(Dr. Joseph Mercola) Hemp has been outlawed in the U.S. since 1938. Thankfully, the latest Farm Bill signed into law at the end of 2018 makes it legal. In this interview, board-certified clinical nutritionist and expert on phytocannabinoids, Carl Germano, discusses the exciting implications of this change.
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The Neuroscience Behind Creating Your Reality — How Beliefs Affect You and How to Change Them
(Brooklyn Storme, PhD) Have you ever wondered why two people can share the exact same situation, yet experience it differently? Neural pathways are often described as a type of super-highway of nerve cells, the function of which is to transmit messages. Much like a walking track in the bush, the more you walk over it, the more trodden and clear it becomes. The same thing happens when we engage in behaviors such as thinking certain thoughts with a high degree of regularity.
Prenatal Stress Found to Alter the Developing Brain: Children of Stressed Mothers Are Predisposed to Binge Eating in Adolescence
(Jhoanna Robinson) Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany have concluded that prenatal stress-induced binge eating is usually pre-programmed in the fetal brain. This prior programming, however, does not ensure the disorder; it only comes to such if some signals are triggered.
Removing Children’s Tonsils and Adenoids Increases Risk for 28 Diseases, Study Finds
(Arjun Walia) If you were a child born in the U.S. from the 1950s through the 1970s, odds are high that either you or someone you know has undergone a tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy. I was one of those children. When I was in kindergarden, I had my adenoids removed. I was already suffering from severe bronchial asthma, requiring emergency treatment at the hospital several times a year, and sometimes as often as three times a month. The adenoid surgery was performed ostensibly to ‘relieve’ sinus obstruction. But following the procedure, my symptoms worsened. By the time I was sixteen I needed another sinus obstruction surgery, this time for sinus polyps and a deviated septum.
CBD Oil Almost “Miraculous” In Its Ability to Prevent Pain in Ms Sufferers
(Isabelle Z.) One big trend taking hold these days in Hollywood circles is a legal cannabis oil known as SwissX. This is far from a silly celebrity fad; CBD oil has been proven effective on the pain that those with multiple sclerosis and many other conditions suffer. In fact, it is one if the ingredients in the Sativex oral spray that has been approved in 11 countries to treat spasms and muscle stiffness in MS patients.
Vaccinating Against Chickenpox Often Causes Shingles, Even in Children
(Jessica Dolores) Like all diseases, chickenpox takes a lot of joy out of childhood. When he gets it, he can’t learn more at school, enjoy the sunshine, or even explore the great outdoors. However, if you think that getting a shot for chickenpox solves the problem, think again. According to researchers from Harvard Medical School, healthy children who were vaccinated for chickenpox developed shingles soon after. The study, published in the journal Pediatric Dermatology, looked at case studies of shingles that were first thought to be skin rashes.
New Study Shows What Vegan Diets Do For Heart Health, Endurance Athletes & Sport Performance
(Arjun Walia) It’s concerning how so much focus is put on transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy technology, and absolutely no attention is paid to animal agriculture. Everybody on the planet could drive electric cars and all industries could use clean energy technology and that still would not even compare to the environmental impact of everyone adopting a plant-based diet.
Women-Led Team of Mexican Scientists Develop Cure for HPV, a Leading Cause of Cancer
(Elias Marat) Researchers at Mexico’s National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) are celebrating a major scientific achievement: a new treatment that they claim can completely cure the human papillomavirus (HPV), helping to curb a leading cause of deadly cancer among women.
Natural Detox: How to Quickly Release Stress in Less than Five Minutes
(Amy Goodrich) Whether you’ve had a tough day at work, got into a fight with a close friend, or are having some money issues, everyone feels stressed sometimes. Stress and strong emotions like fear, anger, or sadness are perfectly normal if they don’t interfere with your daily activities and go away after a few hours or days.
‘Gluten Brain’: Wheat Cuts Off Blood Flow To Frontal Cortex
(Collective Evolution) As far back as 1954, reports of the full or partial resolution of schizophrenia following a gluten free diet began to surface in the medical literature. I explored this remarkable phenomenon in a previous article titled, “60 Years of Research Links Gluten Grains to Schizophrenia.”
A New Frontier in Natural Healing | Ken Rohla and Adam Riva
A New Frontier in Natural Healing | Ken Rohla and Adam Riva
The Mental Toll of Being Overweight: Having Positive Outlook and a Healthy BMI Often Go Hand-in-hand
(Jhoanna Robinson) A recent study has shown that people who manage to keep their weight down have the most probability of keeping their spirits up.
Evil Medicine: Med School Uses Live Pigs for Medical Training, Completely Disregarding Ethics or Suffering (This Is How They Treat Humans, Too)
(Vicki Batts) Sometimes, doing things the “old-fashioned way” is the best approach — but when it comes to animal testing, the days of yore are best left behind us. In today’s world, there are plenty of alternatives to the cruel and unethical practice of testing on live animals. Now, Brown University is under fire for using live pigs in the course of medical training, even though experts say human body simulators are actually a better choice.
Replace Harmful Chemical Cleaners with These Essential Oils
(Mary Miller) Harmful toxins are all around you. They often come in the form of pollutants, toxic pesticides, or harsh chemicals, but what you might not know is that some of these chemicals might already be present in your own home. Most chemical-based cleaning products tend to contain toxic substances that might negatively impact your health just as much as they can eliminate disease-causing microorganisms and bacteria.
The Importance of Conscious Communication
(Justin Deschamps) There are several pillars of living that once embraced make everything else better in our lives. Often these pillars force us to face our fears and grow. Life improves, not because it’s without challenge, but because we face challenges and in doing so grow stronger and wiser. Communication is one of these pillars. Without effective communication, most of the things you enjoy in life fall apart. There is a science to communication, ancient wisdom that we still use in the modern world in certain places. If we took this wisdom and used it everywhere we could, almost every problem you can imagine can be dealt with as a collective effort.