2020 EnvironmentVideo

By Elias Marat Thousands of locals and vacationers were plunged into nightmarish conditions Tuesday as fast-moving bushfires tore through southeast Australia, ripping through popular tourist sites and forcing people to seek refuge on nearby beaches. Coastal towns filled with tourists who hoped to usher in 2020 in idyllic beach conditions instead were confronted with apocalyptic […]

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Why NOT To Store Rice In A Used Soda Bottle & Alternatives For Storage

January 1, 2020 Preparedness

By Mac Slavo Preppers sometimes make mistakes.  I know I have! It’s a learning experience for certain! For the most part, prepping mistakes are difficult to make, but this one seems popular: storing rice in a used soda bottle. There are several reasons why this is a bad idea, but there are also alternatives to […]

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Fluoride In The Water

January 1, 2020 Uncategorized

By Rosanne Lindsay, Naturopath Are you drinking fluoridated water? According to statistics from the CDC, fluoridated water reaches more than 204 million U.S. residents— or just under 74 percent of the population on public water systems. In 1999, the CDC proclaimed community water fluoridation as one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th […]

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Mental Health: Which is Better — Team Sports or Solo Exercise?

December 31, 2019 Health And Wellness

By Laura Healy, Nottingham Trent University Exercise is not only good for your physical health, it’s good for your mental health, too. Indeed, many people even take up exercise as a way of boosting their mental well-being. But is all exercise equally beneficial – and does it matter whether you do it alone or in […]

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Microdsoing LSD Proves Safe For For Alzheimer’s Disease So Far After Phase 1 Clinical Trial

December 31, 2019 Homeopathic Remedies

By Alanna Ketler The Facts: There have been many therapeutic benefits of psychedelic substances discovered over the past decade for using them potentially as a medicinal tool. Reflect On: Considering how promising a lot of this research is, should the laws be lifted in order to make it easier for scientists to study the potential […]

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Vaccines: “Preventing Every Bad Thing”

December 31, 2019 Vaccines

By Jon Rappoport We begin with this: “Administration of KMV (killed measles vaccine) apparently set in motion an aberrant immunologic response that not only failed to protect children against natural measles, but resulted in heightened susceptibility.” JAMA Aug. 22, 1980, vol. 244, p. 804, Vincent Fulginiti and Ray Helfer. The authors indicate that such children […]

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Study Explains What Happens To The Brain When You Diffuse Essential Oils

December 31, 2019 Health And Wellness

By Jennifer Giustra-Kozek, LPC, NBCC The Facts: Multiple studies have outlined the potential benefits one can receive through the use of essential oils. The study presented in this paper shows it can have positive effects on the human brain. Reflect On: If we want to assist ourselves with regards to feeling better, or to help […]

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Dog Whispering Boy Won An ASPCA Award After Rescuing More Than 1,300 Dogs From High-Kill Shelters

December 30, 2019 Natural Health News

By Mayukh Saha Project Freedom Ride was started by seven-year-old Roman McConn and his mother Sully to help pooches in and around Texas. Roman has been tirelessly working to help senior and abandoned dogs get a second chance at life. As of 2018, this little wonder boy has saved more than 1,300 dogs from shelters. […]

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CO Poisoning: The Hidden Danger of Emergency Heaters

December 30, 2019 Preparedness

By Graywolf I previously wrote about how to survive a winter storm at home in case your power goes out, which has some great overall information in it to help you prepare, but I realized I’d missed something important and thought I should address it in its own post – the danger of carbon monoxide […]

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Seattle Company Used Secret Drain to Dump Toxic Waste Directly Into Sewer System

December 30, 2019 Environment

By Emma Fiala According to a 36-count grand jury indictment, a Seattle company used a hidden drain to dump a highly-corrosive chemical solution directly into the sewer system. The King County sewer system eventually reaches the Duwamish Waterway and the Puget Sound. After “a sensitive sewer flow meter tipped them off to something strange,” agents sent […]

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