To share more stories with our wonderful readers, I’ve decided to start doing a weekly “link drop” — in other words, I’ll drop links to great stories we couldn’t cover (plus a little intro). Hope you find this helpful and…
GM Salmon WON’T Feed Hungry World Populations
Genetically modified organism (GMO) proponents constantly proclaim that GMOs will help feed the hungry and solve world hunger. This is one supposed benefit of genetically modified (GM) salmon as well. But a recent report out of Europe, GE Salmon Will…
EU: Cloning Farm Animals & Livestock Not Allowed, Cloning Fighting Bulls and Racehorses Fine
Good news coming out of the European Union (EU) recently is that it is proposing a 5-year ban on the cloning of farm animals and livestock. However, the EU is fine with other animals being cloned, including sports animals like…
Sperm Quantity and Quality Hit Hard by BPA
A recent study of male Chinese workers has found that the infamous endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) causes sperm counts and concentrations to drop. Additionally, it found that the “quality” of the sperm was worse, meaning lower sperm motility (the…
Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes (Part II)
What would Thanksgiving be without cranberries and corn? (Actually, I remember one Thanksgiving at a relative’s house when the only option for me was peas and perhaps some sweet potato dish, but maybe not even that, despite there being a…
Natural News TV Objects to Censorship by the FDA
The short film “Ignorance Is Power” by Natural News visually illustrates food as medicine. And it addresses the problem that information about how food and drinks can be used as medicine is being interfered with by FDA censorship of nutritional…
10 Water Facts (+ a few)
This post is part of our participation in Blog Action Day 2010. If you hadn’t heard, water is sort of important for our health… some even say we need it to live. Yeah, I guess this isn’t news to you.…
McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys to be Banned in San Francisco?
We know that fast food is bad for us. It’s filled with excessive calories, sodium and fat. It’s “meals” are often based largely on meat, which is very damaging to the environment as well as our health. Yet, we seem…
Bill Clinton (Almost) Vegan: Why & the Health Benefits [VIDEOS]
I’ve written on a number of famous vegetarian and vegan celebrities in the past, from Orlando Bloom to Henry Ford to Carl Lewis to Mike Tyson. As you’ve probably heard, Bill Clinton is the latest to become (almost) vegan. Clinton has…