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5 Simple Pieces of LIFESAVING Medical Knowledge
5 Simple Pieces of LIFESAVING Medical Knowledge There is almost a preparedness fixation with gunshot wounds and having sachets of quick-clot in your first aid kit. But in terms of bang for your buck, there other things which are frequently overlooked and very under-rated that much more likely to be life-saving than your hemostatic agent. Use […]
New Warnings on Plastic’s Health Risks as Fracking Industry Promotes New ‘Plastics Belt’ Build-Out
New Warnings on Plastic’s Health Risks as Fracking Industry Promotes New ‘Plastics Belt’ Build-Out A new report traces the life cycle of plastic from the moment an oil and gas well is drilled to the time plastic trash breaks down in the environment, finding “distinct risks to human health” at every stage. Virtually all plastic — 99 […]
A Survival Guide For 2019
A Survival Guide For 2019 How to safely navigate the ‘Year Of Instability’ As the first month of the year concludes, it’s becoming clear that 2019 will be a very different kind of year. The near-decade of ‘recovery’ following the Great Financial Crisis enjoyed a stability and tranquility that suddenly evaporated at the end of […]
Climate Collapse: Wind Chill Temperatures Will Hit -60 In The Midwest This Week As Global Weather Patterns Shift
Climate Collapse: Wind Chill Temperatures Will Hit -60 In The Midwest This Week As Global Weather Patterns Shift The experts are telling us that the Midwest could experience the coldest weather that it has ever seen this week. Wind chill temperatures of -40 and -50 degrees will be common throughout the region, and it is […]
6 Reasons to Bundle Up and Get Outside During Winter
6 Reasons to Bundle Up and Get Outside During Winter Brrrr! Winter is here, and if it is chilly in your neck of the woods, you might be tempted to hunker down and stay indoors until Spring arrives. Winter can really take a toll on our moods, making even the warmest personalities turn as chilly […]
Health Departments Are On Climate Change’s Front Lines
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE ON CLIMATE CHANGE’S FRONT LINES From extreme heat to mosquito-borne diseases, climate change is having a huge public health impact. Can health departments keep up? Photo © iStockphoto.com/Karl Spencer January 2, 2019 — When the rains of Hurricane Harvey finally dissipated in late summer 2017, the potential for health hazards lingered on. […]
Workout Like the Pros: How Pre-Loading Meals Get You the Best Workouts
Workout Like the Pros: How Pre-Loading Meals Get You the Best Workouts Ready Nutrition guys and gals, let it never be said that I under-emphasize weight training and physical conditioning. I believe it to be the centerpiece of keeping yourself in good health both physically and mentally. That being said, you need to give yourself […]
Major Health Study Shows Benefits of Combating Climate Change
Major Health Study Shows Benefits of Combating Climate Change During the holiday season, people often drink toasts to health. There’s something more we can do to ensure that we and others will enjoy good health now and into the future: combat climate change. “Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century, and […]
Basics of Exercise and Staying in Shape Over the Holidays
Basics of Exercise and Staying in Shape Over the Holidays Now is a good time to reassess yourself in terms of physical fitness and where you are. You have about a month and a half to get into good habits (if you haven’t already done so) before the usual load of body-emulsifying fats of the […]
Sacrificing Children: Pesticides in the Time of Oligarchy
Sacrificing Children: Pesticides in the Time of Oligarchy Photo Source Andy Powell | CC BY 2.0 Oligarchy is bad for children’s health All past civilizations protected children. It was self-evident that healthy children assured continuity, security and happiness. However, machine-powered civilizations give the illusion corporations, oligarchies, and the government control everything. Children fade in this confused […]
The Healing Powers of Aloe Vera
The Healing Powers of Aloe Vera If you are interested in natural remedies, chances are you are familiar with aloe vera. Maybe you have used it after you’ve had too much sun, or you keep a tube of gel in your first aid kit for burns and wound care. But did you know the plant […]
Ethanol Is Terrible for Health and the Environment, but Government Keeps Backing It
Ethanol Is Terrible for Health and the Environment, but Government Keeps Backing It The US federal government still strongly pushes corn- and soy-based ethanol despite the EPA’s new study showing its harmful effects. When the elected officials and bureaucrats who run a government want to stack the deck in favor of a politically connected special […]
Are You Fit Enough to Survive?
Are You Fit Enough to Survive? There is not one prep greater than your own body and mind. That sounds like a broad, sweeping statement, but it’s 100% true. If you aren’t fit – both physically and mentally – all your preps may very well be worthless. I’m not saying this to beat up on […]
10-Minute Neighborhoods: The Low-Tech Solution to Almost* Everything
10-Minute Neighborhoods: The Low-Tech Solution to Almost* Everything What if it were possible to make headway on all these issues with simple changes to our neighborhoods? What if we could cut our medical costs in half? What if we could give the average American an added five years of healthy life? What if we could […]
9 Mindful Ways to Start Breaking Up With Plastic – For Good!
9 Mindful Ways to Start Breaking Up With Plastic – For Good! One of the big problems with our prepackaged, modern, consumer spending-based economies is that everything is mass-produced in plastic with little or no regard for the future problems it creates. To date, 14 billion pounds of garbage are dumped into the ocean every year – […]
