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Alleged Health Dangers of GMOs & Pesticides. Disease. Food. Health & regulation. Stresses and Health. Psychological Health. Stuff we are not supposed to eat. Unrational Health fears. Supliments. Weight. Why Is This Year's Flu So Dangerous for Young Adults? You've probably heard by now that this year's flu season is a bad one. Below is a guide to the viruses that are going around now, plus a refresher on flu basics. Is the flu widespread where I live? Probably: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention How many people have died so far this year?

How does this year's season compare to last year's? Is there a cure for the flu? How do I even know I have the flu? If the flu season has peaked, should I still get a flu shot? Can you get the flu from the flu shot itself? Why is there a "season" for the flu? So that's why the flu is so bad this year—the drought! It's worth noting, though, that in a 2012 paper, Shaman and his colleagues did document that each of the four flu pandemics of the 20th century were preceded by La Niña cycles, likely because birds mingled with each other differently during these unusual weather patterns.

Top 11 Biggest Lies of Mainstream Nutrition. Top 11 Biggest Lies of Mainstream Nutrition by KRIS GUNNARS 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. 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). 2. 3. 4. 5. Well, it tastes like cardboard. 6.

Subway removes bread chemical, February 20, 2014. Your Diet is Making You Smell Weird. When I was 19, I had a crusty boyfriend who spontaneously decided that for health reasons, he was going to eat half a dozen or so raw garlic cloves every day. Which actually sounded kind of okay, at first; garlic is delicious and antiviral and antifungal and anti-everything-bad, and I’m generally unfazed by garlic breath if it’s emitting from someone I love.

It seemed like a welcomed addition to his diet that otherwise consisted exclusively of spaghetti with hot sauce and tofu dogs. But after a week or two, he was a changed man. An insidious scent wafted not only out of his mouth, but also out of his armpits, feet, neck, and hairline. I have a distinct memory of kissing his cheek and tasting an industrial-strength aroma analogous to the bottom layer of a mid-summer New York City dumpster. “The relationship between food and body odor results from the interaction of a few factors in a multi-step process. On the bright side, there are certainly foods that can make you smell better. Share. Hundreds of foods in U.S. contain 'ADA' plastics chemical: report. HEALTH. Santé. Specific health issues. Alternative Medicine - Healing. Health. Health. Natural Remedies and supplements.

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