Diet Coke’s Advertising Embarrassment: “You’re On!”
If so, on what?
19 Aug
2014
12 Aug
2014
Butter Is Better
If you don’t think so, consider this. Here is a flow chart from PreventDisease.com showing the manufacturing process of margarine: This wonderful product also contains unnatural trans fats, which contribute to heart disease, cancer, bone problems, hormonal imbalance and skin disease; and free radicals, the result of high temperature industrial processing of vegetable oils, which […]
29 Jul
2014
Studies: Delicious Smells and Tastes Are Directly Linked to a Strong Immune System
Some prescription drugs dull your senses—and weaken your body’s ability to repair itself. Recent Duke University research showed that enhancing the taste and smell of foods for patients in a retirement home resulted in stronger immune systems. (In a side benefit, they also got better grip strength in both hands!) In other studies, this same […]
15 Jul
2014
Large Study Adds to Evidence that Organic Food Is Superior
It’s higher in antioxidants and lower in pesticide residues. A comprehensive new study published this week in the prestigious British Journal of Nutrition shows very clearly that how we grow our food has a huge impact. “If you buy organic fruits and vegetables, you can be sure you have, on average, a higher amount of […]
01 Jul
2014
01 Jul
2014
The FDA Calls One of the Body’s Basic Healing Functions a “Disease”
Why? To make sure Big Pharma gets a monopoly on new drugs connected to it!
24 Jun
2014
“Don’t Take Supplements, but Feel Free to Electrocute Your Stomach!”
The FDA’s obesity “logic” hurts Americans—and endangers supplements. Action Alert!
17 Jun
2014
What the FDA Doesn’t Know About Farming and Food Could Fill an Encyclopedia
This time they try to save us from some of the most delicious and healthy cheeses.
10 Jun
2014
We’re Spending More and More on Drugs for Prisoners
Is this in part a pay-off to Big Pharma for campaign support?
09 Jun
2014
Rewarding Bad Behavior: Doctors and Compounders Are Being Punished for the FDA’s Ineptitude
“I certify that this compounded variation produces ‘a significant difference from the marketed drug version.’ ”
If Congress’s initial, knee-jerk reaction to the 2012 New England Compounding Center (NECC) meningitis tragedy had become law, you would have had to add this federally mandated disclaimer to every prescription you wrote for a compounded drug. It seems Congress, influenced by pharmaceutical industry lobbying dollars, wanted to reward the FDA’s failure to shut down grossly negligent compounding manufacturers—but did so by granting the agency vast new powers.