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09/12/2016 / By Chris Draper

Top 10 foods to promote eye health as you age

Many people believe that vision loss is an inevitable corollary of age. Consequently, they resort to contact lenses, glasses or worse — surgery. In actuality, many eye problems can be treated from the inside out. Like our other organs, eyes obtain nutrients from the food we eat. What we put into our body affects how […]

05/18/2016 / By Chris Draper

Neonicotinoids really are killing honeybees, EPA study admits

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently admitted that neonicotinoids – a class of insecticides – can harm honeybees when used on cotton and citrus, according to an environmental risk assessment study. It’s no secret that bees are essential to the food supply. They are responsible for 80 percent of pollination, which is necessary for plant […]

05/16/2016 / By Chris Draper

The link between high alcohol consumption and cancer

Consuming massive amounts of alcohol is a widely practiced social experiment in mental reductionism. Although the short-term effects of binge drinking are immediately felt, the long-term effects often go unnoticed — until it’s too late. A common consequence of binge drinking is cancer. Since cancer is a long-term, rather than short-term, effect of alcohol, the […]

04/18/2016 / By Chris Draper

Mainstream media finally admits sugar’s role in causing breast cancer

Anyone with even a modicum of understanding of health recognizes that consuming excessive amounts of sugar wreaks havoc on the human body. In addition to obesity, high blood pressure and the like, those with a sweet tooth now have to include breast cancer to their list of potential maladies, according to a new study from the […]

03/14/2016 / By Chris Draper

How food affects your mood

Mental illness is one of the greatest epidemics of modern times and is on par with cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Instead of seeking a cure, however, Big Pharma treats mental illness as just another disease, which can be mitigated by mind altering drugs. Meanwhile, effective nutritional and environmental therapies for mental illness are ignored. […]

02/04/2016 / By Chris Draper

U.S. government just spent $80M to prop up the nuclear industry in America

The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster demonstrated that the risks attached to nuclear energy outweigh the benefits. Nevertheless, this hasn’t stopped the nuclear industry from prevailing. The U.S. Government is providing the Department of Energy $80 million to fund two advanced reactor programs, which they hope will spur new nuclear power technologies. The grant is split […]

02/02/2016 / By Chris Draper

Epidemic of whales beaching themselves raises alarm among environmental scientists

India has experienced an abnormal number of beached whales this month. A 30-foot dead whale just washed ashore Mumbai’s Juhu beach Thursday night, following a slew of whale carcasses to litter the coast in the past few weeks.(1,2) Sources report that night joggers on the beach stumbled across the whale and alerted authorities. The incident comes […]

02/02/2016 / By Chris Draper

What your doctor isn’t telling you about migraines

If you’ve consulted a doctor for a migraine, you’ve probably only heard half the story about your mental health. Most people are told migraines are a hiccup in their make up, which they can do little, if anything about, without the assistance of drugs. In actuality, migraines are kindled by the food we choose to […]

02/02/2016 / By Chris Draper

Lemon eucalyptus essential oil can help repel mosquitoes possibly carrying Zika virus

The Zika virus is now spreading explosively in the Americas, declared the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, 28 January. The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes and has been found everywhere from Argentina to the southern United States. Consequently, it’s more important than ever that people wear a safe and effective mosquito repellent.(1,2) Zika […]

02/02/2016 / By Chris Draper

Hillary Clinton supported biotechnology, which may have spurred the Zika virus

Hillary Clinton has a history of supporting bad ideas, from the Iraq War to GMOs. Just as the Iraq war had unintended consequences, so the GMOs have unintended consequences too. Those unintended consequences are beginning to be felt, as genetically modified mosquitoes help spread the Zika virus. The primary excuse used by those in favor […]

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