(Dr. Mercola) The story of chamomile goes back to ancient European and Western Asian civilizations. Greeks, Egyptians and Romans valued the flower for its varied uses, such as for treating erythema and xerosis (severely dry skin). Hippocrates, the father of medicine, was one of the first luminaries to advocate the use of this plant.1
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The Dorito Effect – The Surprising Truth About Food and Flavor
(Dr. Mercola) In his book “The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor,” award-winning journalist and author, Mark Schatzker, investigates the introduction of flavor into the industrialized food supply. An investigative journalist by profession, Schatzker’s curiosity about flavor led him to eventually write two books addressing this issue. The first, “Steak: One Man’s […]
10 Simple Life Hacks You Can Start Today That Will Make You Happier, Backed By Science
(Joe Martino) It seems everyone is seeking happiness. For me, I prefer to look at it as the search for peace and joy in life, as I find happiness can be too conditional, and anytime we have to look for or chase something, we are looking outside of us. Surely some of this is just semantics, […]
Pesticides Making America Stupid: Agricultural Chemicals Found to Lower the IQ of Children
(Isabelle Z.) If you’re expecting a baby or considering starting a family soon, you’ve probably been reading up on how to give your child the best start in life. You probably wouldn’t dream of lighting up a cigarette or getting drunk while you’re pregnant, but you could very well be doing something that can be quite harmful to your unborn child if you’re being exposed to pesticides.
5 Lifestyle Habits to Follow to Add More than 10 Years to Your Life
(Carol Anderson) Due to our unhealthy habits, our life expectancy rate has been cut short to just around 79.3 years. Yet in our constant quest to find ways to live a little bit longer through artificial means, a surprising (or perhaps not) strategy can be found in simple but powerful lifestyle changes.
US Fertility Rates Have Plummeted Into Uncharted Territory, And Nobody Knows Why
(Peter Dockhill) The US birth rate has hit a new record low, with women in nearly every age group giving birth to fewer babies than a year ago.
Studies Show How Alternative Birthing Positions Can Reduce Pain & Make Orgasm Possible
(Joe Martino) When the topic of child birth comes up we might first think of new life and a beautiful miracle, but after that we might think of the agonizing pain that is experienced by most mothers who give birth to a child. Could it be possible that the body was meant to experience birth in a different way? First let’s understand a bit more about a “modern birth.”
Signs of A Clogged Lymphatic System – 10 Ways To Cleanse It
(Amanda Mary (Mary)) A major part of being healthy is to ensure that any toxins that enter our system are effectively identified by the body and escorted out in a harmless fashion.
Golden Ratio Overview — The Sacred Number Found Everywhere in Nature and Society
(Gary Meisner) What makes a single number so interesting that ancient Greeks, Renaissance artists, a 17th century astronomer and a 21st century novelist all would write about it? It’s a number that goes by many names. This “golden” number, 1.61803399, represented by the Greek letter Phi, is known as the Golden Ratio, Golden Number, Golden Proportion, Golden Mean, Golden Section, Divine Proportion and Divine Section.
Top 10 Health Hazards Commonly Associated with Eating Conventional Meats
(S.D. Wells) American corporations often take the clean language of true clean eating and make it “dirty” by selling us tainted, toxic, gene-altered food that causes disease and disorder, all while promoting it through the use of propaganda and lies.
Forever Young: Russian Scientists Reveal Secret of Eternal Life (RT Documentary)
Forever Young: Russian Scientists Reveal Secret of Eternal Life (RT Documentary)
Robin Dunbar — Social Relationships Examined… Can You Have More Than 150 Friends? (Video)
Robin Dunbar — Social Relationships Examined… Can You Have More Than 150 Friends? (Video)
Hidden World Under Antarctica Revealed: Scientists Find A World They’ve Never Imagined
(Ancient Code) The Discovery has been published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Phi, 1.618, the Golden Ratio Site Introduction
(Gary B Meisner) As the author of this site since 1997, I’ve changed my views and the information on this site as well. Let’s look at some of the common points of confusion and debate, covering beauty, the Parthenon, the UN Secretariat Building, the Great Pyramid, Nautilus shell, use by famous artists (Da Vinci, Botticelli, Seurat, etc.) and other topics. I’ll provide objective answers, with additional evidence in the supporting articles for each topic. I’ll also welcome any evidence to support opposing views.
Scientists Discover That Trees Have A “Heartbeat” Too
(Alanna Ketler) It seems everyday more and more information is being uncovered about trees and the many mysteries within them. We know that they are alive, but it seems they are even more alive than we may have thought. Trees are interconnected underground, we also now know that trees can communicate with one another, but recently scientists have discovered that trees actually have a sort of heartbeat, it is just so slow that they’ve never noticed before.