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Health and Food

Essential Fatty acids

The Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) — Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9 —found in seed oils play a vital…

Stevia vs “Truvia”; Health vs Poison

An email to Betty… I am concerned about Truvia. Truvia claims it is an extract of the stevia plant. However…

Is modern medicine founded on error?

Modern medicine is firmly founded on the “Germ Theory of Disease,” promulgated by Louis Pasteur in the 1860s. Pasteur’s 140-year-old…

Vegetarian Food

A vegetarian menu is a powerful and pleasurable way to achieve good health.The vegetarian eating pattern is based on a…

Avian Epidemics

On 27 February the US National Bird Flu Summit opened with the usual cast of characters in attendance, the UN,…

Your healthy heart

Blaming cholesterol for atherosclerosis (hardening and thickening of arteries) makes as much sense as blaming paramedics for the carnage they…

Organics™ Shampoo for Normal Hair

A simple bottle of shampoo… a true reflection of the state of our society and culture, and our way of…

Why I Quit HIV

As I write this, in early 2006, we are more than twenty years into the AIDS era. Like many, a…

Sugar addiction

Scientists never really thought that a person could become hooked on sweets like they were a drug. Now a batch…

The China Study

Many books are given the epithet ‘groundbreaking’ but The China Study by Dr Colin Campbell and his son Thomas is…