Consuming sugary drinks may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, two recent studies revealed. To carry out the first study, a team of researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine pooled data from the Framingham Heart Study and examined more than 5,000 volunteer participants. The participants were instructed to log their beverage intake through questionnaires that assessed […]

Imagine the days of old, when food was grown traditionally, with hard work, sweat, sacrifice and love. Remember back when food didn’t contain the assortment of poisons that slither into foods today? Those who were responsible for feeding the population probably had a sense of humility and responsibility, knowing the critical role they served in […]

If your New Year’s resolution entails giving up a bad habit, you’ve probably got your work cut out for you. It can be extremely difficult to free yourself from the grasp of an addiction, whether it’s alcohol, sugar, gambling, drugs, or any other harmful habit. That’s the hallmark of addiction: you know what you are […]

Big Food is at it again, fooling us with false advertisements to make us buy food we don’t want to consume. Most of today’s consumers are increasingly health conscious and want to avoid products that contain health-damaging ingredients. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is one of the substances that has made a bad name for […]

Ice cream for breakfast, is it too good to be true? According to Yoshihiko Koga, a professor at Tokyo’s Kyorin University, it’s not. He claims that people who eat ice cream for breakfast have faster reaction times and are better at processing information, Excite News reported. Professor Yoshihiko Koga is an expert in psychophysiology which […]

Even though more people than ever are switching to organic food and other healthier choices, the American diet in general remains very unhealthy. With obesity and its related health problems reaching epidemic proportions, many people wonder why Americans continue to make such bad choices when it comes to food. The problem cannot be blamed on […]

The World Health Organization, or the WHO, is urging global action to minimize the consumption of sugary drinks. The WHO states that the plan will reduce obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay. A recent report titled “Fiscal policies for diet and prevention of noncommunicable diseases” says that a minimum price increase of 20% on sugary beverages would result […]

Mary Poppins sang cheery songs about that spoonful of sugar. Millions of children took the sweet stuff that helped the medicine go down, right? Only now, it’s the ubiquitous chemical sugar that is trickling down through the esophagus under the guise of thirst-quenching drinks, energy bars, breakfast food and just about anything that comes in a package. What’s […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has acknowledged that chronic diseases are by far the leading cause of mortality in the world. The best way to address the health risks of chronic disease is to reduce chronic inflammation. How does cannabis help? Both THC and CBD in marijuana have demonstrated success at reducing inflammation related to […]

A culture is measured by how they treat their most vulnerable. Infants and great grandmothers. Sixty million unknown children being plucked and pulled from what was our sacred space – our womb – indicates just how much we don’t want to be bothered with children. They’re messy, they take too much time… they prevent us from doing everything we want to […]