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Why You Really Might Want to Go with Having a Veggie Burger Instead

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs found lurking in 1 in 5 conventional ground beef samples. If that raw hamburger meat you bought to cook for dinner hasn’t given you a stomach ache yet, this might: according to a Consumer Reports investigation, store-bought ground beef is teeming with dangerous bacteria, including “superbugs” resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics, as well as a whole lot of poop. That’s a big problem, the report warns, because of Americans’ penchant for under-cooked meat. But the study, which analyzed 300 packages of meat purchased from grocery, big-box, and natural food stores across 26 U.S. cities, found some important differences dependent on how the beef was raised: either conventionally — in grain and soy feedlots where food is supplemented with antibiotics and other growth-promoting drugs […] Read More

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Why It’s Getting to Be Damn Near Impossible to Know What Food Is Actually Healthy

Corporate funding is producing oceans of questionable information when it comes to health. You might think an outfit calling itself an academy would be, you know, academic.  But as Jon Stewart put it, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is as much an academy as the “Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product” called Kraft Singles is cheese. The last time the academy was in the news, it was for taking an undisclosed amount of money from Kraft in exchange for giving Kraft permission to put the academy’s “Kids Eat Right” logo on Kraft Singles.  When nailed for this, the academy denied that this amounted to putting a stamp of approval on Singles.  What it really was, they claimed, was an ad for the academy’s Kids Eat […] Read More

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How Tobacco Seems to Block Memory Loss for Pot Smokers

A study of marijuana users who also smoke tobacco finds surprising differences in memory function. About 70% of pot smokers also use tobacco, and that sizeable population has typically been excluded from marijuana studies because researchers are, well, studying marijuana—not tobacco, and not marijuana and tobacco. But a new study from the University of Texas looks at pot smokers who also smoke cigarettes and it finds significant differences between those who smoke both and those who only smoke pot. Researchers at the university’s Center for Brain Health were looking specifically at the size of the hippocampus—a brain region responsible for memory and learning—and found that while both cigarette smokers and pot smokers had smaller hippocampal brain volumes than non-smokers, people who smoked both showed signs […] Read More

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Is Your Smartphone Aging Your Face Prematurely? 5 Maladies of the Digital Era

“Text neck” is for real. Face it, we’re all addicted to our electronic devices. You might know a few lonely holdouts, determined to stay detached and live off the grid, but their numbers are diminishing. Most of us are living in an ever more wired world, dependent on instantaneous communication and information, and at a panicky loss when we can’t find our smartphones. No one wants to hear it, but we’re paying a steep price for this behavior. Our tech habits are laying ruin to our physical and mental health and abilities. Being aware of the possible pitfalls is your first line of defense against premature aging, aches and diminished brain capacity. That and unplugging more often. Here are five digital maladies you should […] Read More

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These Little Known Berries Kill Cancer Cells in Minutes, 8-Year Study Shows

An eight-year study by a medical research institute has found that a compound in blushwood berries that kills cancer cells in skin melanomas. Not only is the compound highly effective with no side effects, but scientists were amazed at how fast the compounds started working. The fruit compound started working in five minutes, making the cancerous melanoma and neck tumors disappear in a matter of days. The compound was 75% successful in fighting skin cancer on dogs cats and horses. The research led by Dr Glen Boyle, from the QIMR Berghofer medical research institute in Brisbane, is highly promising and could be a potential cure for fighting several surface cancers. Blushwood berries come from the Blushwood tree, which has very specific growing requirements and […] Read More

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How to Remove Plaque Without Going to the Dentist

by healthyfoodstar We all know that when it comes to removing plaque, the dentist will do the job perfectly. However, there are many natural recipes through which you can get rid of plaque at home. 1st recipe: Ingredients needed: 30 grams of walnut husks Water Method of preparation: Put the walnut husks in a bowl, add the water and place the mixture on fire. Cook for 15 minutes. Soak your toothbrush in the resulting mixture and wash your teeth for 5 minutes. Repeat this procedure in the morning, afternoon and evening. 2nd recipe: Ingredients needed: 4 tablespoon of sunflower seeds 4 tablespoon of linden flower 1 liter of water Method of preparation: Put the ingredients in a bowl, cover them with water and place […] Read More

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First Human Head Transplant in 2017?

 Money is pouring in to pay for the world’s first head transplant, says the man who is ready to make history by becoming a human guinea pig. Valery Spiridonov has confirmed major donations have started to arrive, allowing surgeon Sergio Canavero to continue planning the operation to remove his head and place it on another body. However, Spiridonov – who has a muscle wasting disease – refused to confirm reports that unnamed sponsors have pledged $100million (£64million) for the pioneering surgery, dubbed ‘reckless’ by other medical professionals. The 30-year-old said: ‘He [Canavero] received several offers, mainly those were people who contacted him through me, because I’m widely seen on the internet. ‘They first contacted me, and then reached out to him.’ The bizarre plan […] Read More

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Why the World’s Remaining Hunter-Gatherer Societies Are Some of the Biggest Pot Smokers

Was it the medicinal qualities that originally inspired humans to light up, instead of the urge to get high? What if it were marijuana’s medicinal qualities that originally inspired humans to light up, instead of the urge to get high? That’s the theory of some Washington State bioanthropologists just back from studying one of the world’s last hunter-gatherer societies—nomadic Africans in the Congo Basin who also happen to be among the world’s biggest pot smokers. What’s clear is that the Aka people are managing to keep at bay an otherwise deadly infestation of intestinal worms entirely through diligent application of cannabis. They are not doing it on purpose, however. The Aka, also known as Pygmies, enjoy weed because of what it does to their heads, […] Read More

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Make Your Own Natural QuikClot (VIDEO)

In a post-disaster environment, paramedics and medical response teams are inundated with emergency calls and assign degrees of urgency to emergency calls. If your call is not on the list of priority medical issues, then you will have to wait. Those who understand this know that in these times of crisis, we must become our own medics and know how to treat medical emergencies during disaster events. Stopping a critical life threatening bleed is paramount in an emergency situation and, in some cases, takes precedence over airways and breathing.  This is one of those medical issues that you need to know how to care for. One product that preppers like to have on hand are the Celox or QuikClot like bandages that help stop this type of excessive bleeding. These […] Read More

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The Dark Side of McDonald’s World-Famous Fries

,he pesticides used on potato farms in rural Minnesota are harming human health and the environment. There’s no doubt that McDonald’s french fries are, as the company regularly trumpets, “world famous.” But like many who are touched by fame, those legendary taters have a dark side that remains largely hidden from public view. And this dark side has nothing to do with the obesity crisis. McDonald’s purchases more than 3.4 billion pounds of potatoes grown in the United States every year. The company’s preferred variety is Russet Burbank. While certainly delicious to the “billions served,” the problem with this 130-year-old variety is its susceptibility to rot and other diseases, which means farmers regularly employ a significant amount of pesticides on their crops. Rural communities […] Read More