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Natural Revolution. 12 Steps to Whole Foods Standard Course. Product Description You want to eat right but… You’re sick and tired of being sick and tired.

12 Steps to Whole Foods Standard Course

You know that you should “eat healthy,” but with so many voices out there, what does “eating healthy” even mean? “I can’t afford to eat right” I was cycling in the canyon with my friend Kara last week, and she was telling me about being raised by a single mom on a very fixed budget.

“I can’t afford to eat right”

Kara was one of several children, and she said to me, “My mom was a rock star. She fed us all healthy food, because it was cheap.” Wait…..what? I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the excuse, “I can’t eat that healthy stuff. Organic attack: bogus Stossel. Undefined How John Stossel falsified evidence Cultivating the Truth About Organics San Francisco Chronicle, August 2000 Report on Organic Foods Is Challenged New York Times, July 2000 Food Fight The Nation, January 2002 Cultivating the Truth About OrganicsThe San Francisco Chronicle AUGUST 21, 2000, BY Brian Halweil I WATCHED IN DISBELIEF as John Stossel, co-anchor of ABC's "20/20," delivered a half-hearted apology August 11 for falsifying evidence in a report that claimed organic produce is potentially more dangerous than food raised using toxic agrochemicals, antibiotics, added hormones, genetically engineered seeds and massive animal-feeding factories.

Organic attack: bogus Stossel

Gulf Seafood. By: Michael R.

Gulf Seafood

Taylor, J.D. This week, the Fish and Wildlife Service will begin a series of public meetings on the draft plan for the restoration of damage to natural resources resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It is natural that the discussion of this plan would also raise the question of whether Gulf seafood is safe to eat. The ‘Horribly Mutated’ Seafood in The Gulf of Mexico. BP oil spill: The ‘horribly mutated’ creatures living in the Gulf.

The ‘Horribly Mutated’ Seafood in The Gulf of Mexico

Fish, shrimp, and crabs are missing eyes and suffering strange deformities, according to a harrowing new report — yet the FDA insists the seafood’s safe to eat. Shrimp born without eyes, clawless crabs, and fish with visible tumors are among the “horrible mutated”marine animals found in the waters off the Gulf Coast, according to a new report from Al Jazeera. Scientists say the problem is a side effect of the April 2010 explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which killed 11 people and spilled at least 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean. As Countries Get Richer, They Trade Hunger for Obesity, in One Chart - Olga Khazan.

And many have obese and extremely malnourished people living side-by-side.

As Countries Get Richer, They Trade Hunger for Obesity, in One Chart - Olga Khazan

The Eighteen Wonders of Wheatgrass. To an untrained eye, the blades of wheatgrass may look similar to the blades of any common lawn grass.

The Eighteen Wonders of Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass is grown from the wheat berry, which is the whole kernel of the wheat grain, and the superior quality and variety of its nutrients are what set it apart from other grasses. Here are some facts about this amazing food. Based on our research and observation, wheatgrass is one of the richest sources of vitamins A and C contains a full, balanced spectrum of readily assimilated B vitamins, including laetrile (B17), which has been credited with selectively destroying certain cancer cells without affecting normal cells.

Contains high-quality organic calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, sodium, and potassium in a balanced ratio. Jay Kordich Blog. A Review of the 7 Key Healthy Eating Principles as You Enter the New Year. With a New Year just around the corner most of us are making New Year's resolutions, with weight loss and better health often leading the list.

A Review of the 7 Key Healthy Eating Principles as You Enter the New Year

This coming year, how about a focus on creating health AND boosting your youthful energy, vitality and immunity? The Body Ecology system of health and healing goes beyond other diet and nutrition programs by creating a roadmap to youthful longevity. Make your resolution a commitment to your health and weight with the widely proven Body Ecology Diet! Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them. Routines are made up of a three-part "habit loop": a cue, a behavior and a reward.

Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them

Understanding and interrupting that loop is key to breaking a habit, says journalist Charles Duhigg. iStockphoto.com hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto.com. Do Hidden Opiates In Our Food Explain Food Addictions? By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Food addictions are not strictly “psychological” problems, but have a hard-wired, organic component.

Do Hidden Opiates In Our Food Explain Food Addictions?

Many of the most commonly consumed foods in Western culture actually contain narcotic properties associated with the presence of psychoactive chemicals that bind to opioid receptors in the nervous system. The China Study by Dr. Colin Campbell. Product Description Robyn’s Review Dr. Colin Campbell’s The China Study, the largest and most comprehensive nutrition study in history conducted jointly by Oxford and Cornell, the most empirical evidence ever gathered validating a plant-based diet.

Colin Campbell is a professor of nutrition at Cornell University and has sat on the highest nutrition governing boards in the U.S. Top 11 Biggest Lies of Mainstream Nutrition. There is a lot of misinformation circling around in mainstream nutrition. I have listed the worst examples in this article, but unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg. Here are the top 11 biggest lies, myths and misconceptions of mainstream nutrition. 1. Eggs Are Unhealthy There's one thing that nutrition professionals have had remarkable success with... and that is demonizing incredibly healthy foods.

The worst example of that is eggs, which happen to contain a large amount of cholesterol and were therefore considered to increase the risk of heart disease. But recently it has been proven that the cholesterol in the diet doesn't really raise the cholesterol in blood. What we're left with is one of the most nutritious foods on the planet. To top it all of, despite being a "high fat" food, eating eggs for breakfast is proven to cause significant weight loss compared to bagels for breakfast (4, 5).