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Joyful Relationships
Personal relationships have a powerful impact on health. It is very important to make sure that your relationship with your spouse or significant other and your family is the best it can be. Your home should be your haven and be a place that you can recoup from everyday stresses in life. I have just read three excellent books that can help with this. I will be adding more books and articles about stress reduction all the time. These books are very short and to the point with very valuable insights.
For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn, is an excellent book that lets women understand why ...
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Natural Raw Diet For Pets
Raw Food For Pets
Barf Diet
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could give our pets their most perfect diet? Would you believe me if I told you that such a diet does actually exist and it can be delivered right to your door? I feed all three of my golden retrievers and my three rescued cats the Barf Diet. BARF stands for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food. My oldest golden, Jou...
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Merck Underreported Vioxx Study
According to the New York Times, The New England Journal of Medicine has reported that Merck misled us regarding their Vigor study of Vioxx by not disclosing all the negative aspects of the drug. This has reportedly caused at least 55,000 deaths since the drug was released. This new information will not bode well for the three pending lawsuits against Merck and may lead to more la...
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The Air We Breathe
The air we breathe is so important for optimal health and according to The American Lung Association’s report, "State of the Air 2005" released on April 28th: “More than half of Americans breathe dirty air on a regular basis. More than 152 million Americans live in counties with unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution.”
And also according to The American Lung Association: “...
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New Genetically Modified Soy Research
Doctor of Biology Irina Ermakova conducted a study of Genetically Modified soy on three groups of rats, a control group that did not have any soy, a second group that received GM soy and a third group that received normal soy. The results show an unusually high level of death for the offspring from the GM soy feed females and 36% of this group weighed less than 20 grams resulting...
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Industry Sneak Attack On Organic Standards Rammed Through Congress
Despite receiving over 350,000 letters and phone calls from OCA members and the organic community, Republican leaders in Congress October 27 attached a rider to the 2006 Agricultural Appropriations Bill to weaken the nation's organic food standards in response to pressure from large-scale food manufacturers.
"Congress voted last night to weaken the national organic standards that consumers count...
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Stop Factory Farm Dairy Feedlots from Labeling Their Products as "USDA Organic"
THE PROBLEM:Under pressure from big agribusiness, the USDA is deliberately refusing to take action against factory farm dairy feedlots who are unethically selling their products as "organic." This blatant labeling fraud is compounded by a loophole in federal organic regulations that is allowing unscrupulous organic dairy farms to import young calves from non-organic conventional farms (where the a...
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Can An Organic Diet Lower Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides In Children?
A new study has been performed on a group of 23 elementary school-age children. Organic food items were substituted for most of the children’s conventional diets for 5 consecutive days. Through urine samples over the 15 day study period researchers, Chensheng Lu, Kathryn Toepel, Rene Irish, Richard A. Fenske, Dana B. Barr and Robert Bravo, “found that the median urinary concentrations of...
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Should you use Anti-Bacterial Hand, Body, and Dish Soaps?
The Toxic Truth About Anti-Bacterial Dish Soap And Other Products Containing Triclosan Antimicrobial Agents.
Science News – April 6, 2005.
When chlorine + antimicrobials = unintended consequences
Washing dishes by hand with an antibacterial dishwashing liquid can do more than just ensure that the plates, glasses, and silverware are free from grease and germs,...
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Debbie Miller
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