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The hidden cost of UK food: Is malnutrition a national scandal?
The hidden cost of UK food: Is malnutrition a national scandal? According to the WHO, world hunger is on the rise again due to conflict and climate change, after falling for the previous decade. In a report published September 2017, it estimated that 815 million people were suffering from hunger, more than one in every […]
Selco: The Shocking Reality of SHTF Medicine and How to Prep for When the Medical System is GONE
Selco: The Shocking Reality of SHTF Medicine and How to Prep for When the Medical System is GONE Editor’s Note: Something difficult to plan for – or even wrap your brain around – is a world in which medical care is not available. Even though it’s outrageously expensive here in the United States, we can […]
Bleach, Hand Sanitizer, or Natural Cleaning Products? What to Use When
Bleach, Hand Sanitizer, or Natural Cleaning Products? What to Use When There’s always a ferocious debate among people who swear by bleach, hand sanitizer, or natural cleaning products. But the fact is, there’s no black and white answer. There are times and places for each of these. Staying clean is a critical part of staying […]
The Ultimate 30-Minute Travel Workout
The Ultimate 30-Minute Travel Workout We should never underestimate or neglect the importance of physical training in your life. This piece is for those of you who travel frequently during the week…overnighters or for a few days, at a distance not too far. More than 15 million people do this per week. Truck drivers are […]
Physical Fitness and Survival: Why Your Body Needs Recovery Time
Physical Fitness and Survival: Why Your Body Needs Recovery Time We often focus on tasks to do: physical exercise, and numerous physically-demanding work, such as woodcutting, building, gardening, snow removal, and so forth. I have written in several pieces about the importance of recovery, but I am emphasizing it here in-depth. Most people are so […]
In Fukushima, A Bitter Legacy Of Radiation, Trauma and Fear
In Fukushima, A Bitter Legacy Of Radiation, Trauma and Fear Five years after the nuclear power plant meltdown, a journey through the Fukushima evacuation zone reveals some high levels of radiation and an overriding sense of fear. For many, the psychological damage is far more profound than the health effects. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images A radiation monitoring […]
High Levels of Chemicals Found in People Living Near Gas Wells: New Report
High Levels of Chemicals Found in People Living Near Gas Wells: New Report Chemicals from gas wells were discovered in biological samples drawn from residents of Pavillion, Wyoming, at levels as much as ten times the national averages, according to a new report. The study is the first to sample both the air near drilling sites and […]
This Is What’s Happening to People Who Live near the Worst Gas Leak in US History
This Is What’s Happening to People Who Live near the Worst Gas Leak in US History (ANTIMEDIA) Porter Ranch, CA — On February 18, SoCalGas and the national media declared the “worst methane gas leak in U.S. history” permanently sealed, but just over a month later, hundreds of Porter Ranch residents who evacuated — and are now […]
Indian Point: Fukushima’s Mini-Me
Indian Point: Fukushima’s Mini-Me Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant New York continually leaks radioactivity into the Hudson River. This has been going on for years. Seriously! Meanwhile, New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo agrees with advocacy groups such as Riverkeeper, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and The Sierra Club to close Indian Point. Why? Environmentalists claim the […]
Prepping With Herbs – Tips For Better Health Now And After The Grid Goes Down
Prepping With Herbs – Tips For Better Health Now And After The Grid Goes Down My wife and I have for some time been researching and attempting to approach the issue of medicine in our preparedness. There are several websites that are dedicated to grid down medicine from a preparedness mindset. The information and instruction […]
Be Your Own Medicine
Be Your Own Medicine Treatment of atomized individuals in a setting of atomized symptoms and treatments is by any measure the opposite of a system that encourages and enables everyone to be their own medicine. I recently saw a slogan that encapsulated what’s wrong with the U.S. healthcare system: Be Your Own Medicine. To Be Your Own Medicine is […]
Organic Agriculture Systems Continue to Outshine Conventional Systems in Multiple Studies
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO OUTSHINE CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS IN MULTIPLE STUDIES. Though organic agriculture currently occupies a surprisingly low 1% of global cropland, several agricultural studies have recently favored organic systems over conventional systems in terms of profitability, crop yields, and environmental safety and health concerns. Rodale Institute has conducted one of the most substantial studies of […]
The Global Health Crisis Will Crush the Global Economy
The Global Health Crisis Will Crush the Global Economy The scale of the global epidemic of obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes are truly staggering. Though evidence of a looming global healthcare crisis is plainly visible, few seem to realize the consequences will be catastrophic to individuals, households and national economies. Here is a list—by no […]
The Rising Threats To Our Health
The Rising Threats To Our Health Around the world, general health is declining Though evidence of a looming global healthcare crisis is plainly visible, few seem to realize the consequences will be catastrophic to individuals, households and national economies. Here is a list—by no means exhaustive—of major health issues threatening hundreds of millions of people […]
Public health, endocrine disruption and the precautionary principle
Public health, endocrine disruption and the precautionary principle Several years ago over lunch a medical researcher I know told me that industrial chemicals were disrupting the human endocrine system leading to widespread obesity and diabetes. He said his research had revealed an important cause–the decline in the production of testosterone in both men and women (yes, women […]
