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Weight loss-obsessed girls eating GMO cotton balls soaked in lemon juice

A practice being promoted on YouTube as a fad diet is actually a form of disordered eating that can pose serious health risks, health professionals are warning. In videos promoting "the cotton ball diet," young girls soak cotton balls in lemonade or orange juice and then swallow them. The girls claim that the cotton balls expand in the stomach, producing a feeling of fullness and thereby making them eat less during the day. In this, the cotton ball diet may seem at first to...

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How commercial 'vitamin C' supplements can adversely affect your health

With the onset of winter, and cold, damp weather, comes the misery of colds, influenza and other seasonal bugs. Many people will purchase vitamin C in the hope of keeping seasonal diseases at bay, but without realizing the true nature of this popular supplement and its potentially harmful consequences. Most supplements being sold as "vitamin C" do not contain true, natural vitamin C at all, but is "ascorbic acid," a synthetically manufactured chemical derived from...

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Researchers find probiotics help maintain intestinal homeostasis

One of the ways that probiotic bacteria help maintain intestinal health is by promoting the growth of the cells that line the intestine, according to a study conducted by researchers from Emory University and published in The EMBO Journal. The researchers examined the activity of bacteria from the genus Lactobacillus in the intestines of mice and Drosophila fruit flies. They found that, even in these very distantly related animals, the same mechanism occurred: upon exposure to...

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Blueberries not only taste great but dramatically lower the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes

New cases of diabetes continue to increase at an exponential rate, as the list of biomarkers collectively known as metabolic syndrome (MetS risk factors include obesity, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol and elevated blood pressure and blood glucose) are known to triple the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and death from a heart attack. Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in most western societies, it is also largely preventable through dietary modification,...

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Raw organic fruits and vegetables can cure cancer, so why don't oncologists tell their patients?

There is a 75-year "CON" known as Western Medicine, but it's a hush-hush topic in the news and in newspapers and magazines. Although medical doctors and surgeons are experts at fixing broken bones or removing animal fat from clogged arteries, the "pharmaceutical nation" known as the USA is caving in on itself, but nobody is allowed to talk about it on TV, or they lose all their sponsors. There is also a world of medicine known as organic food, but some people want to cook...

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Discover magnesium, the miracle mineral

Though it hardly receives any mainstream attention, magnesium is one of the most important minerals that you are probably not getting enough of in your everyday diet. Besides being a major co-factor in some 325 enzyme systems throughout the body, magnesium is also essential for achieving and maintaining strong bones, restful sleep, a healthy heart and optimal brain function, just a few of the many reasons why a growing number of health experts now refer to it as the "miracle"...

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The importance of nutrition and sexual health

Sexual health is dramatically impacted by one's nutritional intake, and many sexual problems can be addressed by simple changes made to one's diet. The first step is understanding that your general health and sexual functioning are interrelated, as is your physical, mental and emotional health. While we have come a long way, society is still in need of research and education when it comes to sexual health. Sexual health pioneers such as Alfred Kinsey, William Masters and Virginia Johnson...

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Processed foods contain healthier ingredients in foreign markets than they do in US

It is bad enough that many processed foods currently on the market today still contain artificial dyes, chemical stabilizers and preservatives, refined sugars and various other toxic, yet FDA-approved, ingredients. But a recent investigation by FoodBabe.com reveals a shocking double standard within the food industry: processed foods created for the American market are often far worse nutritionally than those created for foreign markets, despite claims by the food industry that there are...

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Sweden rejects low-fat diet myth, encourages citizens to cut carbs and eat more fat

Calories are calories, no matter where they come from. People are fat because they don't exercise enough. Eating low-fat foods will help you lose weight. These and many other common dietary myths are no longer part of Sweden's official guidelines for healthy living, as the Scandinavian country has reportedly become the first Western nation in the world to officially embrace a high-fat, low-carbohydrate dietary protocol as optimal for good health. According to Health Impact News, Sweden...

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Baby's scent works like drugs on mothers' brains

A mother's bonding with and nurturing of newborns is a natural function of all species. Instead of acknowledging natural instinctual behavior, medical science and psychology feel the need to probe the mechanics of how these behaviors unfold. Researchers at the University of Montreal decided to rig up machinery, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) equipment, that's developed to read brain reactions in order to observe women's brain "pleasure centers" from infant scent...

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