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Is Your Brand of Fish Oil Really Safe?
An American Fork-based nutritional supplements maker is among eight companies targeted by a California environmental group over their alleged failure to warn consumers that 10 of their fish oil supplements contain toxic chemicals that can cause cancer and birth defects. Twinlab Corp., which has 320 workers in American Fork, was accused in a lawsuit filed [...]
What Soft Drinks are Doing to Your Body
Soda, pop, cola, soft drink — whatever you call it, it is one of the worst beverages that you could be drinking for your health. As the debate for whether to put a tax on the sale of soft drinks continues, you should know how they affect your body so that you can make an [...]
Putting Reality into the Bottled Water Debate
AP IMPACT: School Drinking Water Contains Toxins This story released by the Associated Press on Friday Sept. 25, 2009 Can you trust the Government to provide you with clean, safe, drinking water? CUTLER, Calif. – Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe [...]
MSG & Weight Gain
The Surprising Ingredient Causing Weight Gain By Margaret Furtado, M.S., R.D. Say it isn’t so! A recent study out of the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill cites what animal studies have hinted at for years: MSG (aka monosodium glutamate) could be a factor in weight gain. The study focused on 750 Chinese men and [...]
Another Reason to Stop Drinking Soft Drinks
WEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) — Drinking too much cola can increase the risk of a muscle problem called hypokalemia, experts warn In people with hypokalemia, a drop in blood potassium levels results in problems with vital muscle functions. Symptoms can range from mild weakness to serious paralysis, say Greek researchers who conducted a review [...]
How to Eat to Live Longer
Six Top Tips To Live Longer Through Diet By Stephanie Breakstone, Prevention More and more research suggests that what we eat is linked to how long we live. “The Biggest Loser” nutritionist Cheryl Forberg, R.D., sets eating guidelines to help contestants get healthy. “What works best for weight loss helps slow the aging process as [...]
Campbell’s Brand “Select Harvest Soup” is a Fraud!
Campbells wants you to believe their “Select Harvest” soups do not contain MSG. But it’s a total Fraud. They contain “Yeast Extract” which contains MSG. Read the tiny print on their website: * Except for the small amount naturally occurring in yeast extract. MSG is MSG. Naturally occurring or not, MSG is potentially very dangerous. [...]
Which Plastic Water Bottles are Safest?
Choose your water bottles very carefully in order to prevent chemicals in the plastic from leaching into your water. Plastic water bottles are very convenient for carting water around when we are on the go, as they don’t break if we drop them. However, it is worth paying attention to the type of plastic your [...]
How Soft Drinks (Soda Pop) Destroys Your Health
Soft Drinks are Damaging to Your Health Most people realize that consumption of soft drinks is not healthy, but just how unhealthy often catches them by surprise. Soft Drinks impact your health by: Causing Obesity though the consumption of “Empty Calories” Wear down bones contributing to Osteoporosis Cause Tooth Decay and Erosion Contribute to Heart [...]
IV Drips – Intravenous Therapy
This is not the same as Intrathecal drug delivery. IV drips can be anything from drugs to vitamins or minerals. The reason this is valid and helpful treatment modality is the medication or vitamins/minerals go directly into the veins bypassing the stomach. Most people do not realize that oral vitamin consumption may only deliver as [...]
Detoxification
While not specific to the Neck or Back a toxic body may prevent, aggravate, or delay healing of the soft tissues. How does your car run when the oil is old, black and dirty? The body performs best when it is free of toxins, this is exactly why we have lungs, kidneys and a liver! [...]
Vitamin Safety
How do you know that the 1,000mg Vitamin C Tablet you just took really is 1,000 mg of Vitamin C? And how do you know it’s not contaminated with other ingredients (even potential poisons) that could cause you more harm than good? You have probably noticed on some packages things like “This product packaged in [...]