Natural Health

The Washington State House today passed a bill that would ban BPA from baby bottles, sports bottles, and eating utensils such as sippy cups used by children under 3 years of age.

This bill was passed overwhelmingly and is expected to sail through the Senate and be signed by the Governor. Only one Representative voted against [...]

Can beer be a health food?
Apparently so, when taken in moderation. A new study published by the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture reveals that the hops in beer contain dietary silicone. Silicone is essential to the the connective tissues of our bones, tendons, arteries and lungs, and helps prevent osteoporosis.
According to [...]

Who doesn’t want a miracle drug that costs very little, has no adverse side effects, and can cure a multitude of ills?
A while back I wrote about studies showing that drinking green tea can aid in weight loss, but did you know it can also prevent cancer, and can stop the progression of rheumatoid arthritis? [...]

Someone near and dear to me has become more and more depressed lately. This isn’t completely unusual, but over the past couple of weeks it’s become more worrisome.
Thinking about it last night I suddenly remembered something important – over the holidays when our refrigerator was crammed to overflowing, our Noni and Goji juices had gotten [...]

You have to wonder if the pharmaceutical industry and the news media are in cahoots to steer you away from safe, natural, herbal remedies. Or, as this article about ginkgo biloba indicates, if the media merely loves to report anything they think is bad news.
I urge you to read it for yourself, but what [...]

Natural health, using foods and vitamins to both prevent and cure disease, is coming more and more to the forefront lately, and that’s a good thing.
The more we can learn about and practice good nutrition, the happier and healthier our lives will be – naturally.
Now, it appears that Vitamin D plays a major [...]

When the doctors don’t know what to do, and all the creams and lotions in the store aren’t helping, some parents get creative.
Who knows how or why someone thought of this solution to childhood eczema, but one doctor reported success with his own child…
You wet a pair of cotton pajamas and wring them out [...]

I just read an interesting article about “whole grain” cereals, crackers, and cookies… and it seems that the manufacturers are granted a little too much leeway in their packaging claims.
If the front says something like “With whole-grain goodness” in every bite, don’t believe it. It has to have that whole grain goodness, but only to [...]

As you know, not all bottled water is pure. We’ve been reading and writing about that for a year or more now. We’ve learned that the FDA doesn’t regulate bottled water – that comes under the Environmental Protection Agency – and they don’t pay much attention to it.
We also learned that the conscientious bottlers police [...]

I’m still wondering why Swine flu is taking up so much air time on the television lately. After all, it has killed 42 people world-wide, while “regular” flu kills about 36,000 each year.
One reporter, mentioning this fact, said that car roll-overs kill one person every hour – so perhaps we should outlaw cars.
That made [...]