It turns out losing weight is simple—just take a dangerous drug for the rest of your life! According to the CDC, over 40 percent of the US adult population is obese. This has huge implications for health, as obesity is linked with diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and certain types of cancer. You may have heard […]
How to optimize your body’s detoxification systems. The average person carries 91 toxic chemicals in their blood and urine. This is a testament to the fact that our exposure to new-to-nature chemicals is greater than it’s ever been during our evolution and how crucial it is to support our body’s ability to neutralize and remove […]
From Moms Across America Together, we educate and empower mothers and others with actions and solutions to create healthy communities! We are down to the wire with the EPA and glyphosate. This past week the EPA appealed to the Supreme Court to extend the deadline for their decision on whether or not to renew or […]
From Joseph Mercola, DO To commemorate 25 years of offering the most up-to-date health information available, I summarize 25 of my favorite health tips. To optimize your metabolic flexibility, consider implementing time-restricted eating and strength training. Blood flow restriction (BFR) training is an excellent method that can provide maximum benefits without the risk of injury […]
Strategies for protecting yourself from the thousands of harmful chemicals that inundate the modern world. A recent study concluded that “Widespread exposure to toxic environmental chemicals threatens healthy human reproduction.” We reported last year on research showing that exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals has caused sperm counts to drop almost 60 percent since 1973; these […]
Millions of pounds of toxic glyphosate are dumped on our national parks and forests. Action Alert! Ah, the great outdoors, where we can experience the wonders of nature, walk amongst the trees, sink our toes into the dirt…but not, unfortunately, escape the spraying of toxic chemicals that make us sick. Many of us may be […]
From Joseph Mercola, DO Production of cannabis is booming as the medical benefits of CBD (cannabidiol) are increasingly recognized. According to Project CBD, at least 50 conditions are believed to be improved by CBD, including pain, seizures, muscle spasms, nausea associated with chemotherapy, digestive disorders such as colitis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), degenerative neurological […]
From the Environmental Health Symposium The startling connection between PFAS exposure and COVID-19 severity. A study published December 2020 in the journal PLoS, indicates that a specific perfluorinate may increase risk for more severe cases of Covid-19 pneumonia. “It’s probably what’s in the lungs that counts because that’s where the big Covid battle is fought,” […]
We can add toilet paper to the long list of products that are contaminated with PFAS; this pervasive contamination has led experts to recommend many Americans get tested for PFAS. It’s time to ban these dangerous chemicals. Action Alert! We recently told you how PFAS contamination is worse than we previously thought because it has […]
Indications that our advocacy is working to protect access to n-acetylcysteine (NAC), a precursor to glutathione and an important antioxidant. Action Alert! Recently, the FDA issued a final guidance describing how it will treat NAC supplements. It remains largely unchanged from the draft version of this guidance we reported on in May of this year […]